Aiwerasia Vera Ngowi
Biographic Data
| ID | 326306 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aiwerasia Vera Ngowi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aiwerasia Vera |
| FAMILY NAME | Ngowi |
| SIGNATURE | NGOWI A V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0162-5606 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Occupational Pesticide Exposure Risks and Gendered Experiences Among Women in Horticultural Farms in Northern Tanzania
Over the past decades, women's participation in horticulture has become increasingly apparent across Africa. Women perform physically demanding agricultural work on family farms, as hired laborers, or as paid workers on other farms. To increase yield and protect crops, pesticides are used, yet the health risks faced by these women remain under-researched. This qualitative exploratory case study conducted in 2023, in four villages in northern Tanz…
Pregnancy, Childcare, and Pesticides
Women play a significant role in agriculture worldwide, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, where they form a large share of the workforce in horticulture. Horticulture work may expose women to pesticides during pregnancy and childcare, posing serious health risks to women and children. This study explores the experiences of women working in small-scale horticulture in Tanzania during pregnancy and childcare, to understand exposure risks and sugges…
Self-Reported Pesticide Exposure During Pregnancy and Pesticide-Handling Knowledge Among Small-Scale Horticulture Women Workers in Tanzania, a Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study
Women constitute most of the global horticulture workforce, where pesticide use is prevalent. Protecting their health, particularly during pregnancy, is essential. However, knowledge about practices among pregnant employees that cause exposure to pesticides is limited. This study aims to identify such practices and assess the impact of pesticide-handling knowledge on exposure. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 432 small-scale horticult…
Maternal pesticide exposure and child neuro-development among smallholder tomato farmers in the southern corridor of Tanzania
The findings from this study have indicated that maternal pesticide exposure among farmworker residents in the SAGCOT area has a potential association with child developmental effect
Acute pesticide poisoning amongst adolescent girls and women in northern Tanzania
APP amongst women in Tanzania is common and this call for diverse preventive interventions to reduce poisoning incidents
Farmers' knowledge, practices and injuries associated with pesticide exposure in rural farming villages in Tanzania
The study found a high potential for pesticide exposure in the selected community in rural Tanzania, a high frequency of self-reported APP and poor recording in hospital records. Farmers' knowledge levels appeared to be unrelated to their risk. Rather than simply focusing on knowledge-based strategies, comprehensive interventions are needed to reduce both exposure and health risks, including training, improvements in labeling, measures to reduce …
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Farmers' knowledge, practices and injuries associated with pesticide exposure in rural farming villages in Tanzania
The study found a high potential for pesticide exposure in the selected community in rural Tanzania, a high frequency of self-reported APP and poor recording in hospital records. Farmers' knowledge levels appeared to be unrelated to their risk. Rather than simply focusing on knowledge-based strategies, comprehensive interventions are needed to reduce both exposure and health risks, including training, improvements in labeling, measures to reduce …
Acute pesticide poisoning amongst adolescent girls and women in northern Tanzania
APP amongst women in Tanzania is common and this call for diverse preventive interventions to reduce poisoning incidents
Maternal pesticide exposure and child neuro-development among smallholder tomato farmers in the southern corridor of Tanzania
The findings from this study have indicated that maternal pesticide exposure among farmworker residents in the SAGCOT area has a potential association with child developmental effect
Self-Reported Pesticide Exposure During Pregnancy and Pesticide-Handling Knowledge Among Small-Scale Horticulture Women Workers in Tanzania, a Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study
Women constitute most of the global horticulture workforce, where pesticide use is prevalent. Protecting their health, particularly during pregnancy, is essential. However, knowledge about practices among pregnant employees that cause exposure to pesticides is limited. This study aims to identify such practices and assess the impact of pesticide-handling knowledge on exposure. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 432 small-scale horticult…
Occupational Pesticide Exposure Risks and Gendered Experiences Among Women in Horticultural Farms in Northern Tanzania
Over the past decades, women's participation in horticulture has become increasingly apparent across Africa. Women perform physically demanding agricultural work on family farms, as hired laborers, or as paid workers on other farms. To increase yield and protect crops, pesticides are used, yet the health risks faced by these women remain under-researched. This qualitative exploratory case study conducted in 2023, in four villages in northern Tanz…
Pregnancy, Childcare, and Pesticides
Women play a significant role in agriculture worldwide, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, where they form a large share of the workforce in horticulture. Horticulture work may expose women to pesticides during pregnancy and childcare, posing serious health risks to women and children. This study explores the experiences of women working in small-scale horticulture in Tanzania during pregnancy and childcare, to understand exposure risks and sugges…
Tanzania (6 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Biostatistics (3 works) · Occupational safety and health (3 works) · Pesticide (3 works) · Public health (3 works) · Socioeconomics (3 works)