Mothepane Phatsoane Gaven

Mothepane Phatsoane Gaven
mHealth Project Manager II: Medical Technologies

Mothepane is the mHealth lead in the Medical Technologies portfolio. She holds a National Diploma in Biotechnology, as well as a Bachelor of Medical Science with honours degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of KwaZulu-Natal Medical School.

Her role is to lead and provide technical support on selection of appropriate technology for existing and new projects within the portfolio. She has 12 years’ experience in the implementation of various mHealth projects and contributed in the initiative of MomConnect research which attained scale up by the National Department of Health. She has contributed to various mHealth journal article publications in the HIV self-testing and Covid as co-author and first author. Her passion is in the development of innovative solutions in support of improved programme quality.