Fernando Aiuti
Fernando Aiuti | |
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Born |
Urbino, Italy | June 8, 1935
Residence | Italy |
Citizenship | Italian |
Alma mater | Sapienza University of Rome |
Known for | Founder and first president of ANLAIDS Association |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Immunology |
Fernando Aiuti (born 8 June 1935) is an Italian immunologist and politician. He was the founder and first President of ANLAIDS Association.[1]
Biography
Born in Urbino in 1935, he graduated with a degree in medicine from Sapienza University of Rome.
In 1991, during a congress at the Fair in Cagliari, the possibility of AIDS being transmitted orally was being discussed. Aiuti suddenly took Rosaria Iardino, an HIV-positive woman, and kissed her on the mouth,[2] trying to convince public opinion that the virus could not be transmitted orally. A journalist photographed the scene and this photo became internationally famous.
Aiuti was head of The People of Freedom list in 2008, and was elected to the municipal council of Rome for The People of Freedom with the mayor Gianni Alemanno, until 2013.
Documentaires
- 2010: "+ o - il sesso confuso. Racconti di mondi nell'era AIDS", direct. Andrea Adriatico and Giulio Maria Corbelli[3]
References
- ↑ "30 anni di Anlaids", la storia dell'aids raccontata dalla prima associazione nata per combatterlo. "La lotta non è finita, c'è un contagio ogni due ore"
- ↑ Rosaria Iardino: «Io, 26 anni, dopo il bacio con Aiuti vivo con l’Hiv grazie ai farmaci e alla famiglia»
- ↑ + o - Il Sesso Confuso. Racconti di Mondi nell'era Aids