Aisha Adam

Aisha Adam is a multifaceted young pharmacist who brings a systems thinking approach and a deep belief in the power of collective organising. She is currently completing her community service at Johannesburg Correctional Centre. Her career spans retail and community pharmacy, where she worked throughout her Bachelor of Pharmacy degree at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

She completed her internship at Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Hospital, the largest and only tertiary hospital in the Northern Cape, where she led a vaccine outreach drive with the Northern Cape Department of Health. Aisha is deeply invested in community building, reflected in her passion for project management. Through the Young Pharmacists’ Group (YPG) she has led a national article series highlighting pharmacists working across underrepresented sectors and coordinated the Professional Innovation Project, giving young pharmacists the opportunity to fund and implement innovative ideas.

In the South African Association of Hospital and Institutional Pharmacists (SAAHIP), where she serves on the National Executive Committee, she coordinated the Pharmacy Month 2025 campaign, which introduced pharmacy to historically marginalised schools and fostered interprofessional collaboration through digital storytelling. Beyond her professional work, Aisha is a social justice activist and coordinated the Women for Change national shutdown in Johannesburg in November 2025.

She is also a nationally recognised competitive debater who has coached provincial teams in KwaZulu-Natal and the Northern Cape. A philosophy that guides Aisha’s practice is that pharmacy cannot exist in isolation from the healthcare system it serves. Pharmacists are positioned at the epicentre of community and human life and therefore have a moral responsibility to challenge socioeconomic inequality within the systems that influence health outcomes.