One of the victims was Prof.Joep Lange, former president of the International AIDS Society (IAS) and principal investigator in the field of HIV.
Lange is also the founder and chairman of PharmAccess Foundation, a nonprofit organization that works to improve access to treatment of HIV / AIDS in developing countries. Lange also one of the editors of the journal Antiviral Therapy.
Lange was originally slated to be a speaker at the conference week (20/7) this. The delegation departed from Amsterdam meeting is planned to be changed planes in Kuala Lumpur to continue the trip to Melbourne.
Michael Sidibe, the head of the field of AIDS in the UN said, the field of HIV / AIDS have lost their best people. "We must use this moment of grief to push our agenda, which is to save lives around the world," he said.
The other victim was a lobbyist AIDS, Pim de Kuijer and researchers Martine de Schutter and Lucie van Mens. In the ill-fated plane also contained media coordinator of WHO, Glen Thomas.
"It is a great loss. They have dedicated their lives for mankind," said Barre-Sinoussi Dr.Francoise, one of the inventors of the AIDS virus.
The AIDS conference participants know pretty much canceled after meeting delegates and their families who are in the MH17 plane. So far the committee claimed not to know exactly how many of the 12,000 researchers who will be present in Melbourne becoming a victim.
In honor of friends and colleagues who become victims, organizers and some participants who had attended perform a candlelight vigil.
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