# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/salim-abdool-karim
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:03:17.818Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/salim-abdool-karim"
name: "Salim Abdool Karim"
slug: "salim-abdool-karim"
description: "Salim S. Abdool Karim is a South African public health physician, epidemiologist and virologist who has played a leading role in the AIDS and COVID-19 pandemic. His scientific contributions have impacted the landscape of HIV prevention and treatment, saving thousands of lives."
tagline: "South African researcher"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Slim_portrait_2020.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1960-07-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.57
  momentum:             3.025210084033614
  historical:           6.356697333333334
  currentAttention:     16.80672268907563
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "سليم عبدول كريم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Salim S. Abdool Karim"
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    title: "Salim Abdool Karim"
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    title: "سلیم عبدول کریم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%82_%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%81%E0%B5%BE_%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%82"
    title: "സലിം അബ്ദുൾ കരീം"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salim_Abdool_Karim"
    title: "Salim Abdool Karim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump