1st African Forum: Diagnostics at the Frontline
20 September 2026
MSc, PhD
Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders (MSF, Southern African Medical Unit)
South Africa
Zee is a Senior Epidemiologist and Diagnostics advisor for MSF and has extensive experience in leading the provision of technical and strategic diagnostic services support to diverse MSF humanitarian health programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East, Asia and Latin America. His implementation science research, published in leading journals such as The Lancet and PLOS Medicine, Nature, plays a key role in shaping how diagnostics are developed, evaluated, and brought to scale in public health programs, including task-sharing models, decentralized testing, and patient-centered diagnostic strategies. He is a regular contributor to technical working groups and advisory boards focused on diagnostic policy, guideline development, regulatory and market-shaping issues.