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Indian-origin South African couple receives top US award
October 28 , 2017
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- A South African couple of Indian origin, Prof. Quarraisha Abdool Karim and Prof. Salim Abdool Karim, received a prominent lifetime achievement award from Institute of Human Virology, US, in recognition of their exceptional contributions to the field of HIV/AIDS.
- Both the epidemiologists were felicitated by the Institute of Human Virology (IHV) in Baltimore in the US during the 19th annual international meeting of top medical virus researchers.
- The honourable Lifetime Achievement Award for Public Service was presented to them by Robert Gallo - the man who discovered HIV as the cause of AIDS.
- They were the first to demonstrate that Antiretrovirals (drug medication for the treatment of HIV) could prevent sexual transmission of HIV in 2010 -when they shared the results of the CAPRISA 004 Tenofovir Gel trial.
- This gel is widely used in the treatment of HIV too. This landmark study of 2010 was recognised as one of the top 10 scientific breakthroughs of the year
- The couple also discovered that the Tenofovir Gel prevents Genital Herpes. It was the first drug proven to be effective against this disease
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