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The Japanese government will award the prestigious fourth Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize to professors Salim Abdool Karim and his wife Quarraisha Abdool Karim for their rigorous work on HIV and Covid-19. ....
Africa is plagued by many epidemics from tuberculosis and Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) to malaria and wild polio but the continent has also worked for decades to fight these threats. ....
"In 2022, we need to understand that the virus does not only have acute consequences but also has quite severe long term sequelae, even in those with mild infection initially," Prof Salim Abdool Karim said. ....
“Some would say once measures like masks and social distancing are dropped, it would be difficult to toggle them back on when needed in the future,” said Prof Salim Abdool Karim. ....