Missile strike from eastern Ukraine killed 100 delegates flying to International AIDS Conference - By Boer Deng - July 18, 2014
Several passengers on the Malaysia Airlines plane shot down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday were headed to the biennial International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia.* It is one of the largest research conferences in the world, begun in 1985, where scientists, advocates, and policymakers gather to share the latest progress in the battle against the ravaging disease.
Among the dead was Joep Lange. “Joep [Lange] was a giant in this field,” Mitchell Warren, Executive Director of New York based AVAC: Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention, told NBC News. “[He was] a researcher who really ‘got it’ in terms of human rights, equity and justice. He was as much activist as researcher — and that is rare. Incredibly sad.” https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/aids-experts-among-victims-aboard-malaysian-airlines-flight-mh17-msna372186
100 AIDS Experts Killed in Malaysian Plane Crash
Missile strike from eastern Ukraine killed 100 delegates flying to International AIDS Conference - By Boer Deng - July 18, 2014
Several passengers on the Malaysia Airlines plane shot down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday were headed to the biennial International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia.* It is one of the largest research conferences in the world, begun in 1985, where scientists, advocates, and policymakers gather to share the latest progress in the battle against the ravaging disease.
For those involved in the global fight against AIDS, pain and loss are acute. Many took to Twitter to express their shock, the depth of such sadness plainly captured even in 140 or fewer characters. https://slate.com/technology/2014/07/aids-researchers-on-mh17-missile-strike-killed-scientists-and-advocates-to-international-aids-conference.html
Among the dead was Joep Lange. “Joep [Lange] was a giant in this field,” Mitchell Warren, Executive Director of New York based AVAC: Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention, told NBC News. “[He was] a researcher who really ‘got it’ in terms of human rights, equity and justice. He was as much activist as researcher — and that is rare. Incredibly sad.” https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/aids-experts-among-victims-aboard-malaysian-airlines-flight-mh17-msna372186