Joep Lange

Joseph Marie Albert "Joep" Lange (25 September 1954 – 17 July 2014) was a Dutch clinical researcher specialising in HIV therapy. He served as the president of the International AIDS Society from 2002 to 2004. He was also the founding chairman of PharmAccess Foundation until his death. He was a passenger on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which was shot down on 17 July 2014 over Ukraine.

Quotes

 * If we can get cold Coca-Cola and beer to every remote corner of Africa, it should not be impossible to do the same with drugs.
 * Talking at the closing ceremony of the 14 International AIDS Conference in Barcelona on 12th July 2002, http://www.thebody.com/content/art926.html