Presentations

Wafaa El-Sadr Honored by Mailman School

NRF Science for Society Lecture: World AIDS Day 2021

The lecture was hosted by Joan van Dyk, Senior Health Journalist: Bhekisisa, and included speakers such as Prof Fulufhelo Nelwamondo, CEO of the NRF; Prof Salim Abdool Karim, Director of CAPRISA and the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in HIV Prevention; Mark Heywood, Editor of Maverick Citizen and Human Rights Activist; and Patrick Mdletshe, Head of CAPRISA Community Programmes and National Deputy Chairperson of the Treatment Action Campaign.

Control of HIV and COVID-19 When two pandemics collide

35th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for AIDS Research, 22 November 2021.

Debunking Myths and Misconceptions about COVID-19: SA and China Scientific Perspectives

On Friday 22nd October, Professor Salim Abdool Karim, Director CAPRISA participated in webinar hosted by the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) in collaboration with the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in South Africa. The discussion titled, Debunking Myths and Misconceptions about COVID-19: South Africa and China Scientific Perspectives.

2021 Virtual Nobel Inspired Lecture - The meaning of Science in the age of Covid-19, one year later

National Research Foundation and Embassy of Sweden in Pretoria hosted a follow-up Nobel-inspired lecture: “The Meaning of Science in the Age of COVID-19, ONE YEAR ON. The lecture was presented by South Africa’s leading epidemiologist, Professor Salim Abdool Karim and Sweden’s state epidemiologist Dr Anders Tegnell.

Institut Pasteur Conference - Global SARS-CoV-2 vaccination: Challenges and Prospects

Professor Salim Abdool Karim, Presentation at the Institut Pasteur COVID-19 Conference in Paris, September 29th - October 1st, 2021

Royal Society of South Africa lecture by Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim

Top Global Health Experts Preview Biden’s COVID-19 Summit, Call for Global Vaccine Equity

On Monday, September 20, 2021, PHR hosted a virtual press conference with top public health, epidemiology, and human rights experts calling on high-income countries to do much more to scale up vaccine manufacturing and equitable distribution. The event was moderated by PHR

Prof Salim Abdool Karim delivered the Annual Kader Asmal Human Rights Lecture

To mark the 10th anniversary of the passing of leading activist and academic Professor Kader Asmal, described as ‘a relentless advocate for human rights’ the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (CASAC) hosted the Kader Asmal lecture on Tuesday, on 14th September. Professor Salim Abdool Karim, CAPRISA’s Director delivered the lecture, titled: COVID-19 and Human Rights: A tiny virus magnifies society’s inequalities, to an august list of invited guests which included Ireland’s Ambassador to South Africa, H.E. Gilsenan Fionnuala

COVID-19 Lessons Learned- The Huésped Foundation

Global Health Diplomacy: Its Pros and Cons for Covid-19 Vacciness

2021 AAAS-TWAS Course on Science Diplomacy Presentation by Prof Salim Abdool Karim, 31 August 2021

Professor Salim Abdool Karim - SAMA

INGSA2021 - Prof Salim Abdool Karim - Covid-19 and a world post-pandemic - Day 1 Horizon Stage

INGSA Horizon Stage Keynote Interview - Day 1 of International Network for Government Science Advice(INGSA)2021

Human rights in the response to Covid-19: are we getting it right?

On Tuesday 24th August, Professor Salim Abdool Karim, Director CAPRISA and Justice Edwin Cameron, former Constitutional Court Judge participated in a Daily Maverick webinar to discuss the connection between human rights and the Covid-19 pandemic. The discussion titled, Human rights in the response to Covid-19: Are we getting it right?, was hosted by Maverick Citizen Editor, Mark Heywood.

Africa CDC - HIV & COVID -19 : When two pandemics collide

Lecture and Discussion Series 2021 Covid-19

Professor Salim Abdool Karim - IAS 2021 Conference

HIV& COVID-19: When two pandemics collide

Prof Quarraisha Abdool Karim: One day, Equality!

Dialogue on the future of vaccines in Africa

Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim addressed the distinguished audience at the France-SA dialogue on Enhancing Vaccine Production & Manufacturing Capacity in Africa

Let’s Talk Vaccines – Launch

The launch event was moderated by Ida Jooste, and Professor Salim Abdool Karimas was a special guest.

Scientific Panel Discussion on the new variant, 501Y.V2