Fernando Aiuti (8 June 1935 – 9 January 2019) was an Italian immunologist and politician. He was the founder and first President of ANLAIDS Association."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"
Early life and education
Born in Urbino in 1935, he graduated with a degree in medicine from Sapienza University of Rome.
Career 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,Rosaria Iardino: «Io, 26 anni, dopo il bacio con Aiuti vivo con l’Hiv grazie ai farmaci e alla famiglia» trying to convince public opinion that the virus could not be transmitted orally. A journalist photographed the scene and this photo became internationally famous.
In 2007, his colleague Barbara Ensoli sued him for defamation, seeking $2.5 million in damages after Aiuti had criticized the way the Phase I trial of the AIDS vaccine had been conducted.
Aiuti was head of The People of Freedom list in 2008 for the Campidoglio, and was elected to the municipal council of Rome for The People of Freedom with the mayor Gianni Alemanno, until 2013.
He was appointed chief within the health policies commission of the Roma municipality (2008–2013), where he spoke out against the closing of the public hospital San Giacomo degli Incurabili.abitarearoma.it: Esposto di Italia Nostra alla procura sul San Giacomo
He was full professor at Sapienza University and, in 2010, he was there appointed emeritus professor.Il Fatto Quotidiano: Aiuti, l'immunologo che si batteva per sconfiggere i pregiudizi, 9 gennaio 2019.
Aiuti died on 9 January 2019 due to an accidental fall at the Gemelli Polyclinic, where he was hospitalized for an ischemic heart disease.La Stampa: Italia: Morto l'immunologo Aiuti caduto dalle scale in ospedale. Non si esclude il suicidio, 11 January 2019
Documentaires 2010: "+ o – il sesso confuso. Racconti di mondi nell'era AIDS", direct. Andrea Adriatico and Giulio Maria Corbelli+ o – Il Sesso Confuso. Racconti di Mondi nell'era Aids
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