Wan Yanhai
Wan Yanhai (万延海) | |
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| Born | November 20, 1963 |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Citizenship | American |
| Known for | AIDS Activism in China and internationally |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Public health, Medicine |
Wan Yanhai (Chinese: 万延海; pinyin: Wàn Yánhǎi; born 20 November 1963) is a Chinese-American AIDS activist. His "frank and aggressive" approach toward AIDS has led to frequent run-ins with authorities, including a month-long detention in 2002 that made international headlines and sparked a successful international campaign for his release.
Wan has won numerous human rights awards and is a former Fulbright Fellow and 2003 Yale University Global Fellow. Wan is currently the director of the country's foremost AIDS-awareness group, the Beijing-based Aizhixing Institute of Health Education.
Wan has lived in the United States since 2010, and became an American citizen in 2018.