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Vinayak Bhardwaj
Head of health and data unit - Africa Check
Vinayak Bhardwaj joined Africa Check in March 2016. He previously ran the Freedom of Information and Expression programme at the Open Society Foundation for South Africa. Before OSF-SA he worked as advocacy coordinator at the AmaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism where he was part of the team that won the 2013/4 Taco Kuiper award for investigative journalism and a special commendation for the CNN African Journalist of the Year award.