Gita Ramjee FRCPE (née Parekh; 8 April 1956 – 31 March 2020) was a Ugandan-South African scientist and researcher in HIV prevention.
She married a South African-Indian fellow student, Praveen Ramjee, and moved to Durban where she began working in the Department of Paediatrics at the Medical School of the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
[5] After completing her PhD in kidney diseases of childhood, Ramjee joined the South African Medical Research Council as a scientist.
There is a need for [a] more holistic approach to HIV prevention which should include reproductive health care for women.”[5] Ramjee was one of the first South African scientists to work on developing microbicides.
As the chairperson of the South African National AIDS Council, he stated: "The passing of Professor Ramjee comes as a huge blow to the entirety of the healthcare sector and the global fight against HIV/AIDS.
"[8] The president of the South African Medical Research Centre, Glenda Gray, also paid tribute to her work "She tried to address the whole ecosystem that makes women vulnerable, from the biological to the political.