"I walked into a village with a reporter. We heard loud wailing coming from one of the homes. When we arrived at the house, I saw a child clutching at the mother's leg. The mother had hung herself because she had AIDS and couldn't treat herself."
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Gao Yaojie
Gao Yaojie (Chinese: 高耀潔; pinyin: Gāo Yàojié; December 19, 1927 – December 10, 2023) was a Chinese gynecologist, academic, and AIDS activist in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China. Gao had been honoured for her work by the United Nations and Western organizations and had spent time under house arrest. Her split with the Chinese authority on the transmission and the seriousness of the AIDS epidemic in China hindered her further activities and resulted in her leaving for the United States in 2009.
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