Dr Thabang Innocentia Mosala

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE Dr. Mosala, a South Africa who has a Doctorate in philosophy of Science (University of Natal) with a specialization in epidemiology, research and public health, disease control, management, and Surveillance. Dr. Mosala carries 30 years of university teaching, clinical and epidemiological research on extended subjects covering a broad range as documented by my publication list. Currently, as Public Health Specialist, Dr. Mosala completed an evaluation of the disease surveillance system in South Africa which revealed many challenged such as lack of capacity at lower levels to identify early signs of outbreak due to lack of training, poor data quality, data incompleteness and lack of capacity to analyze and sharing information. Dr Thabang diligently reorganized the national integrated web-based disease surveillance system by improving the reporting for on-time Response, rate of the health institutions, the quality of data through the development data verification and data validation processes and promoted data use through a timely data analysis and dissemination of results through quarterly performance reports which were presented verbally to Management and sent to the units collecting data for program improvement. She advocated for policy change and support for the integration of the disease surveillance system in South Africa and strengthened it capacity to detect outbreaks at an early stage. Through her work, she has contributed to the understanding of the HIV epidemic in the country and advocated for policy change to introduce the ART program for pregnant women first then for all PLHIV. Dr Mosala produced the baseline National HIV Prevalence for the PMTCT programme, where the Mother to child positivity rate reduced from 29.5% in 2009 to 3.5% in 2013. EDUCATION: University of Natal – Howard College, 2002, Doctor of Philosophy in Science (DSc) University of Natal, 1996, Master of Science in Zoology – Epidemiology (MSc) University of the Transkei 1989 Bachelor of Science (Honors) in Zoology & Ecology University of the Transkei, 1988, Bachelor of Science in (Zoology & Chemistry) University of Copenhagen, 1996, International Diploma: Research methodology (LFA Approach) – Danish Bilharziasis Laboratory OTHER CERTIFICATES WHO/UNAIDS Certificate of participation of the Spectrum and EPP HIV and AIDS Modelling 2009 Vetting Certificate – South African National Intelligence Agency – NDoH 2009 Certificate of participation in Core Skills & Development Modules of Project KHAEDU 2008 Certificate Advance Data management & Biostatistics: Ifakara PH Institute, Tanzania 1999 UN WHO UNDSS Basic Field Safely Training Module United Nations 2017 Conducted and trained pandemic EMERGENCY DRILLS & SIMULATIONS of probable imported Emerging diseases, to pilot the implementation of survey. Established The National Command & Control for ALL Public Health Emergencies in SA since 2007. including the current ongoing Pandemic& all Mass Gathering and Health Emergencies (NATJOINT & SAMHS) FROM 2007 - 2020