Prof Haroon Saloojee

Haroon Saloojee is a South African paediatrician and academic based at the University of the Witwatersrand, where he has held senior leadership roles in child health. His work centres on advancing maternal, neonatal and child health in resource-constrained settings, with a strong commitment to health equity, ethics, and evidence-informed policy.

His research spans childhood malnutrition, early growth and development, neonatal care innovations, HIV and tuberculosis in mothers and children, and paediatric COVID-19 outcomes. Publications highlight post-discharge outcomes in severe acute malnutrition, developmental impacts of socioeconomic adversity, and neurotoxicity concerns in HIV treatment. He also contributes to global discussions on clinical trial endpoints and access to essential medicines.

A consistent theme across his scholarship is reducing structural barriers to care and knowledge, including critiques of pharmaceutical pricing, conflicts of interest in infant nutrition, and inequities in open access publishing. His work integrates clinical insight, public health advocacy, and rigorous research to strengthen child health systems in low- and middle-income countries.