| Name | Mantombazana Tshabalala-Msimang |  |
| Surname | Tshabalala-Msimang | |
| First Names | Mantombazana | |
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| Title | Dr | |
| Country of Birth | South Africa |
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| From | To | Organisation | Position |
| 1999 | Ministry of Health | Minister of Health | |
| Date of Birth | 9 Oct 1940 |
| Political Affiliation | ANC |
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| Notes | Academic Qualifications BA degree, University of Fort Hare (1959 - 1961). First Leningrad Medical Institute, Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR) (1962 - 1969). Diploma in Obsterics and Gynaecology, University of Dar Es Salaam Medical School, Tanzania (1972). Masters degree in Public Health, University of Antwerp, Belgium (1980). Health Care Systems Planning, Financing and Management (16 week course), University of Sussex, United Kingdom, UK (1990). Improving the Management of Primary Health Care Services (three weeks Medex course), University of Hawaii (1991). Public Administration (6-weeks course ), Civil Service College, Sunningdale, UK (1992). Career/Positions/Memberships/Other Activities Registrar, Obsterics and Gynaecology, Muhumbili Hospital, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. Medical Superintendent responsible for 10 satelite clinics at the Lobatse Hospital in Botswana. Head of Health Training Programme for National Liberation Movements, Organisation of African Unity / United Nations Development Programme, Morogoro, Tanzania (1976 - 1979). Deputy Secretary in charge of human resource development and deployment for the African National Congress (ANC), Department of Health, Tanzania/ Zambia (1979 - 1990). Held several positions in the National Progressive Primary Health Care Network, Durban (1991 - 1994). National Executive, ANC children in Tanzania (1981). Co-ordinator of the ANC's Health Plan (Section on Women's Health) (1991 - 1994). Conducted research in various fields including a Survey on nutritional status of ANC children in Tanzania (1981), study of prevalence of chloroquinine-resistant malaria within the ANC communities in Angola, Mozambique and Tanzania (1983), Mental Health Survey within the ANC communities in Angola, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia (1986) and Evaluation of Ghandi Settlement Clinic in Durban (1990). Former Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Health, National Assembly (1994 - June 1996). Member of the Africa and Middle East Regions Steering Committee of Parliamentarians for Population and Development (since 1994). Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic South Africa (July 1996 - June 1999). Research and Publications National Directory of Community-Based Health Workers (1992). Directory of Community-Based Women's Organisations in Natal (1993). ANC Women's League submission to the Ad-Hoc Select Committee on Abortion and Sterilization (Act No. 2 of 1975). |
| Record last updated on 23 JUN 2006 |