More than 100 scientists and researchers, including Joep Lange, former president of the International AIDS Society, or IAS, and a leading scientist on HIV research, were among the 298 passengers killed in the MH17 crash in Ukraine on Thursday.
The Australian reported that 108 conference participants, who were on their way to the 20thInternational AIDS Conference due to begin Sunday in Melbourne, lost their lives in the fatal Ukraine plane crash.
Michel Sidibe, Executive Director of UNAIDS, tweeted:
My thoughts & prayers to families of those tragically lost on flight #MH17. Many passengers were enroute to #AIDS2014 here in #Melbourne.
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