Four facts about South Africa’s Quarraisha Abdool Karim, the first woman to head The World Academy of Sciences

Ben Ebuka March 07, 2023

Abdool Karim has over 170 peer-reviewed publications and authored several books and writings

In 2015 she wrote a book ‘HIV/AIDS in South Africa’ with Salim Abdool Karim, her husband and research collaborator. In 2017 she co-edited the sixth edition of the Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health and was appointed the UN Special Ambassador for Adolescents and HIV that same year.

Last Edited by:Mildred Europa Taylor Updated: March 7, 2023

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