Vusi Dlamini
Senior Manager: Pharmaceutical Services (HOPS)
Mr Vusi C. Dlamini has been Head of Pharmaceutical Services for the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health since 2011. He serves on the National Pharmaceutical Services Committee (NPSC), formerly the Pharmaceutical Services Subcommittee of the National Health Council Technical Advisory Committee (NHCTAC). He has served as a member of the National Essential Medicine List Committee (NEMLC) as the Representative of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). He has been reappointed as the KZN Representative to the Ministerial Forum to Promote Transparency Multi-Stakeholder Engagement Regarding Medicine Availability. He is the chairperson of the KwaZulu-Natal Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics Committee (KZNPTC) and a member of various provincial committees. Mr Dlamini is a member of the National Pharmacovigilance Steering Committee and the National Technical Working Group for the implementation of the National Action Plan for Fighting Substandard and Falsified (SF) Medical Products (under SAHPRA).
Mr Dlamini is in his second term (2024-2028) as a member of the South African Pharmacy Council (SAPC), where he is the chairperson of the Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and Registrations Committee. He further serves on the Executive Committee and Practice Committee of the SAPC. In the previous term (2014-2018), Mr Dlamini chaired the Health Committee and served in the Executive Committee, Education Committee, Practice Committee, and the Committee for Preliminary Investigations (CPI).
Mr Dlamini is serving a second term as the Vice President of the South African Association of Hospital and Institutional Pharmacists (SAAHIP). He has been the chairperson of the SAAHIP KZN Inland Branch (2021-2025). He has been a member of the Pharmaceutical Society of South Africa (PSSA) since 2001 and is a member of the PSSA KZN Inland Branch Executive Committee.
