Lasker Award | SA couple win award for HIV & AIDS work

South Africa, Durban. Seafront.
File: Duduzane Zuma, the son of former South African President Jacob Zuma, arrives ahead of his dad’s corruption trial at the Pietermaritzburg High Court in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, on May 26, 2021.
DURBAN – South African epidemiologists Quarraisha and Salim Abdool Karim have been recognised for their life-saving work on HIV/AIDS.
The two are this year’s recipients of the prestigious Lasker Award for public service.
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The award is described as the US equivalent of a Nobel prize for science.
The power couple have launched research labs and trained hundreds of scientists across Africa. And they have used science to dispel myths and propaganda about AIDS.