Dira Sengwe - Former Directors and Members

Prof Salim Abdool Karim

Prof Salim Abdool Karim   -   Board Member

Salim S Abdool Karim, MBChB, PhD is a clinical infectious diseases epidemiologist whose main current research interests are in microbicides and vaccines to prevent HIV infection and implementing antiretroviral therapy in resource constrained settings. He is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa. He is also Professor of Clinical Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University and Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University. He is Director of CAPRISA – Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa.
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Peter Busse

Peter Busse   -   Board Member

Celebrating 20 Positive Years
Peter Busse, Johannesburg, South Africa
Peter Busse passed away in 2006 having survived HIV for 21 years!

Peter Busse will next month celebrate 20 years of living positively with HIV (1985-2005) with a huge bash at the Observatory in Johannesburg. He says he is inviting “ All those who have shown me so much love and support over the last two decades. It is my way of being able to say thank you to all my family and friends and colleagues, everyone who has been supportive and the guest list runs into hundreds".
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