Jerry Coovadia

Hoosen Mahomed "Jerry" Coovadia (2 August 1940 – 4 October 2023) was a South African medical doctor, academic, and former anti-apartheid activist.

He was previously the Victor Daitz Emeritus Chair and Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Nelson Mandela School of Medicine.

Hoosen Mahomed Coovadia was born in Durban, South Africa, on 2 August 1940.

He has since served as the Victor Daitz Chair in HIV/AIDS Research, Director of Biomedical Science at the Centre for HIV/AIDS Networking (HIVAN), and the scientific director of the Doris Duke Medical Research Institute at the Nelson Mandela School of Medicine at the University of KwaZulu Natal.

[6][7] He was a vocal critic of the AIDS policies of Thabo Mbeki's government and campaigned actively for the use of antiretroviral therapy.

Prof Coovadia and Anand Reddi at the World AIDS Conference 2016 in Durban, South Africa