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Italian novelist. One of the first famous people to die of AIDS in Italy. [430] Colin M Turnbull (1924–1994) British American anthropologist [431] Yvonne Vera (1964–2005) Zimbabwean author [432] Matthew Ward (1951–1990) American English/French translator noted for his 1989 rendition of Albert Camus' The Stranger. [433] Edmund White (born ...
The country believed that AIDS was a gay disease, and outreach was primarily focused in white, gay communities, when Wilson believed that AIDS affected the black community much more. [4] When his partner died of an HIV-related illness in 1989, [1] Wilson channeled his grief into activism.
Pages in category "People with HIV/AIDS" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 265 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This category contains notable people who spent a significant portion of their lives attempting to the improve the rights, treatment, and public perception of people with HIV/AIDS. Wikimedia Commons has media related to HIV/AIDS activists .
LeRoy's life and death with AIDS is a commentary on how complex HIV/AIDS in black face really is." [ 5 ] October 15, nearly a week after his death, Whitfield (posthumously) and his co-writer Kai Wright received a First Place "2005 Salute To Excellence Award" from the National Association of Black Journalists for their "AIDS Goes Gray" story in ...
In the same year, 1,453 people were just diagnosed with the disease. [2] As of 2014, 12.1% of gay black men were infected with HIV in Atlanta. [3] The Atlanta metropolitan area ranked third highest in new HIV diagnoses in the United States. [4] 1 in 51 people have HIV in metro Atlanta. [5] HIV cases are concentrated in Fulton, DeKalb, and ...
Ryan White was born at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital in Kokomo, Indiana, to Hubert Wayne and Jeanne Elaine (Hale) White.When he was circumcised, the bleeding would not stop; when he was three days old, doctors diagnosed him with severe hemophilia A, a hereditary blood coagulation disorder associated with the X chromosome, which causes even minor injuries to result in severe bleeding.
More recently, the Philippines has attracted greater media attention because of the steep rise in new HIV infections. Based on the UNAIDS Global report on the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the HIV incidence rate in the Philippines increased by more than 25% from 2001 to 2011. [48] It is estimated that one Filipino gets infected with HIV every 1.5 hours. [49]