Exposing China's Aids Crisis

Wan Yanhai

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2011 OFF in Oslo
Wan Yanhai is a prominent Chinese activist known for his outspoken approach to HIV/AIDS education and his criticism of the government’s response. Wan Yanhai discusses his personal struggles with the police in China, the story of the “AIDS village” in Henan province, and the government’s strict policy of supervision.

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Wan Yanhai

Wan

Yanhai

Chinese HIV/AIDS activist

Wan Yanhai is a prominent Chinese activist known for his outspoken approach to HIV/AIDS education and his criticism of the government’s response and policies toward the disease. In 1994, Wan was fired from his post as a public health official for setting up the first HIV/AIDS telephone hotline in China. Wan is the director of China’s leading HIV/AIDS awareness group, the Aizhixing Institute of Health Education, which promotes the rights of HIV/AIDS patients and offers assistance to patients diagnosed with HIV who contracted the virus in government hospitals. Wan was arrested in 2006 for organizing a public forum on HIV/AIDS, and the Aizhixing Institute has faced intense official scrutiny. Wan was forced to flee China with his family to escape political persecution for his advocacy efforts.

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