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Chief Executive Officer, Foundation for Professional Development, Representing The Coordinating Agency
Dr. Gustaaf Wolvaardt is an internal medicine specialist with post graduate qualifications in higher education and management. Who has spent most of his career in global public health. After serving as the South African Health Attaché in Geneva, he established FPD, a Private Higher Education Institution and one of Africa’s leading social transformation organizations, FPD fulfills its mission through: Providing high-quality affordable education a vast network of over 580,000 alumni across 110 countries. provided subsidized education scholarship to the value of ZAR 780 million.
Hosting impactful local, regional and local conferences designed to create awareness around neglected societal challenges originating with the AIDS 2000 conference that focused the world’s attention of the unaffordability of AIDS treatment in Africa. Conducting research focusing on HIV, TB, STIs, TB and HRH. To date FPD has produced 300 publications and 600 conference presentations.
Implementing catalytic system strengthening projects to enhance access to health care in HIV/TB/GBV and mental health. FPD HIV/TB projects ensured access to treatment for over one million PLHIV and free HIV tests for 12 million people. Currently FPD is reshaping access to Mental health care. Exploring innovative solutions to improve access to services such as social franchising, value based contracting and technology solutions such as the 1st serious game built in Africa for adolescents to developmental resilience skills “Stepwell Saga”.
Director, SAMRC Burden of Disease Unit
Prof Matzopoulos trained as an injury epidemiologist. His research centres on measuring the health and social burden of violence and injury and evaluating interventions and policies that target upstream determinants. An Honorary Professor at the University of Cape Town’s School of Public Health and Family Medicine, he co-ordinates its Violence and Injury Research Programme. He also advises the Western Cape Government on alcohol harm reduction, and interpersonal violence and injury prevention and surveillance. He serves on the Steering Committee of the International Collaborative Effort on Injury Statistics and Methods.
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Foundation for Professional Development, Representing The Coordinating Agency
Dr Maimela is a public health specialist with vast experience in health systems strengthening, focusing on HIV and recently on Climate Change and Health She previously led PEPFAR funded HIV and TB prevention and treatment programmes for general and key populations at Wits RHI, a Research Institute affiliated to the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Dr Maimela is considered an emerging expert on climate change and health at a national, regional and global level. She is also a steering committee member of the Climate and Health Africa Network for Collaboration and Engagement (CHANCE), whose aim is to support the development of climate change and health policy in eastern, western and southern Africa.
Senior Specialist Scientist, Burden of Disease Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council
Dr Prinsloo is co-Head to the WHO-Family of International Classifications’ Collaborating Centre (WHO-FIC CC) for South Africa. She has a PhD in Public Health, and as an injury epidemiologist, her research contributes to monitoring the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets for violence and road traffic deaths in South Africa. In addition, her work informs the National Burden of Disease estimates for injuries. She is an NRF rated scientist and holds honorary research affiliations to the University of Cape Town and the University of Greenwich in London, UK.
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