MEDIA RELEASE: Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Associate Scientific Director of CAPRISA (Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa) is being bestowed with the Order of Mapungubwe: Bronze by the South African State President on Freedom Day (27 April 2013) in recognition of her '€œoutstanding work in the field of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis research and health policy development.'€ The Order of Mapungubwe is South Africa'€™s highest honour.