Aspro Saiqa Mullick

Saiqa Mullick is a South African public health researcher specialising in HIV prevention, sexual and reproductive health, and implementation science. Her work is closely aligned with national HIV programmes and guideline development, including contributions to the Southern African HIV Clinicians Society guidance on pre-exposure prophylaxis. She is widely recognised for advancing evidence-informed, youth-friendly and community-based HIV prevention strategies.

Her research centres on optimising delivery of oral and long-acting PrEP among adolescent girls, young women, and heterosexual men. Through qualitative studies, discrete choice experiments, and large implementation cohorts, she examines user preferences, adherence patterns, seroconversion dynamics, and health system barriers. This body of work highlights differentiated, decentralised, and self-led service models, including pharmacy, campus, mobile, and digital platforms.

Mullick’s contributions are notable for integrating behavioural insights with programmatic data to inform scale-up of innovative prevention technologies such as injectable PrEP, vaginal rings, implants, and multipurpose prevention products. Her scholarship supports national and regional policy, strengthens real-world service delivery, and amplifies the perspectives of populations disproportionately affected by HIV in Southern Africa.