Ms. Nguza Siyambango Biography

Research Interests
  • Disaster risk reduction
  • Adaptive capacity, social vulnerability to climate change
  • Farmer’s perception regarding variability and change in local climate conditions
  • Gender and climate change
Room:   E108
Phone:  061 206 3316
Fax:      061 206 3684
Email:nsiyambango@unam.na
Biography in brief

Ms Siyambango obtained her Bachelor of Science from the University of Namibia, and then went on to complete a Post Graduate Diploma and Masters in Environmental Management from the University of Queensland in Australia.
Upon completion of her Masters, she returned home, The university employed her as lecturer within the faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources for a period of two years.

She joined the MRC in October 2011 as Researcher for the Climate change and Disaster Risk management program within the Life Sciences Division .Currently working on Gender and climate change project funded by the UNDP.

Co-supervision

Acted as a co-supervisor to enumerators for the project “Enabling Universal and Equitable Access to health care services: This project did a qualitative study in five regions of Namibia

Qualifications:

University Training
    • MA. Sociology, University of Namibia, Namibia
      Barriers to Access Health care Services for the Physically impaired Population in Namibia
    • BBA (Strategic Marketing)

    Publications

    Gert Van Rooy., Elina M. Amadhila., Pempelani Mufune., Leslie Swartz., Hasheem Mannan MacLachlan Malcolm. 2012. Perceived barriers to accessing health services among people with disabilities in Rural Northern Namibia. In Press.

     

 

Google
 
web   www.unam.na