Vanessa Carter, Health activist

Vanessa is an e-Patient Scholar at Stanford University Medicine X as well as antibiotic resistance and one health activist. She established Healthcare Communications and Social Media South Africa in 2013 which started as a Twitter chat to discuss sustainable health development. Vanessa also created the first CPD course in South Africa about e-Patients accredited by the South African Medical Association (SAMA) and has further provided training to various organisationsincluding the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) and the Africa CDC.