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

SA couple win award for HIV & AIDS work

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.

READ: International Aids Conference | Scientists research deeper into HIV

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.

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