Fatima is a Professor in the School of Health Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and serves as Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Pharmaceutical Policy and Evidence Based Practice.
She is a former Prince Claus Chair of Development and Equity: Affordable (Bio)Therapeutics for Public Health (until September 2018) at Utrecht University and a Fulbright Alumnus (Fulbright Scholar 2002-2004). She was appointed by the South African Minister of Health to serve on the National Pricing Committee (2010-2020).
Fatima has been appointed to WHO’s Expert Advisory Panel on Drug Evaluation (2017-2025). She has served on a number of WHO committees over the years and has been a technical advisor on pharmaceutical policy for several countries. She has authored several publications focused on pharmaceutical policy and medicine use.