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South African researcher

Quarraisha Abdool Karim (born march 28,1960) is a South African infectious diseases epidemiologist and co-founder and Associate Scientific Director of CAPRISA. She is a Professor in Clinical Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York and Pro-Vice Chancellor for African Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Her main research interests are in understanding the evolving HIV epidemic in South Africa; factors influencing acquisition of HIV infection in adolescent girls; and sustainable strategies to introduce antiretroviral therapy in resource-constrained settings. She holds Professorships in Clinical Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, USA and in Public Health at the Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

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Alternative Names: Quarraisha Abdool Karim • Q. Abdool Karim • Q. Karim • Q Abdool Karim • Q Karim • Quarraisha Abdool-Karim • Q. Abdool-Karim • Q Abdool-Karim • Abdool-Karim • Abdool-Karim Q • Abdool-Karim Q. • Abdool Karim • Abdool Karim Q • Abdool Karim Q. • Karim • Karim Q • Karim Q. • Quarraisha A. Karim • Quarraisha A Karim • Q. A. Karim • Q A Karim • Karim Q. A. • Karim QA

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[Women] continue to inspire me to persist with my scientific endeavors. While some progress has been made, much more remains to be done to ensure a non-sexist and just society.

For most of my life I thought about science and its application to leaving people better off, so I wanted to be a scientist and do something that would help people.

The vulnerability of young women is very much tied into gender power differences in society.

Aids six or seven years down the line was less of a priority than survival today,

It could only be that the younger girls were having sex with men from the older age group,

As far as women go, there's a lot more we still need to do,"

As we experienced with contraceptives, something that you take every day is not for everyone and that's why we have a diversity of contraceptives.

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