In 1999 Bisika received The Gender Matters Award of the
International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in
Ottawa, Ontario. The money from this award was shared with the Centre for Social Research where he conducted the relevant research on traditional eye medicine. At the
African Union Bisika wrote speeches for H.E.
Alpha Konare, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, and Advocate
Bience Gawanas, Commissioner for Social Affairs. He was involved in a number of African Union policy documents including the African Common Position on Migration and Development, Africa Health Strategy, Plan of Action on Violence Prevention, Policy Framework on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Maputo Plan of Action and the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plan for Africa. He was a member of the drafting team for the Africa-EU Strategy that was adopted in
Lisbon during the
second EU-Africa Summit in December 2007. In 2006 he led a team that produced the second State of the African Population Report which was adopted by the African Population Commission in June 2006 in
Johannesburg, South Africa. Bisika was the director of the National AIDS Commission of Malawi. Dr Thomas Bisika has also previously worked as a consultant for the
World Food Programme,
World Health Organization,
United Nations Population Fund, Danish Red Cross, Danish International Development Agency, Population Services International, International Eye Foundation, Catholic Relief Services, National AIDS Commission (Malawi), Ministry of Health, Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Gender of the Malawi Government and several NGOs including Project Hope, Banja La Mtsogolo and Emmanuel International. ==Publications include==