Member Profile
Membership type: full
Joyce Mahlako Tsoka-Gwegweni
Country of origin: South Africa Currently in: South Africa, Bloemfontein General field of specialization: Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences-
Degrees
2004 Doctorate Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences -
Current Research Activities
Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences
Public Health Malaria Neglected Tropical Diseases Health Research Ethics Maternal, Child and women's health
Publications resulting from Research:
1. Cho Sabastine Anye, Claude Ngwayu Nkfusai, Brenda Mbouamba Yankam, Frankline Sevidzem Wirsiy, Joyce Mahlako Tsoka-Gwegweni & Samuel Nambile Cumber. (2020). A Four-Year Hospital-Based Retrospective Study of the Predictors of Tuberculosis in People Living with HIV and Receiving Care at Bamenda Regional Hospital, Cameroon. International Journal of Maternal and Child Health and AIDS; 9(2): 167-172.
2. Muwada Bashir Awad Bashir, Sara Omer Abdelazim Mohammed, Ngwayu Claude Nkfusai, Fala Bede, Olanrewaju Oladimeji, Joyce Mahlako Tsoka-Gwegweni & Samuel Nambile Cumber (2020). Assessment of minor psychiatric morbidity, stressors, and barriers of seeking help among medical students at the University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan. Pan African Medical Journal; 35(87), doi: 10.11604/pamj.2020.35.87.17512.
3. Fuh Princewel, Samuel Nambile Cumber, Judith Anchang Kimbi, Claude Ngwayu Nkfusai, Elsie Indah Keka, Vecheusi Zennobia Viyoff, Terence Epie Beteck, Fala Bede, Joyce Mahlako Tsoka-Gwegweni & Eric Achidi Akum (2019). Prevalence and risk factors associated with hypertension among adults in a rural setting: the case of Ombe, Cameroon. Pan African Medical Journal; 34:147. doi:10.11604/pamj.2019.34.147.17518.
4. Joyce Agyemang, Sam Newton, Isaac Nkrumah, Joyce Mahlako Tsoka-Gwegweni & Samuel Nambile Cumber. (2019). Contraceptive use and associated factors among sexually active female adolescents in Atwima Kwanwoma District, Ashanti region-Ghana. Pan African Medical Journal; 32:182. doi:10.11604/pamj.2019.32.182.15344. http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/32/182/full/.
5. Muwada Bashir Awad Bashir, Shahd Mohammed Abdalla, Ngwayu Claude Nkfusai, Frankline Sanyuy Nsai, Rosaline Yumumkah Cumber, Joyce Mahlako Tsoka-Gwegweni & Samuel Nambile Cumber. (2019). Stigma on epileptic patients attending the outpatient clinic of Soba University Hospital and the National Center for Neurological Science (NCNS) Khartoum, Sudan. Pan African Medical Journal; 32:93. doi:10.11604/pamj.2019.32.93.17511. http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/32/93/full/.
6. Ngwayu Claude Nkfusai, Samuel Nambile Cumber, Takang Williams, Judith K Anchang-Kimbi, Brenda Mbouamba Yankam, Cho Sabastine Anye, Joyce Mahlako Tsoka-Gwegweni, Enow-Orock George Enow & Damian Nota Anong. (2019). Cervical cancer in the Bamenda Regional Hospital, North West Region of Cameroon: a retrospective study. Pan African Medical Journal; 32:90. doi:10.11604/pamj.2019.32.90.18217. http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/32/90/full/.
7. Claude Ngwayu Nkfusai, Samuel Nambile Cumber, Fala Bede, Tabe Armstrong Tambe & Joyce Mahlako Tsoka-Gwegweni. (2019). Assessment of the knowledge of the modes of transmission and prevention of malaria among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at the Nkwen Health Center Bamenda, Cameroon. Pan African Medical Journal; 33:137. doi:10.11604/pamj.2019.33.137.16896. http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/33/137/full/.
8. Marius Nsoh, Bassong Olga Yvonne Mankollo, Mbondji Ebongue, Kengne Nde Cyprien, Julienne Louise Ngo Likeng, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam, Andrew Collier, Joyce Mahlako Tsoka-Gwegweni & Samuel Nambile Cumber. (2019). Acute respiratory infection related to air pollution in Bamenda, North West Region of Cameroon. Pan African Medical Journal;32:99. doi:10.11604/pamj.2019.32.99.15228 . http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/32/99/full/.
9. Sakhile K. S. Masuku, Joyce M. Tsoka-Gwegweni & Ben Sartorius. (2019). The Economic Burden of HIV and Type 2 Diabetes Comorbidity: Implications for Care in Countries with High Burden of HIV. Journal of Diabetology; 10 (3):89-96. DOI: 10.4103/jod.jod_50_18. http://www.journalofdiabetology.org.
10. Hedwig Eposi Nkwenti, Marcelin Ngowe Ngowe, Pius Fokam, Joseph Nkfusai Fonyuy, Sylvester Ndeso Atanga, Ngwayu Claude Nkfusai, Brenda Mbouamba Yankam, Joyce Mahlako Tsoka-Gwegweni & Samuel Nambile Cumber. (2019). The effect of subsidized malaria treatment among under-five children in the Buea Health District, Cameroon. Pan African Medical Journal; 33:152. doi:10.11604/pamj.2019.33.152.16832. http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/33/152/full/.
11. Sakhile Masuku, Joyce Mahlako Tsoka-Gwegweni & Ben Sartorius. (2019). HIV and antiretroviral therapy-induced metabolic syndrome in people living with HIV and its implications for care: A critical review. Journal of Diabetology; 10(2):41-47. DOI: 10.4103/jod.jod_21_18. http://www.journalofdiabetology.org.
12. Kelechi Elizabeth Oladimeji, Joyce Mahlako Tsoka‑Gwegweni, Elizabeth Ojewole & Samuel Tassi Yunga. (2019). Knowledge of malaria prevention among pregnant women and non‑pregnant mothers of children aged under 5 years in Ibadan, South West Nigeria. BMC Malaria Journal; 18:92, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-2706-1.
13. Phehlukwayo SM & Tsoka-Gwegweni JM. (2018). Investigating the influence of contextual factors in the coordination of chronic mental illness care in a district health system. African Health Sciences; 18(4): 1027-1035. https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v18i4.24.
14. Mogaka JJOM. Mahlako Tsoka-Gwegweni J, Mupara L & Mashamba-Thompson T. (2017). The Role, Structure and Effect of Medical Tourism in Africa: A Systematic Scoping Review Protocol. BMJ Open, 7:e013021. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013021.
15. Themba G Ginindza, Cristina D Stefan, Joyce M Tsoka-Gwegweni, Xolisile Dlamini, Pauline E Jolly, Elisabete Weiderpass, Nathalie Broutet & Benn Sartorius (2017). Prevalence and risk factors associated with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among women of reproductive age in Swaziland, Infectious Agents and Cancer, 12:29. DOI 10.1186/s13027-017-0140-y.
16. Khumbulani Welcome Hlongwana & Joyce Tsoka-Gwegweni. (2017). Towards the implementation of malaria elimination policy in South Africa: the stakeholders’ perspectives. Global Health Action, 10 (1): DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2017.1288954. ISSN: 1654-9716.
17. John J. O. Mogaka, Lucia Mupara & Joyce M Tsoka-Gwegweni. (2017). Ethical Issues Associated with Medical Tourism in Africa. Journal of Market Access & Health Policy, 5(1): DOI: 10.1080/20016689.2017.1309770. ISSN: 2001-6689.
18. Samuel Cumber & Joyce M Tsoka-Gwegweni. (2017). What are the stressful situations that street children in Cameroon have to cope with? International Journal of Advanced Research; 5(4), 1449-1455. DOI:10.21474/IJAR01/3966. ISSN: 2320-5407.
19. Samuel Cumber & Joyce M Tsoka-Gwegweni. (2017). Health problems and barriers to access and utilisation of health care services among street children in Cameroon. International Journal of Advanced Research; 5(4), 1438-1448. 10.21474/IJAR01/3965. ISSN: 2320-5407.
20. Samuel Nambile Cumber, Joyce Mahlako Tsoka-Gwegweni, Ndenkeh N. Jackson Jr & Rosaline Yumumkah Kanjo-Cumber. (2017). HIV/AIDS amongst street children in Cameroon: their relative knowledge, attitude and sexual experience International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health; 4(5):1450-1458. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20171754. pISSN 2394-6032 | eISSN 2394-6040.
21. Samuel Nambile Cumber, Nancy Bongkiynuy, Shalom Jaila & Joyce Mahlako Tsoka-Gwegweni. (2017). Poor complementary feeding practices among young children in Cameroon. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 30(02):4-5.
22. J.J.O. Mogaka, L. M. Mupara, T.P Mashamba-Thompson & J.M. Tsoka-Gwegweni. (2017). Geo-location and range of medical tourism services in Africa. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure; 6 (1) ISSN: 2223-814X.
23. J.J.O. Mogaka, T.P Mashamba-Thompson, J.M. Tsoka-Gwegweni & L. M. Mupara. (2017). Effects of Medical Tourism on Health Systems in Africa. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure; 6 (1) ISSN: 2223-814X.
24. Ginindza TG, Dlamini X, Almonte M, Herrero R, Jolly PE, Tsoka-Gwegweni JM, et al. (2017). Prevalence of and Associated Risk Factors for High Risk Human Papillomavirus among Sexually Active Women, Swaziland. PLoS ONE; 12(1): e0170189.doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0170189.
25. Samuel Nambile Cumber, Joyce Mahlako Tsoka-Gwegweni & Rosaline Yumumkah Kanjo-Cumber. (2017). Family Circumstances Forcing Children to Run Away from Home in Cameroon. Science Journal of Public Health.;. 5, No. 1, 2017, pp. 1-9. doi: 10.11648/j.sjph.20170501.11.
26. Olanrewaju Oladimeji, Boniface Ayanbekongshie Ushie, Ekerette Emmanuel Udoh, Kelechi Elizabeth Oladimeji, Olusoji Mayowa Ige, Olusegun Obasanya, Daisy Lekharu, Olayinka Atilola, Lovett Lawson, Osman Eltayeb, Mustapha Gidado, Joyce M Tsoka-Gwegweni, Chikwe A Ihekweazu & Charles S Chasela (2016). Psychosocial wellbeing of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis voluntarily confined to long-term hospitalization in Nigeria. BMJ Global Health; 1:e000006. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2015000006.
27. Samuel Cumber & Joyce M Tsoka-Gwegweni (2016). The health profile of street children in Africa: a literature review. Journal of Public Health in Africa; 6:566 doi:10.4081/jphia.2015.566.
28. Samuel Cumber & Joyce M Tsoka-Gwegweni (2016). Characteristics of street children in Cameroon: A cross-sectional study. Afr J Prm Health Care Fam Med; 8(1), a1076. http:// dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm. v8i1.1076.
29. Samuel Cumber & Joyce M Tsoka-Gwegweni (2016). Knowledge and practice of condom use as well as perceived barriers among street adolescents in Cameroon. S Afr J HIV Med.;17(1), a479. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ sajhivmed.v17i1.479.
30. S Cumber & J Tsoka-Gwegweni (2016). Pattern and practice of psychoactive substance abuse and risky behaviours among street children in Cameroon. S Afr J Child Health; 10(3):166-170. doi:10.7196/SAJCH.2016.v10i3.1066.
31. Hlongwana KW & Tsoka-Gwegweni J (2016). From malaria control to elimination in South Africa: The researchers’ perspectives. Afr J Prm Health Care Fam Med; 8(1), a1078. http:// dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm. v8i1.1078.
32. Kelechi Elizabeth Oladimeji, Ikeoluwapo Oyeneye Ajayi, Joyce M. Tsoka- Gwegweni, Oluwole Jegede, Olanrewaju Oladimeji et al. (2016). Breast Cancer Risk Factors among market women in Ibadan, in South West, Nigeria. European Journal of Pharmaceutical and Medical Research; 3(4), 36-44.
33. U Okafor, J Tsoka-Gwegweni et al. (2016). Parasitaemia and haematological changes in malaria-infected refugees in South Africa. South African Medical Journal; 106(4):413-416. doi:10.7196/SAMJ.2016.v106i4.9758.
Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchAdministrationCurrently employed as the Vice-Dean for Research. I also involved in various research projects in Public health, malaria, NTDS, maternal and child health Supervising 7 doctoral and 2 master students
Workshop and Conference Attended
6-8 August 2018 International Convention Centre, Durban, South Africa 2nd AFREHEALTH Conference