Dr. Catherine Kibirige develops HIV tests to advance vaccine and cure research

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Dr. Catherine Kibirige develops HIV tests to advance vaccine and cure research

By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member msayles@afrocom Dr. Catherine Kibirige was a teenager when she decided her career would center on HIV research. Her parents were natives of Uganda, but she was born in Kenya after they were exiled during the Ugandan Civil War. Eventually, her father got a job […]

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