Qualifications: PhD Public Health (in progress) (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa); Master of Public Health (MPH) (University of Cape Town, South Africa) BSc (Honours) Applied Biology and Biochemistry (National University of Science and Technology). 

Skills and competencies: Epidemiological methods; Biostatistics; Public Health 

Research Interests: Environmental Epidemiology, Public Health, Non-Communicable disease (NCDs) epidemiology & Ecohealth

Research and Publications

• Ndlovu, V., Chimbari, M., Ndarukwa, P., & Sibanda, E. (2022). Sensitisation to Imbrasia belina (mopane worm) and other local allergens in rural Gwanda district of Zimbabwe. Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, 18(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13223-022-00668-0 

• Siziba, A., Nunu, W. N., Mudonhi, N., Ndlovu, V., Munyai, O., Ndlovu, B., & Sanganyado, E. (2022). Risk factors associated with a high incidence of sexually transmitted infections in Beitbridge, Zimbabwe. CURATIONIS Journal of the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa, 45(1), 2191. https://journals.co.za/doi/full/10.4102/curationis.v45i1.2191 

• Ndlovu, V., Dalvie, M. A., & Jeebhay, M. F. (2014). Asthma associated with pesticide exposure among women in rural Western Cape of South Africa. American journal of industrial medicine, 57(12), 1331-1343. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.22384 

• Ndlovu, V., Chimbari, M., Sibanda, E., & Ndarukwa, P. (2021). A feasibility study to assess Imbrasia belina (mopane worm) sensitisation and related respiratory health outcomes in a rural community in Gwanda district, Zimbabwe. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 7(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-021-00780-9 

• Nunu, W. N., Ndlovu, V., Maviza, A., Moyo, M., & Dube, O. (2019). Factors associated with home births in a selected ward in Mberengwa District, Zimbabwe. Midwifery, 68, 15-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2018.09.013 

• Ndlovu, V., Chimbari, M. J., & Sibanda, E. (2020). Assessing the nature of asthma in African epidemiological studies: a scoping review protocol. Systematic Reviews, 9, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-020-01491-7 

• Ndlovu, V., Dalvie, M. A., & Jeebhay, M. F. (2011). Pesticides and the airways-a review of the literature: allergies in the workplace. Current Allergy & Clinical Immunology, 24(4), 212-217. https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC21733