Azeeza Rangunwala is a Medical Scientist and currently the Africa Coordinator of the Global Green Healthy Hospitals programme based at groundWork, an environmental justice organisation and the strategic partner of Health Care Without Harm in the region. She works with health facilities, hospitals and health organisations on decarbonisation and resilience.  

Her previous role was as Assistant Director; Research, Policy and Capacity Building at Gauteng Department of Health, where key areas were research, policy formulation and managing projects that are in line with Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and the National Development Plan (NDP).  Additional work experience includes National Institute for Communicable Diseases (Project Coordinator and Scientist) and the University of Pretoria (Project Scientist). Highest qualification is an M.Med.Sc degree and she is a Global Senior Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity. She serves on the Global Gas and Oil Network’s Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion advisory board as well as the advisory board for the University of Pretoria’s chemical engineering faculty.