By Dr Sikhumbuzo Advisor Mabunda

Journal articles

Jeganathan S; Mabunda SA, 2025, 'A letter of gratitude to Walter Sisulu University medical school’s founding Dean', South African Medical Journal, pp. 3619 - 3619, http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/10.7196/samj.2025.v115i11b.3619

Mvuleni L; Kah-Keh Nanjoh M; Khosa NV; Ncinitwa ABA; Mabunda SA; Chitha WW; Nomatshila SC, 2025, 'Health literacy on diabetes mellitus among a working population of Mthatha, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa', South African Medical Journal, pp. e3479 - e3479, http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/10.7196/samj.2025.v115i11b.3479

Bopape M; Mamashela TA; Selatole MJ; Mabunda SA, 2025, 'Mob assault victim fatalities admitted at a forensic pathology laboratory in a South African rural province', South African Medical Journal, pp. e3380 - e3380, http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/10.7196/samj.2025.v115i11b.3380

Mabunda SA; Xaba-Mokoena MN, 2025, 'Origins of South Africa’s eight and oldest rural medical school: Pioneering a new approach to medical education', South African Medical Journal, pp. e3584 - e3584, http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/10.7196/samj.2025.v115i11b.3584

Xaba-Mokoena MN; Mabunda SA, 2025, 'The speech that transformed medical education in South Africa, as delivered in September 1985: A dream to be fulfilled', South African Medical Journal, pp. e3618 - e3618, http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/10.7196/samj.2025.v115i11b.35618

Chitha W; Mabunda SA, 2025, 'Vision and future of South Africa’s oldest rural medical school as it navigates towards its first century', South African Medical Journal, pp. e3569 - e3569, http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/10.7196/samj.2025.v115i11b.3569

Nomatshila SC; Mabunda SA; Mfenyana K; Chitha WW, 2025, 'When conflicting interests challenge relevance: History of the development of Public Health at Walter Sisulu University', South African Medical Journal, pp. e3557 - e3557, http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/10.7196/samj.2025.v115i11b.3557

Godlimpi L; Nomatshila SC; Nanjoh MK; Mnyaka OR; Chitha WW; Mabunda SA; Moshabela M, 2025, 'Health professionals’ perceptions of the Walter Sisulu University’s integrated longitudinal clinical clerkship on service delivery in rural district hospitals in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa', BMC Medical Education, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-06927-z

Mhlanga NL; Mabunda SA, 2025, 'Challenges to Physical Activity Participation Among Older People Living with HIV: Scoping Review', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22101513

Maake K; Chitha W; Nomatshila SC; Mabunda SA, 2025, 'Exploring Clinical Governance Interventions and Organisational Learning in Public Hospitals in South Africa’s Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga Provinces: A Mixed-Methods Study Protocol', Healthcare Switzerland, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13192430

Maake K; Chitha W; Nomatshila S; Mabunda S, 2025, 'Protocol for health professionals’ perspectives on elective surgical case cancellations in selected public hospitals: A quantitative cross-sectional study in South Africa’s Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga provinces', F1000Research, 14, pp. 802 - 802, http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.169011.1

Mabunda SA; Gupta M; Sampath R; Joshi R, 2025, 'The implementation of the Workforce Indicators of Staffing Needs (WISN) method to improve access to health workforce in selected SouthEast Asian countries', Plos Global Public Health, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0004727

Gonah L; Mabunda SA; Faleni M; Nomatshila SC, 2025, 'The confluence of global climate change crisis, human health and health inequalities: A scoping review', Journal of Global Health Economics and Policy, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.52872/001c.137872

Gonah L; Mabunda SA; Faleni M; Nomatshila SC, 2025, 'The confluence of global climate change crisis, human health and health inequalities: A scoping review', Journal of Global Health Economics and Policy, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.7189/001c.137872

Tesema AG; Mabunda SA; Chaudhri K; Sunjaya A; Thio S; Yakubu K; Jeyakumar R; Godinho M; John R; Eltigany M; Hogendorf M; Joshi R, 2025, 'Task-sharing for non-communicable disease prevention and control in low- and middle-income countries in the context of health worker shortages: A systematic review', Plos Global Public Health, 5, pp. e0004289, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0004289

Mbulawa ZZA; Mabunda SA, 2025, 'Bacterial vaginosis associated with high rates of sexually transmitted infections among South African adolescent girls and young women', Infection, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s15010-025-02649-y

Faleni M; Apalata T; Mabunda SA; Pulido-Estrada GA; Ncance Z; Gonah L; Nomatshila SC, 2025, 'Health Disparities of HIV and Hypertension Comorbidity Among Public Health Facility Users Living With HIV in Rural South Africa: A Cross-Sectional Study', Advances in Public Health, 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/adph/9585993

Mhlanga NL; Mabunda SA, 2025, 'Challenges in non-communicable disease mitigation among community health workers: A scoping review.', J Public Health Afr, 16, pp. 1494, http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/jphia.v16i1.1494

Chitha WW; Mnyaka OR; Ncinitwa A; Giwu O; Mashao T; Mabophe K; Nomatshila SC; Funani I; Essel V; Ntlongweni X; Maake K; Sithole N; Khosa N; Masemola M; Ngcobo Z; Mulamu M; Mkabela B; Sibulawa S; Swartbooi B; Mokobane G; Mabunda SA, 2024, 'Assessing patients’ experience of care in four referral hospitals: a cross-sectional survey of outpatients in two South African rural provinces', BMC Health Services Research, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-12002-y

Sithole N; Chitha WW; Mnyaka OR; Ncinitwa ABA; Nomatshila SC; Ntlongweni X; Maake K; Mkabela BE; Khosa NV; Ngcobo ZB; Chitha N; Masuku K; Mabunda SA, 2024, 'Clinical staff reported knowledge on the existence of clinical governance protocols or tools utilised in selected South African hospitals', Plos One, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0312340

Mabunda SA; Durbach A; Chitha WW; Phiri H; Phalane M; Nomatshila SC; Joshi R; Angell B, 2024, 'Investing in health workers: a retrospective cost analysis of a cohort of return-of-service bursary recipients in Southern Africa', BMJ Global Health, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2023-013740

Gotye L; Nomatshila SC; Maake K; Chitha W; Mabunda SA; Nyembezi A, 2024, 'Acceptability of Medical Male Circumcision as an HIV Prevention Intervention among Male Learners in a South African High School', Healthcare Switzerland, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12131350

Mabunda SA; Durbach A; Chitha WW; Bodzo P; Angell B; Joshi R, 2024, 'Correction to: Development, Objectives and Operation of Return-of-Service Bursary Schemes as an Investment to Build Health Workforce Capacity in South Africa: A Multi-Methods Study (Healthcare, (2023), 11, 21, (2821), 10.3390/healthcare11212821)', Healthcare Switzerland, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12070723

Chitha N; Ntsele N; Mabunda SA; Funani I; Swartbooi B; Mnyaka O; Thabede J; Tshabalala R; Pulido-Estrada GA; Nomatshila S; Chitha W, 2024, 'Exploring the Information Sources Consulted by Doctors at the Point of Care in Four Selected South African Referral Hospitals', Healthcare Switzerland, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12010008

Chitha W; Sibulawa S; Funani I; Swartbooi B; Maake K; Hellebo A; Hongoro D; Mnyaka OR; Ngcobo Z; Zungu CM; Sithole N; Godlimpi L; Nomatshila SC; Mabunda SA; Essel V, 2023, 'A cross-sectional study of knowledge, attitudes, barriers and practices of cervical cancer screening among nurses in selected hospitals in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa', BMC Women S Health, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12905-023-02251-0

Mabunda SA; Durbach A; Chitha WW; Bodzo P; Angell B; Joshi R, 2023, 'Development, Objectives and Operation of Return-of-Service Bursary Schemes as an Investment to Build Health Workforce Capacity in South Africa: A Multi-Methods Study', Healthcare Switzerland, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11212821

Mabunda SA; Durbach A; Chitha WW; Phiri H; Phalane M; Moaletsane O; Angell B; Joshi R, 2023, 'Effectiveness of return-of-service schemes for human resources for health retention: a retrospective cohort study of four Southern African countries', BMJ Global Health, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2023-013687

Mabunda SA; Durbach A; Chitha WW; Moaletsane O; Angell B; Joshi R, 2023, 'Identifying the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) of return-of-service bursary schemes for health workforce capacity: a qualitative study of Botswana, Lesotho and Eswatini', BMJ PUBLIC HEALTH, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2023-000142

Mabunda SA; Durbach A; Chitha WW; Moaletsane O; Angell B; Joshi R, 2023, 'How Were Return-of-Service Schemes Developed and Implemented in Botswana, Eswatini and Lesotho?', Healthcare Switzerland, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11101512

Sitonga N; Nomatshila SC; Phalane M; Chitha WW; Mabunda SA, 2023, 'Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Sex Workers of Three South African Towns towards Female Condom Use and Contraceptives', Healthcare Switzerland, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11091271

Chitha N; Mabunda SA; Essel V; Funani I; Godlimpi L; Swartbooi B; Mnyaka O; Thabede J; Tshabalala R; Chitha W, 2023, 'Protocol for exploring the use of hospitals as a learning organisation: a cross-sectional study in South Africa's Eastern Cape province', BMJ Open, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063208

O’Mahony D; Mabunda SA; Mntonintshi M; Iruedo J; Kaswa R; Blanco-Blanco E; Ogunsanwo B; Namugenyi KAF; Vasaikar S; Yogeswaran P, 2023, 'Causes of Moderate and Severe Anaemia in a High-HIV and TB-Prevalent Adult Population in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043584

Mbulawa ZZA; Somdyala NI; Mabunda SA; Williamson AL, 2023, 'Effect of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Education Intervention on HPV Knowledge and Awareness Among High School Learners in Eastern Cape Province of South Africa', Journal of Cancer Education, 38, pp. 146 - 152, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13187-021-02090-3

Ncane Z; Faleni M; Pulido-Estrada G; Apalata TR; Mabunda SA; Chitha W; Nomatshila SC, 2023, 'Knowledge on Cervical Cancer Services and Associated Risk Factors by Health Workers in the Eastern Cape Province', Healthcare Switzerland, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11030325

Chitha N; Mabunda SA; Essel V; Funani I; Godlimpi L; Swartbooi B; Mnyaka O; Thabede J; Tshabalala R; Chitha W, 2022, 'Factors influencing the information behaviour of doctors and nurses in South Africa's Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and Northern Cape provinces: A survey study protocol', BMJ Open, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061449

Mabunda SA; Durbach A; Chitha WW; Angell B; Joshi R, 2022, 'Are return-of-service bursaries an effective investment to build health workforce capacity? A qualitative study of key South African policymakers', Plos Global Public Health, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000309

Chitha W; Jafta Z; Mnyaka OR; Hongoro D; Godlimpi L; Swartbooi B; Williams N; Zungu C; Buthi L; Kuseni S; Nasila J; Sibulawa S; Giwu O; Mavimbela A; Essel V; Mabunda SA, 2022, 'Protocol of mixed-methods assessment of demographic, epidemiological and clinical profile of decentralised patients with cancer at Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital and Rob Ferreira Hospital, South Africa', BMJ Open, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054983

Nomatshila SC; Mabunda SA; Puoane T; Apalata TR, 2022, 'Prevalence of Obesity and Associated Risk Factors among Children and Adolescents in the Eastern Cape Province', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, pp. 2946, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052946

Chitha W; Swartbooi B; Jafta Z; Funani I; Maake K; Hongoro D; Godlimpi L; Mnyaka OR; Williams N; Buthi L; Kuseni S; Zungu C; Sibulawa S; Mavimbela A; Giwu O; Mabunda SA; Essel V, 2022, 'Model of delivery of cancer care in South Africa's Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga provinces: A situational analysis protocol', BMJ Open, 12, pp. e058377, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058377

Yakubu K; Durbach A; van Waes A; Mabunda SA; Peiris D; Shanthosh J; Joshi R, 2022, 'Governance systems for skilled health worker migration, their public value and competing priorities: an interpretive scoping review', Global Health Action, 15, pp. 2013600, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2021.2013600

Bam NE; Chitha W; Ntsaba J; Nomatshila SC; Apalata T; Mabunda SA, 2022, 'Lifestyle determinants of diabetes mellitus amongst people living with HIV in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa', African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v14i1.3256

Onywera H; Mabunda SA; Williamson AL; Mbulawa ZZA, 2022, 'Microbiological and behavioral determinants of genital HPV infections among adolescent girls and young women warrant the need for targeted policy interventions to reduce HPV risk', Frontiers in Reproductive Health, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frph.2022.887736

Nomatshila SC; Apalata TR; Mabunda SA, 2022, 'Perceptions and knowledge of school management teams about non-communicable diseases and strategies to prevent them', Health SA Gesondheid, 27, pp. 1781, http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/hsag.v27i0.1781

Nomatshila SC; Apalata TR; Mabunda SA, 2022, 'Perceptions of school management on the relationship between school nutrition and development of non-communicable diseases in a rural South African district: A qualitative study', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, pp. 432, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010432

Peralta-Quispe F; Mendoza-Arana PJ; Pereira-Victorio CJ; Ramírez-Rodríguez JM; Pérez-García FM; Ampuero-Cáceres R; Huamani-Guzmán RW; Joshi R; Mabunda SA, 2022, 'Simulated tele-management for teaching medical students on primary health care managerial decision making', Anales De La Facultad De Medicina, 83, pp. 313 - 318, http://dx.doi.org/10.15381/anales.v83i4.23116

Mabunda SA; Gupta M; Chitha WW; Mtshali NG; Ugarte C; Echegaray C; Cuzco M; Loayza J; Peralta F; Escobedo S; Bustos V; Mnyaka OR; Swaartbooi B; Williams N; Joshi R, 2021, 'Lessons learnt during the implementation of WISN for comprehensive primary health care in India, South Africa and Peru', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, pp. 12541, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312541

Gadsden T; Mabunda SA; Palagyi A; Maharani A; Sujarwoto S; Baddeley M; Jan S, 2021, 'Performance-based incentives and community health workers’ outputs, a systematic review', Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 99, pp. 805 - 818, http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.20.285218

Mbulawa ZZA; Somdyala NI; Mabunda SA; Williamson AL, 2021, 'High human papillomavirus prevalence among females attending high school in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa', Plos One, 16, pp. e0253074, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253074

Mabunda S; Angell B; Joshi R; Durbach A, 2021, 'Evaluation of the alignment of policies and practices for state-sponsored educational initiatives for sustainable health workforce solutions in selected Southern African countries: A protocol, multimethods study', BMJ Open, 11, pp. e046379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046379

Mabunda SA; Sigovana K; Chitha W; Apalata T; Nomatshila S, 2021, 'Socio-demographic associations of HIV among women attending antenatal care in selected rural primary care facilities in South Africa's Eastern Cape province.', BMC Infectious Diseases, 21, pp. 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05744-7

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