tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633581663557175057.post8585681481423930462..comments2024-02-25T14:29:44.021-05:00Comments on Denying AIDS and other oddities: Who will be our heroes?Seth Kalichmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01715826946361587097noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633581663557175057.post-87082269612915259112008-12-29T00:19:00.000-05:002008-12-29T00:19:00.000-05:00Great blog. Many thanks. Love the dedication to Da...Great blog. Many thanks. Love the dedication to Dan....a true role model for pursuing truth and science regarding HIV....and a beautiful person.<BR/><BR/>You rock.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633581663557175057.post-70484758517140438332008-12-25T08:49:00.000-05:002008-12-25T08:49:00.000-05:00The families and friends who do not turn their bac...The families and friends who do not turn their backs on those they care about because they are livng with HIV and the stigmas attached to it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633581663557175057.post-51095231698714349262008-12-20T15:41:00.000-05:002008-12-20T15:41:00.000-05:00Zackie Achmat is a founding member of the Treatmen...Zackie Achmat is a founding member of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) in South Africa. He has stood up to both the injustice of an Apartheid government and the immorality of an HIV/AIDS denialist health policy, in one country in one lifetime. His influence, however, extends well outsider of South Africa, as numerous other treatment activist groups have emerged throughout Africa, clearly inspired by Achmat and his colleagues at TAC. Zackie Achmat has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Price.Seth Kalichmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01715826946361587097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633581663557175057.post-23995491791298602432008-12-20T15:40:00.000-05:002008-12-20T15:40:00.000-05:00Susan Cornutt is an activist who turned her passio...Susan Cornutt is an activist who turned her passion into action. Susan was a founding member and Board President of the AIDS Survival Project, which served as one of Atlanta’s leading AIDS service organizations. Susan works continuously as an advocate and activist breaking down all barriers and debunking all stereotypes about AIDS.Seth Kalichmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01715826946361587097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633581663557175057.post-54748605937971600952008-12-20T15:38:00.000-05:002008-12-20T15:38:00.000-05:00Salim S. Abdool Karim was among the first public h...Salim S. Abdool Karim was among the first public health scientists to chronicle the emerging AIDS epidemic in South Africa. He was also among the scientists appointed to the 2000 South African Presidential AIDS Panel and has spoken out against HIV/AIDS denialism in his country. He remains a leading AIDS scientist in South Africa heading up major prevention and treatment programs in the area of his country hit hardest by HIV/AIDS, with nearly half of all pregnant women testing HIV positive.Seth Kalichmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01715826946361587097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633581663557175057.post-50438976444836007932008-12-20T15:36:00.000-05:002008-12-20T15:36:00.000-05:00Sister Monica of Cape Town South Africa represents...Sister Monica of Cape Town South Africa represents just one of the many thousands of HIV/AIDS service providers and care givers worldwide who provide assistance to those in need often at considerable personal expense. She works tirelessly to treat and cure sexually transmitted diseases and prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.Seth Kalichmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01715826946361587097noreply@blogger.com