I saw a news today that Gao Yaojie, the first person in China's civil AIDS prevention, recently passed away in New York, USA, at the age of 95!
Many Chinese should have a deep impression of this old man, who won the Ramon Magsaysay Award, known as the "Nobel Prize" in Asia, in 2003, and is also the winner of the "Top Ten People of the Year Who Moved China in 2003".
The reason why this old man is widely respected by the Chinese people is that she has made a lot of efforts and made great contributions to the prevention and treatment of AIDS
Many people do not know about AIDS, and the Chinese people once talked about HIV, but they knew very little about how AIDS is transmitted. If you still have an impression, in the 90s, there were a large number of AIDS patients in some rural areas of Henan, and even in some villages, the vast majority of people were patients. This attracted Gao Yaojie's attention.
This retired professor of Henan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine began to investigate the real situation of AIDS villages in Henan, and did a lot of investigation and research, that is, from that time on, he began to pay attention to the prevention and treatment of AIDS in China, and at the same time carried out a lot of publicity, which greatly increased the attention and understanding of AIDS in the society!
According to the report, Gao Yaojie has distributed more than 1.2 million leaflets on HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment over the past few decades, compiled seven relevant books, visited more than 100 villages and more than 1,000 families in 16 provinces and cities, recorded all the information of patients she came into contact with, and left important information on prevention and treatment.
In 2009, Gao Yaojie went to the United States, and then settled in New York until her recent death!
If many years ago, the Chinese people talked about AIDS, but in today's Chinese society, the people's understanding of AIDS has been greatly improved, and the country's prevention and treatment of AIDS has also made very remarkable achievements
Nowadays, China's society is stable and peaceful, and the country still attaches great importance to AIDS, which is already in a low epidemic state, and the society is more inclusive and the cost is lower. There are even AIDS drugs that have been included in the scope of medical insurance reimbursement. This is undoubtedly a microcosm of social progress!
Thanks to these silent people, it is precisely because of their efforts and dedication that the country will be more peaceful and the society will be more stable!