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Margrethe P. Rask | |
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| Born | 1930 |
| Died | 12 December 1977 (aged 46–47) |
| Cause of death | AIDS-related complications |
| Years active | 1964–1977 |
| Known for | One of the first non-Africans to die of HIV/AIDS |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Surgeon |
Margrethe P. Rask (1930 – 12 December 1977), better known as Grethe Rask, was a Danish physician and surgeon in Zaïre (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). After setting up her own hospital in the village of Abumombazi in 1972,[2] she transferred to Danish Red Cross Hospital in Kinshasa in 1975. She returned to Denmark in 1977 after developing symptoms of an unknown infectious disease, which was later discovered to be AIDS. Three and a half years later in June 1981 the Centers for Disease Control recognized AIDS. Rask was one of the first non-Africans (along with Arvid Noe and Robert Rayford) and first woman known to have died of AIDS-related causes.[3]
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