South African Research Chair on the Health Workforce & Immediate Past President of the World Federation of Public Health AssociationsUniversity of the Witwatersrand
Laetitia Rispel is Professor of Public Health and a chair holder of the South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI), entitled Research on the Health Workforce for Equity and Quality, at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg, South Africa. She has received several national and international awards in recognition of her research and/or health activism. In June 2020, she completed her term as the President of the World Federation of Public Health Associations, the first woman from Africa, and the third in the more than 50-year history of the organisation to achieve this honour.