Health Systems and Public Health
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Division of ​Health Systems and ​​Public Health​

​​​Public Health Medicine Registrars


Inneke.jpgDr Inneke Laenen
​Public Health Medicine Registrar​

Qualifications: BA (UCT); MBChB (UCT)
Email: Inneke.Laenen@westerncape.gov.za




Dr Inneke Laenen is currently a Public Health Medicine Registrar at the Western Cape Provincial Department of Health and the Division of Health Systems and Public Health at Stellenbosch University. She attained her MBChB from the University of Cape Town in 2013, and qualified for the award of a Master of Public Health degree at the same institution in 2019. She previously worked as a clinician in Primary Health Care and as a Product Manager developing mobile reference applications for health care professionals.​


Masudah Paleker.jpgDr Masudah Paleker

Public Health Medicine Registrar
Qualifications: MBChB (UCT); MSc Public Health (LSHTM)
Email: Masudah.Paleker@westerncape.gov.za




Dr Masudah Paleker is a Public Health Medicine Registrar working at the Western Cape Department of Health. She graduated from UCT with an MBChB in 2014. She realized her interest for Public Health during her internship and community service years while working in a Primary Health Care setting and thus went on to graduate with an MSc in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine as a Chevening Scholar in the UK in 2017/2018. She has a passion for primary health care and community health. ​