Back صونيتي سليمان Arabic صونيتى سليمان ARZ সুনীতি ছলোমন Assamese Suniti Solomon AST সুনীতি সলোমন Bengali/Bangla Suniti Solomon German Suniti Solomon Spanish Suniti Solomon French सुनीति सोलोमन Hindi Suniti Solomon IG
Suniti Solomon (1938 or 1939 – 28 July 2015) was an Indian physician and microbiologist who pioneered AIDS research and prevention in India after having diagnosed the first Indian AIDS cases among the Chennai sex workers in 1986 along with her student Sellappan Nirmala .[1][2] She founded the YR Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education in Chennai. The Indian government conferred the National Women Bio-scientist Award on her.[3][4][5][6][7] On 25 January 2017, the Government of India awarded her the Padma Shri for medicine [8] for her contributions towards diagnosis and treatment of HIV.[9]
- ^ Manu Balachandran (29 July 2015). "The doctor who detected India's first HIV case has died". QUARTZ INDIA.
- ^ Solomon, S.; Solomon, S. S.; Ganesh, A. K. (2006). "AIDS in India". Postgraduate Medical Journal. 82 (971). NCBI: 545–547. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.044966. PMC 2585722. PMID 16954447.
- ^ "Suniti Solomon, who woke India up to HIV threat, dies at 76". The Times of India. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ^ Janardhanan, Arun (29 July 2015). "Dr Suniti Solomon, who pioneered HIV research and treatment in India, passes away". Indian Express. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ^ "Dr Suniti Solomon, part of team who detected HIV, passes away". Rediff. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ^ "Suniti Solomon, Doctor Who Awakened India To HIV, Passes Away". Huffington Post. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ^ "The woman who discovered India's first HIV cases". Geeta Pandey. BBC. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ "In 2017, Padma Awards to honour unsung heroes of healthcare". Medical Dialogues. 27 January 2017.
- ^ "PadmaAwards-2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2017.