Children can’t wait: From funding crisis to foundational fixes: What it will actually take to end pediatric HIV

Dr. Friday Saidi, MBBS MMED FCOG (ECSA) is a Specialist Obstetrician-Gynecologist in Malawi, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Research Investigator with UNC Project–Malawi. His research focuses on maternal health, HIV prevention in pregnancy and breastfeeding, birth outcomes, and the vaginal microbiome. He leads several women's health studies, including research on long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA), and is the Principal Investigator of a prospective study evaluating its safety during pregnancy and breastfeeding in Malawi. He also serves on Malawi's Ministry of Health and Sanitation CAB-LA Expert Committee and Lenacapavir Taskforce.

Dr. Saidi is President of the Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Malawi (AOGM), Consultant Obstetrician-Gynecologist at Kamuzu Central Hospital, and Honorary Clinical Lecturer at the Kamuzu University of Health Sciences. He is a Fellow and trainer with the East, Central and Southern Africa College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ECSACOG) and has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications. He also serves on the FIGO Committee on Infections During Pregnancy (2023–2027).

Dr. Friday Saidi, MBBS MMED FCOG (ECSA) is a Specialist Obstetrician-Gynecologist in Malawi, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Research Investigator with UNC Project–Malawi. His research focuses on maternal health, HIV prevention in pregnancy and breastfeeding, birth outcomes, and the vaginal microbiome. He leads several women's health studies, including research on long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA), and is the Principal Investigator of a prospective study evaluating its safety during pregnancy and breastfeeding in Malawi. He also serves on Malawi's Ministry of Health and Sanitation CAB-LA Expert Committee and Lenacapavir Taskforce.

Dr. Saidi is President of the Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Malawi (AOGM), Consultant Obstetrician-Gynecologist at Kamuzu Central Hospital, and Honorary Clinical Lecturer at the Kamuzu University of Health Sciences. He is a Fellow and trainer with the East, Central and Southern Africa College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ECSACOG) and has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications. He also serves on the FIGO Committee on Infections During Pregnancy (2023–2027).

Dr. Friday Saidi, MBBS MMED FCOG (ECSA) is a Specialist Obstetrician-Gynecologist in Malawi, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Research Investigator with UNC Project–Malawi. His research focuses on maternal health, HIV prevention in pregnancy and breastfeeding, birth outcomes, and the vaginal microbiome. He leads several women's health studies, including research on long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA), and is the Principal Investigator of a prospective study evaluating its safety during pregnancy and breastfeeding in Malawi. He also serves on Malawi's Ministry of Health and Sanitation CAB-LA Expert Committee and Lenacapavir Taskforce.

Dr. Saidi is President of the Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Malawi (AOGM), Consultant Obstetrician-Gynecologist at Kamuzu Central Hospital, and Honorary Clinical Lecturer at the Kamuzu University of Health Sciences. He is a Fellow and trainer with the East, Central and Southern Africa College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ECSACOG) and has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications. He also serves on the FIGO Committee on Infections During Pregnancy (2023–2027).