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Outsmarting Covid-19: A conversation with Prof Salim Abdool Karim

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Handpicked by the South African government to lead it's advisory team in dealing with the Coronavirus pandemic, Professor Salim Adbool Karim's work in HIV and AIDS research has taken a backseat.
The CAPRISA's head of Global Health in epidemiology, Abdool Karim speaks to Sunday Times about advising a listening government, the team's work, family and working to save humanity against a deadly virus that has completely changed the world as we know it.
18 Apr 2020 English South Africa Society & Culture · News

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