Creator
Quarraisha Abdool Karim
Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim is an infectious diseases epidemiologist and associate scientific director of the Centre for the Aids Programme of Research in South Africa. She was a 2021 laureate of the VinFuture Prize, in the ‘Innovators from developing countries’ category.
Time for a humane and radical rethink on drug policy in South Africa
Punitive and draconic drug control systematically leads to human rights violations and abuse
Africa has the means to beat our worst diseases
The continent has the scientific leadership and intellectual capital to develop new technologies and interventions