Professor Wendy Stevens believes ‘completely in the honesty of science’ and this, she says, has landed her in the naughty corner many times throughout her career. Biénne Huisman spoke to Stevens – a global leader in HIV and TB laboratory medicine about her career, what you choose when science and politics collide, and the value of swimming upstream.
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According to a top medical expert from Stellenbosch University, the global delay in the sixth COVID-19 wave of infections may signal the end of the pandemic.
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Biénne Huisman chatted to Abdullah about providing antiretrovirals in the time of Aids denialism, National Health Insurance, working as a medical doctor, and the toll HIV has sadly taken on his own family. Biénne Huisman chatted to Abdullah about providing antiretrovirals in the time of Aids.