With over ten years of experience in health systems management, Malick has led and contributed to numerous health programmes, particularly in HIV, tuberculosis, malaria and more recently in NCD prevention and control. He has coordinated the development of several national strategic documents in Senegal, including the 2023-2025 Acceleration Plan for NCDs and the 2025-2029 National Cancer Control Strategy.
Malick is actively engaged in implementation research and serves as principal investigator or co-investigator on various projects, including sample-based mortality surveillance, environmental risk factors for chronic respiratory diseases and the interplay between climate change, air pollution and health. He contributed to Senegal’s 2024 STEPS survey on NCD risk factors and, at the international level, regularly contributes to global health panels and expert forums focused on health policy, innovation and universal health coverage.