Quarraisha Abdool Karim

Sep 19, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Quarraisha Abdool Karim

The 2024 Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award has been presented to Quarraisha Abdool Karim, PhD, and Salim S. Abdool Karim, MBCHB, PhD, for their decades of research on AIDS in South Africa with resulting local and global health impact. AIDS has had a profound impact on humanity through its estimated 40 million deaths. AIDS research has created hope, catalyzing transformative global responses that now enable 39 million people to live with HIV. Africa is the continent most affected by HIV.

Mar 27, 2024 | sajs.co.za | Quarraisha Abdool Karim

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Sep 11, 2023 | ahajournals.org | Aletta E Schutte |Quarraisha Abdool Karim

Helicopter science, also known as parachute research, neocolonial science, or parasitic science occurs when researchers, typically from wealthy countries, travel to under-resourced communities, conduct their research, and leave, often with very limited understanding or involvement of the local researchers or communities they studied, and with few direct benefits to local participants.1 It often creates dependency on external expertise, does not address local research needs, and may hinder...

Jul 18, 2023 | nature.com | Quarraisha Abdool Karim

Infectious diseases markedly influence progress towards the SDGs. Pandemics and global inequity have hindered progress towards the health targets, highlighting humanity’s interconnectedness and shared vulnerability to new infectious agents. Enhanced global collaboration and partnerships in training, surveillance, research and innovation are essential to reach the health SDGs by 2030.

Jun 15, 2023 | science.org | Quarraisha Abdool Karim

Vulnerabilities of the world’s least developed countries to health, economic, and environmental crises were recently in the spotlight at a United Nations (UN) conference in Qatar. In March, the Doha Programme of Action was announced as a call for the developed world to renew commitments to support low- and middle-income countries in overcoming major challenges.