Dr Vuyiswa Kumalo

Is a Medical Officer who earned her medical degree from the University of Cape

Town and subsequently obtained a diploma in Primary Emergency Care, which

led her to practice maritime medicine as a ship physician. She later transitioned

into clinical trial research at the South African Medical Research Council’s HIV

Prevention Unit.

This experience inspired her to pursue a fellowship in Public Health Medicine at

the University of Witwatersrand. She is currently an MMed Public Health

Medicine candidate and serves as a Medical Officer in the Outbreak Response

Unit within the Division of Public Health Surveillance and Response at the

National Institute for Communicable Diseases. X · Instagram