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Professor Salim Abdool Karim and Dr Anthony Fauci were jointly awarded the John Maddox Prize 2020 “for standing up for science during the coronavirus pandemic” on Monday, 14 December 2020.
They were commended for “going beyond the line of duty as government advisers on health” in their communication of the complex and changing science of Covid-19 to the public and policymakers alike.
Abdool Karim is an epidemiologist and director of the Centre for the Aids Programme of Research in South Africa, as well as the chair of South Africa’s Covid-19 ministerial advisory committee. Dr Fauci is the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the United States.
Anthony Fauci and Salim Abdool Karim joint winners of John Maddox Prize 2020 Citizen reporter The Academy of Science of South Africa has congratulated Karim on the award.
Dr Anthony Fauci and Professor Salim Abdool Karim have been jointly awarded the John Maddox Prize 2020 for standing up for science during the coronavirus pandemic.
Fauci, director of the US’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Karim, an infectious diseases epidemiologist and director of the Centre for the Aids Programme of Research in South Africa, have been recognised for going beyond the line of duty as government advisors on health.
SA s Abdool Karim wins top award for standing up for science during COVID-19 Along with Antony Fauci, South African epidemiologist Salim Abdool Karim has won the prestigious John Maddox Prize 2020 for going beyond the line of duty . Infectious disease specialist Professor Salim Abdool Karim. Picture: @UKZN/Twitter.
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JOHANNESBURG - South African epidemiologist Salim Abdool Karim has been announced as the joint winner of the John Maddox Prize for 2020.
Along with Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the United States, Karim was on Monday recognised for going beyond the line of duty as government advisors on health . Karim is advising the government on its COVID-19 response.
Professors Salim Abdool Karim and Quarraisha Karim lauded by Bill Gates for work on Aids, Covid-19
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Durban - Professors Salim Abdool Karim and his wife, Quarraisha, have been hailed heroes by Bill Gates, a philanthropist and the founder of Microsoft. This was for their efforts in combatting HIV/Aids and Covid-19.
The Abdool Karims, both aged 60, are internationally renowned for their work at the Centre for the Aids Programme of Research in South Africa (Caprisa) and their contribution to Covid-19 research.
Salim, an infectious diseases specialist, was chosen to lead a 45-person ministerial advisory committee – to guide the South African government’s response to the pandemic. Quarraisha is an associate scientific director at Caprisa and a professor in clinical epidemiology at Columbia University in the US. She is also on the advisory committee for Covid-19.