Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. She is She is Adjunct Associate Professor in the Division of Public Health Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Cape Town, and Senior Scholar and leading the Women’s Health portfolio at the Center for Global Health Policy and Politics at Georgetown University in Washington D.C.
She is the Executive Editorial Committee Member “Health and Human Rights” Journal, FXB Centre, Harvard University, PATC³H-IN External Scientific Review Board (ESRB) Member, Member of the Innovation Equity Forum (IEF) Mapping global opportunities in women’s health Research & Development by The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Advisory council member of Strengthening Health Systems Capacity in Africa for Pandemic equity and responsiveness (SHARPER) project.
Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng is a global health expert and globally renowned medical doctor and activist, broadcaster and a bestselling author and is widely published including in Teen Vogue, The Guardian, The Lancet and Project Syndicate and has appeared on Sky News, BBC, DW, Al Jazeera Arabic etc.
She is a broadcaster, producer, script developer and presenter with two documentaries on Al Jazeera’s The Cure, and Jury member for WHO #Film4Health in 2023. She has worked on productions as technical expert with Global Citizen, Paramount, ONE Campaign, UN, UNFPA, MTV Shuga. Thematic Expert to MTV Staying Alive Foundation. She is an executive producer, script developer and anticipates the release of two independent projects, a short film Saint X and a documentary PHD Behind the Yellow Lane in 2026. She has hosted 4 television shows and one YouTube based series “The Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng Show” and is executive producer for “Global order’ a podcast.
Dr T was named Glamour Woman of the Year 2019, BBC Top 100 Woman 2021, and Global Excellence Award in 2023 and 2023 Forbes Africa cover star, and recognised as one of 30 extraordinary women who shape South `Africa 30 yrs into democracy in 2024.