Heinrich is a Medical Doctor and Public Health Medicine Specialist based Charlotte
Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital and the Department of Community Health at
University of the Witwatersrand. He is also Senior Lecturer Extraordinary in the Division
of Health Systems and Public Health at Stellenbosch University. He previously served as
a Member of Parliament (MP) in the National Assembly of South Africa, where he sat on
the Portfolio Committee on Health. He has also been active in civil society (with a focus
on anti-corruption work).
Heinrich has had experience in the private sector, previously consulting as Public Health
Specialist Advisor to Anglo American plc. He has been part of the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation’s Goalkeepers initiative which aims to accelerate progress towards the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and is an Associate Fellow of the Ubuntu Global
Network.
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