University of Cape Town
The University of Cape Town (UCT) is South Africa's oldest university and a premier global center for public health ethics, occupational health, and health equity research.
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
CO-PI • SOUTH AFRICA
Professor Leslie London, MBBS, PhD
Division of Public Health Medicine • University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Leslie London is an Emeritus Professor in Public Health in the School of Public Health at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He serves on the steering committee of the global network for Global Commercial Determinants of Health Action Network (GCAN), is an active member of the Peoples Health Movement-South Africa and has previously served on Ethics Advisory Committees to the Interim Health Professions Council of South Africa and the International Commission on Occupational Health.
Co-Investigators & Project Officers
Distinguished researchers, fellows, and specialists based at University of Cape Town.
Dr. Marlise Richter, PhD
Senior Researcher & Co-Investigator
Marlise has worked in the health and human rights field for more than twenty years and has served in a number of key South African NGOs. She holds a PhD in public health from Ghent University and focuses on health rights and policy advocacy.
marlise.richter@uct.ac.za
Dr. Lauren Paremoer, PhD
Associate Professor & Co-Investigator
Lauren Paremoer is an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Studies, University of Cape Town. Informed by a feminist political economy approach, her research focuses on health activism, solidarity in global governance for health, and social citizenship.
lauren.paremoer@uct.ac.zaOther Collaborating Institutions
College of Medicine, University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria
Lead: Professor Ademola Ajuwon, MPH, PhD →Tropical Institute of Community Health
Kisumu, Kenya
Lead: Professor Margaret Kaseje, MPH, PhD →Kamuzu University of Health Sciences
Blantyre, Malawi
Lead: Professor Adamson Sinjani Muula, MBBS, MPH, PhD →Cameroon Bioethics Initiative
Yaoundé, Cameroon
Lead: Professor Godfrey Tangwa, PhD →Afya na Haki
Kampala, Uganda
Lead: Mr. Christopher Baguma, MSc →Institutional Security & Trust Guidelines
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