ASTMH Statement on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17

July 21, 2014 

ASTMH extends its deepest sympathies to the friends and families of all those on board Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. The loss of HIV/AIDS researchers and advocates who were traveling to the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia is difficult to comprehend. ASTMH stands with the global science community in mourning the loss of our colleagues.

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About the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 

ASTMH, founded in 1903, is a worldwide organization of scientists, clinicians and program professionals whose mission is to promote global health through the prevention and control of infectious and other diseases that disproportionately afflict the global poor.