John Chittick, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

John Chittick

American AIDS activist

Date of Birth: 27-Feb-1948

Place of Birth: Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 05-Apr-2017

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About John Chittick

  • John Chittick (February 27, 1948 – April 5, 2017) was a youth HIV/AIDS specialist known for his series of Global AIDS Walks to fight the spread of HIV by educating youth.
  • He worked in over 85 countries providing outreach to young people at the grassroots level.A former lecturer on AIDS at Harvard School of Public Health, he spoke about adolescent HIV/AIDS nationally and internationally at conferences.
  • He was the executive director and founder of TeenAIDS-PeerCorps, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit youth AIDS advocacy organization with its headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia.
  • His latest initiative was conducting live public HIV testing of youth in the U.S.
  • in order to end the stigma of AIDS among young people.
  • He was known to youth as "Dr.
  • John."Chittick died on April 5, 2017 in Ifalik, Micronesia at the age of 69.

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