Adj Mamohapi Kgalamono

Mamohapi Kgalamono is a public health researcher whose work centers on occupational and environmental health, with a strong focus on vulnerable and informal workers in South Africa. Her scholarship examines how social determinants, workplace exposures, and health systems shape health outcomes, particularly among waste pickers and communities living near mine dumps.

Her publications highlight respiratory health, tuberculosis risk, mental health, and access to care in marginalized populations. Through cross-sectional studies and systematic reviews, she has advanced understanding of inequalities between informal and formal workers, emphasizing barriers to health services and the burden of occupational hazards. This body of work demonstrates expertise in epidemiology, exposure assessment, and health equity.

More recent contributions engage global workers’ health monitoring and policy, including development of indicators for work-related disease and analysis of occupational health information systems. By linking local empirical research with global health frameworks, her work supports evidence-informed policy and strengthens surveillance systems aimed at protecting workers’ rights and promoting equitable occupational health.