Mrs. Vuyelwa Ndlovu

Mrs. Vuyelwa Ndlovu

Lecturer - Environmental Science & Health

Office: SW 125

Extension: 2798

Email: vuyelwa.ndlovu@nust.ac.zw

Qualifications
Master of Public Health degree (MPH), specialising in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. (UCT, South Africa); BSc Honours in Applied Biology and Biochemistry (NUST, Zimbabwe

Research
Chronic Infectious disease epidemiology particularly HIV/TB and other emerging infections such as Neglected Tropical Diseases in vulnerable population groups; Chronic non-communicable disease epidemiology such as asthma and cancer; Pharmaco-epidemiology; Vaccinology; Environmental health research.

 

Publications by Mrs. Vuyelwa Ndlovu

Ndlovu, V., Dalvie, M.A., Jeebhay, M.F. 2011. Pesticides and the airways- A review of the literature: Allergies in the workplace. Current Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 24(4): 212-217

Ndlovu, V., Dalvie, M.A., Jeebhay, M.F. 2014. Asthma associated with pesticide exposure among women in rural Western Cape of South AfricaAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine. 57: 1331–1343. doi: 10.1002/ajim.22384

CONFERENCES:

9th Public Health Association of South Africa Conference in collaboration with the African Federation Public Health Associations, Cape Town, South Africa, September 2013

Oral presentation of findings on the association between asthma and pesticide exposure in rural Western Cape