Memorial of AIDS expert died in the MH17 plane crash

More than 12,000 guests attended the opening of the International AIDS Conference on July 20, and spent a minute commemorating 6 HIV / AIDS scientists who died on the flight MH17 on July 17.

>>>The world's leading AIDS researcher died in MH17

6 people boarded MH17 flight from Amsterdam (Netherlands) on their journey to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) and transferred to Melbourne (Australia) to attend the AIDS international conference. Among them are Mr. Joep Lange, former president of the International Association of AIDS and Glenn Thomas, expert of the World Health Organization.

Researcher Joep Lange

The 20th International Conference on AIDS took place at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center from July 20-25, with the participation of 12,000 delegates from nearly 200 countries and territories. The Vietnamese delegation was led by Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long.

The International AIDS Conference is an opportunity to gather people working in HIV, people living with HIV and interested individuals committed to stopping this pandemic. The purpose of the conference is to assess the results achieved in HIV / AIDS prevention, new scientific initiatives, lessons learned and give directions for the next phase.

The theme of this year's conference is to promote progress and focus on expanding access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support measures. In the face of the global economic downturn affecting public investments, the conference will emphasize the hot nature of the HIV epidemic, the importance of continuing to invest in HIV research, improve quality. health and development goals.

The Ministry of Health of Vietnam has a photo booth on the situation and process of HIV prevention research, at the conference exhibition area.