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Our Experts

Meet our Team of Experts

Zanele Mthembu

Public Health Policy and Development Consultant and Convenor

Protect Our Next

Prof. Lekan Ayo-Yusuf

Head of the School of Health Systems and Public Health at the University of Pretoria, Director: Africa Centre for Tobacco Industry Monitoring and Policy Research (ATIM),
Director: National Council Against Smoking (NCAS)

Dr. Sharon Nyatsanza (PhD)

Deputy Director

National Council Against Smoking

Professor Pamela Naidoo

Chief Executive Officer

The Heart and Stroke Foundation SA

Dr. Catherine Egbe

Specialist Scientist: Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drug Research Unit

South African Medical
Research Council (SAMRC)

Lorraine Govender

National Manager, Health Promotion

Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA)