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The Legacy of Dr. Jonathan Mann, 1947-1998

The Legacy of Dr. Jonathan Mann, 1947-1998

Length: 09:58

Jonathan Mann, a medical scientist and doctor from the US, became the first Director of the World Health Organization's Global Program on AIDS in 1985. He became one of the most important global AIDS advocates ever, and was the first to connect the global response to HIV/AIDS to the fight for Human Rights. This film was produced for UNAIDS to the ten year commemoration seminar at UNAIDS in Geneva, November 24, 2008 to commemorate dr. Manns death in 1998. A number of world leading AIDS experts comments on the legacy of dr. Mann in this ten minute film.

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