About

Dr Faeeza Abdullatief is a Unani Tibb practitioner, who obtained her qualifications from the University of the Western Cape, School of Natural Medicine.

She currently a lecturer and clinical supervisor in the field of Unani Tibb at the University of the Western Cape. She is also the chairperson of the South African Tibb Association (Western Cape Branch) which provides support to practitioners on continuous professional/educational development (CPD/CEU). She completed her internship through the Ibn Sina Institute of Tibb Treatment Centre serving the Langa township and Athlone region.

Community engagement is one of her major interests to educate and empower the community on healthy living with the use of natural medicine and Unani Tibb specially. She has appeared on various media platforms discussing healthy living with Natural Medicine including radio, tv, magazine and newspaper articles.

Her areas of interest include chronic diseases including diseases of lifestyle such as hypertension, rheumatism, sports injuries, type 2 diabetes as well as fibromyalgia, asthma, paediatrics and gynaecological conditions. In her international profile, she has attended and presented at the BRICS think tank symposium of traditional medicine in Beijing, China 2018 on Healthy cities. She was also a panelist representing Unani Tibb in South Africa at the World Health Organisation (WHO) Standardisation of Unani Terminology, Jamnagar, India 2019.

As a researcher, she is currently pursuing her MA in Child and Family studies (UWC) in child health, at the centre for interdisciplinary studies of children, families and society (CISCFS). For more information you can visit Dr Faeeza Abdullatief's professional profile on https://za.linkedin.com/in/dr-faeeza-abdullatief-77a2834