Dr. Juliet Nyasulu is a Health system-strengthening technical expert with over 25 years’ experience working the African health systems including in South Africa, Malawi, Mozambique, and sub-Saharan Africa. She has a PHD in Public health with focus on health systems strengthening through quality assurance. Her research passion is around access to basic and essential health services and at present she is a principal investigator on three research projects around HIV access during 95-95-95 strategy implementation, Maintaining Maternal and Child Health essential services during the COVID-19 Pandemic and trends in immunization coverage with support from Medical research Council (MRC) and National Research Fund (NRF) funding institutions. She also leads an HIV/AIDS and Sexual reproductive health youth project in Northern Malawi in collaboration with national based academic and implementing partners. She also collaborates with Malawi based institutions and organisations to strengthen implementation of Public health programs with focus on youths and women. Through this collaboration, she is currently a co-PI with YONECO Malawi on a University based Violence against women prevention and mitigation project funded by UNWomen. Dr Nyasulu is a Senior Lecturer in the Division of Health Systems and Public Health, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, and she has served as a National Certification Committee (NCC) Chair for South Africa for 7 years and currently an expert committee member, overseeing the polio eradication initiatives for the country.