| Subject: World AIDS Day Trivia: The Filipino Doctor-Scientist-Inventor Who Formulated an AIDS Drug was Who? |
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Date Posted: 12/ 1/01 11:59pm PST
December 1, 2001 Trivia Question: Who was first Filipino inventor of an AIDS treatment?
Answer: Browse through the Filipino trivia mailing list archive at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/filipinotrivia
More AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) facts:
- AIDS has killed 22 million people globally since the 1980s.
- It is the world's 4th leading cause of death.
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the cause of AIDS, has infected 40 million individuals.
- It enters the human body through contaminated needles, infected blood and intimate sexual contact.
- An HIV-positive mother may transmit the virus to her infant.
- I've read also that AIDS is an American legacy to Filipinos.
Got questions? Call the American Center for Disease Control (CDC)'s HIV/AIDS Hotline toll-free number at 1-800-342-AIDS.
Relevant Links
- avert.org
- unaids.org
- whitehouse.gov http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/11/20011130-13.html)
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