Dr Siphiwe Mndaweni

MBCHB, Masters in Public Health, MSc (Microbiology), BA Hons (Biology), Post Grad Dip (Health systems management and leadership).

Dr Mndaweni is a public health advocate with extensive knowledge of public healthcare. Dr Mndaweni’s public health career and leadership journey is imbued in entities she has served in previous roles including amongst others, Deputy Director-General: District Health Services, Chief Director: of Strategic Health Programmes in KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Department of Health.

She held several portfolios with the University Research Corporation as Chief of Party, of the national USAID TB Programme and Deputy Chief of Party of the Right To Care EQUIP Programme. Dr Mndaweni’s professional accomplishments include amongst others, management of the overall implementation of the HIV, TB, Child, and Maternal Health programmes and development of quality improvement strategies. Her area of focus and expertise is public health policy, program implementation and quality improvement.

She has also worked and supported several SADAC countries as a technical advisor in strategic health programmes. She holds a BA Degree in Biology from Knox College, Illinois, USA; a Master’s in Medical Science Microbiology and MBCHB from Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University; a Management
Development Course for Healthcare Professionals from Wits Business School and Duke University; a
Post Graduate Diploma in Health Systems Management Executive Leadership and a Master’s in Public
Health from the University of Pretoria.

Dr Mndaweni is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Office of Health Standards Compliance (OHSC). The OHSC is an independent regulator for quality and safety in the healthcare sector.