Peter Byass
Epidemiologist who specialized in measuring and evaluating population health in Africa and Asia. Born on April 3, 1957, in Bedford, UK, he died from a heart attack on Aug 16, 2020. Read more.
Tomisaku Kawasaki
Pediatrician who identified what became known as Kawasaki disease. Born on Feb 7, 1925, in Tokyo, Japan, he died on June 5, 2020, in Tokyo. Read more.
Larry Kramer
HIV/AIDS and LGBT rights activist and author. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on June 25, 1935, he died of pneumonia on May 27, 2020, in New York. Read more.
Jacob Plange-Rhule
Physician, academic, and researcher who served as the Rector of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons. Born on July 27, 1957, in Winneba, Ghana, he died from complications of COVID-19 in Accra, Ghana, on April 10, 2020. Read more.
Fernando Morales
Infectious disease specialist focusing on HIV prevention and treatment. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Aug 15, 1970, he died from suspected complications of COVID-19 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on May 5, 2020. Read more.
Gita Ramjee
HIV researcher who specialized in HIV prevention for women. Born on April 8, 1956, in Kampala, Uganda, she died of complications from COVID-19 on March 31, 2020, outside Durban, South Africa. Read more.
Catherine Hamlin
Obstetrician and gynecologist who transformed treatment of obstetric fistula in Ethiopia. Born on January 24, 1924, in Sydney, Australia, she died on March 18, 2020, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Read more.
Elizabeth Wurtzel
Author who wrote about mental health, and lawyer. Born July 31, 1967, in New York City, she died on January 7, 2020, in New York City. Read more.
Aron Goldhirsch
Medical oncologist specializing in breast cancer. Born on April 25, 1946, in Landsberg am Lech, Germany, he died on February 26, 2020, in Lugano, Switzerland. Read more.
Li Wenliang
Ophthalmologist who warned about the outbreak of COVID-19. Born in Beizhen, China, on Oct 12, 1986, he died after becoming infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Wuhan, China, on Feb 7, 2020. Read more.