Li Dan (李丹, born 1978) is a Chinese
HIV
The human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are two species of ''Lentivirus'' (a subgroup of retrovirus) that infect humans. Over time, they cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a condition in which progressive failure of the immune ...
/AIDS activist. In 2003, he established an
AIDS
Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a retrovirus. Following initial infection an individual m ...
orphanage in
Shangqiu,
Henan
Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...
. He was the recipient of the
Reebok Human Rights Award
The Reebok Human Rights Award honoured activists under the age of thirty who fought for human rights through non-violent means. Each year, the award was given to four or five individuals. Each received a grant of US $50,000 that was to be used to ...
in 2006.
He is the founder and chairman of the China Women's Film Festival (中国国际女性影展).
See also
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HIV/AIDS in China
HIV/AIDS in China can be traced to an initial outbreak of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) first recognized in 1989 among injecting drug users along China's southern border. Figures from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, ...
References
One Man Against AIDS in China - NPR.org*
ttp://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2006/03/28/transcript_of_interview_with_li_dan/?page=full Boston Globe: Transcript of interview with Li Dan
HIV/AIDS activists
1978 births
Chinese activists
Living people
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