Pearl Tabisa Sihiya is a Pharmacy Manager and Strategic Planner at Buffalo City Metro Health District in the Eastern Cape, with 22 years of professional experience in the health sector. She holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health from the University of Pretoria and is a Field Epidemiologist trained through the South African Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme (SAFETP). She is currently pursuing a Master of Public Health at the University of Fort Hare. Her areas of expertise include pharmacy practice, epidemiology, strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation, and outbreak response. She currently contributes to district health planning, monitoring and evaluation, and public health emergency response activities. Previously, she served as a Senior Pharmaceutical Policy Specialist in the Eastern Cape Department of Health. She is a registered member of the South African Pharmacy Council (SAPC).