1998_18_05
Archive ID: 1998_18_05Quarraisha Abdool Karim is an epidemiologist in Durban. She talks about the start of the South African AIDS epidemic and the South African AIDS response, health policies and campaigns. She explains the cultural and biological reasons why women are more susceptible to HIV and other STIs than men are. This is part one of two in the interview with Quarraisha Abdool Karim.
Background material
"Quarraisha Abdool Karim is a leading South African HIV/AIDS scientist and advocate and have been at the forefront of her country´s fight against HIV/AIDS since the early 90´s. Her main interest is to understand the evolving AIDS epidemic in South Africa and its historical roots. She has also been very involved in the research of teenage girls in South Africa, how they got HIV and what can be done in order to prevent the spread of HIV among adolescent girls." - Staffan Hildebrand