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Glenda Gray’s fierce fight for science, the COVID-19 ruckus, and the bathroom row about HIV drugs

Posted in: Access to Medicines, Focus, Glenda E. Gray, Healthcare system, Healthcare Workers, HIV/AIDS, InFocus, Latest, Spotlight

After a decade at the helm of the country’s primary health research funder, Professor Glenda Gray will focus again on doing the science. She tells Spotlight’s Biénne Huisman about her childhood, her passion for research, administering multi-million dollar grants, and a heated argument in the bathroom with an ANC bigwig.

Glenda Gray’s fierce fight for science, the COVID-19 ruckus, and the bathroom row about HIV drugs

Face to Face: Prof Helen Rees on SAHPRA, women’s rights, and her appetite for justice

Posted in: COVID-19, Healthcare system, HIV/AIDS, Latest, Reproductive Health

As a rebellious teenager growing up in the British town of Harpenden, Professor Helen Rees would sneak out to attend anti-apartheid talks. Today, she is a renowned scientist and chair of South Africa’s medicines regulator. Biénne Huisman chatted to Rees about her career, prioritising women’s reproductive health, and her role at the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority.