South Africa: 'It Took Me Three Seconds to Decide' - Fareed Abdullah Reflects On His Career in Public Health

[spotlight] Over the last three decades, Dr Fareed Abdullah has been at the coalface of South Africa's response to HIV, tuberculosis (TB), and more recently, COVID-19. In this time, he proved himself a health sector pillar - unafraid to shun political party lines when they clashed with his clinician's integrity. Recently he spoke out against the proposed NHI [National Health Insurance] legislation, while back in 1999 he helped pioneer the roll-out of AIDS treatment in the Western Cape, in defiance of then President Th
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news