HOPE Cape Town Internal Developments
HOPE Cape Town welcomed Izane Reyneke as the new program Coordinator. She will oversee the different programs and develop new approaches to the ever changing challenges in fight against HIV/ AIDS. We bid farewell to our doctor Sandy … and welcome as new doctors: Jayne Cunningham and Sue Purchase. As a team they contribute to our training programme, perform clinical work at at a local community clinic and head our research projects.
Hope Cape Town it proud to introduce these 3 dynamic staff members:
Dr Izáne Reyneke
Izane completed a Bachelor’s degree in Science (Physiology and Psychology) prior to starting her Medical degree in Bloemfontein (Free State). She qualified as a medical doctor in 2002, and moved to Cape Town in 2003 to start her Medical internship at New Somerset Hospital. Here she was faced with the stark reality of HIV/AIDS prior to the availability of antiretroviral treatment in the Public Sector.
In 2004, Izane started her Community Service at Wesfleur Hospital in Atlantis, a marginalised community North West of Cape Town. Here she started the first infectious diseases clinic providing antiretroviral treatment, in the area and continued to manage this clinic for the next 10 years. Izane has always believed in the community based holistic management of HIV and has been actively involved in nutritional projects / clothing drives in the area. She was involved in Community Health Care Worker training and also established a family clinic at Wesfleur Hospital where parents and their children could access care during the same consultation. She completed the Advanced Health Management Programme through Yale University and FPD in 2009.
Izane married Peet, a financial manager, in 2001 and had a baby (Luka) in 2012.
Izane started as Program Coordinator at HOPE Cape Town in May 2013 and is looking forward to this new chapter in her life.
Dr Jayne Cunningham
After obtaining her MBBCH degree from Wits University in 1992, Dr Jayne Cunningham worked in Johannesburg as a General Practitioner for 10 years as well as working sessions in a local clinic seeing HIV individuals and offering supportive care in the pre ARV era. During this time she also received her Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Jayne married Garth in 1997 and studied further to obtain her diploma in HIV Management. After having 2 children, Rebecca now age 12 and Leigh aged 8, Jayne moved into exclusive HIV work with an NGO called Right to Care, helping to run their flagship Paediatric HIV Clinic in Alexandra Township for 5 years.
A move to the Western Cape 2 years ago saw Jayne obtaining locum work with HOPE Cape Town initially and then joining the team of permanent staff in November 2012. Jayne is involved in both the clinical and research fields currently with HOPE Cape Town.
Dr Sue Purchase
Dr Susan Purchase joined HOPE in May this year. After studying science and business management and working in industry, she felt the calling to medicine and did her MBChB at UCT. Since qualifying in 2004 she has worked primarily with HIV positive children, in community, clinic and research settings. Sue loves travel, reading, hiking and photography. She is married to Marc, an ENT registrar at Tygerberg, and has two little girls, Melissa and Chloë.