Lasker Award | SA couple win award for HIV & AIDS work

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Fugitive fraud-accused Michael Lomas is back in SA.
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Michael Lomas back in South Africa. 
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Fugitive fraud-accused Michael Lomas is back in SA.
DURBAN – South African epidemiologists Quarraisha and Salim Abdool Karim have been recognised for their life-saving work on HIV/AIDS.
The two are this year’s recipients of the prestigious Lasker Award for public service.
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The award is described as the US equivalent of a Nobel prize for science.
The power couple have launched research labs and trained hundreds of scientists across Africa. And they have used science to dispel myths and propaganda about AIDS.