Wu Zunyou's alma mater, An Medical University, set up the Wu Zunyou Scholarship and raised nearly 3,45 yuan in <> days

Wu Zunyou's alma mater, An Medical University, set up the Wu Zunyou Scholarship, which has raised nearly 3,45 yuan in three days

On October 10, Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and former director of the Center for STD and AIDS Prevention and Control, passed away at the age of 27.

Screenshot of the alumni donation platform of the Education Foundation of Anhui Medical University

The Paper (www.thepaper.cn) noted that Anhui Medical University, Wu Zunyou's undergraduate and master's alma mater, recently set up the Wu Zunyou Scholarship and raised nearly 3,45 yuan in 11 days (as of 3 o'clock on November 22), completing 89.79% of the target.

According to the alumni donation platform of the Anhui Medical University Education Foundation, which released fundraising information, according to the initiative of Professor Wu Zunyou's former colleagues, friends and alumni, and with the consent of Professor Wu's family, it is decided to set up the "Wu Zunyou Scholarship" fund, which is raised through alumni donations and social donations, mainly used to fund and reward students of the School of Public Health of Anhui Medical University and promote the construction of a high-level public health school.

The donation platform emphasizes that it is hoped that through the establishment of this scholarship, Professor Wu's dedication to the country and the people will be passed on, more outstanding public health talents will be cultivated, and more public health students will be better encouraged and helped to contribute to a healthy China.

The target amount of Wu Zunyou Scholarship is 50,11 yuan, and as of 3:22 on November 44, 8954,89 yuan has been raised, with 79.100% completed. The donation page is set with 1000 yuan, 2000 yuan, 2023 yuan and any amount options. The official public donation record shows that since 11:1 on November 15, 47, as of 11:3 on November 22, there have been 1057,<> donation records.

Born in 1963, Wu Zunyou was admitted to the Department of Health of Anhui Medical University in 1980, and after graduating in 1985, he studied for a master's degree in epidemiology under the tutelage of famous epidemiologists Wu and Zhang Yanwen. After graduating in 1988, he worked at the Anhui Provincial Epidemic Prevention Station and later pursued a Ph.D. in epidemiology at the University of California, Los Angeles. After returning to China, Wu Zunyou organized the design of the world's largest sentinel surveillance system and health interventions for the AIDS epidemic, providing important support and guidance for the national AIDS prevention and control work.

The Anhui Medical University Education Foundation was approved by the Anhui Provincial Department of Civil Affairs and registered in March 2017 with the Anhui Provincial Department of Education as the business supervisory unit. The education foundation is a non-public foundation, a charitable organization, an independent legal entity, qualified for pre-tax deduction of public welfare donations, and was rated as a 3A-level social organization in 2020. (Surging News reporter Jiang Ziwen Yang Zhe)