Gita Ramjee
Ugandan-South African scientist and researcher, Gita led studies and drug tests in South Africa hoping to find a cure for HIV while also demolishing cultural barriers to stopping the spread. Doing most of her studies in South Africa, she earned her PhD there at the University of Natal. Gita Ramjee was the chief scientific officer at the Aurum Institute in Johannesburg and was at the forefront of the effort to contain AIDS. She was born on April 8, 1956 and, after returning from giving a lecture in London, she fell victim to the coronavirus and died on April 1 in South Africa. She lived to be 63 years old.
