Available Journals



Lesotho Medical Association Journals Authored by LeBoHA Staff


  1. Jack B, Phooki MW. Developing a Family Medicine Residency Programme in Lesotho: Training Physicians for the Future – The Time Has Come. Lesotho Medical Association Journal 2007;5:6.
  2. Jack B, Matete S, Mpothi M, Bicknell B. Cervical Cancer, An AIDS Defining Illness: Prevention & Early Treatment Strategies for Lesotho. Lesotho Medical Association Journal 2008:6(3)13-21.
  3. Penti B, Shaw K, Jack B. et al. The Government of Lesotho Family Medicine Specialty Training Program: An update. Lesotho Medical Association Journal 2008:6(3)13-21.
  4. Makiti, S, McGuire C, Malope S, Jack B. Barriers to Cervical Cancer Screening in Motsekuoa Health Center, Lesotho. Lesotho Medical Association Journal 2019:15(1);6-13.
  5. Matjeane K, Malope S, Schumacher R, McGuire C, Ciraldo, K, Sidduri N, Jack B. Job Satisfaction, Workplace Conditions, and Burnout among health care workers. Lesotho Medical Association Journal 2019:15(1);14-22.
  6. Mojaje L, Malope S, Schumacher R, Chelsea McGuire C, Jack B. Psychosocial Needs of Basotho Caregivers of Disabled Children: A Qualitative Study. Lesotho Medical Association Journal 2019:15(1);23-30.
  7. Sao L, Malope S, Molapo T, McGuire C, Feazel-Orr H, Jack B. The Impact of Diabetes Education Pilot Programme on Patients’ Knowledge, Attitude and Behaviors in a Rural Hospital in Lesotho. Lesotho Medical Association Journal 2019:15(1);31-39.
  8. McGuire C, Malope S. Building research capacity in the mountain kingdom, Lesotho Medical Association Journal. 2019:15(1):4-5
  9. Makhele MI, Riffenburg K, Lekonyana N, Malope S, Jack B, Bryden M, McGuire C. Barriers and Facilitators of Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission Adherence among Postpartum Women in Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho. Lesotho Medical Journal. Vol 15, September 2021.
  10. Chitja M, Malope, McGuire, Steer-Massaro, Killilea O, Brian Jack B. A Report of the First Year of Dialysis Treatment Availability in the Mountain Kingdom of Lesotho. Lesotho Medical Journal. Vol 15, September 2021.
  11. Namane T, Sharma A, McGuire C, Bryden B, Steer-Massaro, Malope S, Jack B. Retrospective Descriptive Study of a Neonatal Mortality in a Lesotho District Hospital. Lesotho Medical Journal. Vol 15, September 2021.


Peer Reviewed Articles Authored by LeBoHA Staff


  1. Nkabane-Nkholongo EL, Yoon GY, Hoyt-Hudson P, Smith BH, Jack BW. Strengthening Health Systems from the Bottom Up: Training can empower health workers to solve problems in their everyday work. Africa Health Journal. 2021;43(3):10-11.
  2. Buadu MAE, van Waes A, Yakubu K, Ameh P, Fatusin BB, Kodicherla H, Jack BW, Scott NA, McGuire CM. Research e-Mentorship for early-career family physicians in sub-Saharan Africa: evaluation of a pilot programme. The Lancet Global Health. 2021;9(S27):27. doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00135-2
  3. McGuire CM, Fatusin BB, Kodicherla H, Yakubu K, Ameh P, van Waes A, Rhoad E, Jack BW, Scott NA. Implementation of Online Research Training and Mentorship for Sub-Saharan African Family Physicians. Annals of Global Health. 2021;87(1):13, 1–17. doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3171
  4. Bryden B, Bryden M, Steer-Massaro J, Malope S. Family Medicine Training in Lesotho: A Strategy of Decentralized Training for Rural Physician Workforce Development. Front. Med. 2021:7:582130. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2020.582130
  5. Namane T, Chitja M, Goldman A, Malope S, Bryden B, Greenberg SM. Stroke treatment in a low resource setting: The Motebang Hospital protocol. Afr J Neurol Sci 2021.
  6. McGuire CM, Riffenburg K, Malope S, Jack B, Borba C. Mixed-methods evaluation of family medicine research training and peer mentorship in Lesotho. African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine 2020;12(1), a2387. https://doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v12i1.2387
  7. Bresick G, Christians F, Makwero M, Besigye I, Malope S, Dullie L. Primary health care performance:a scoping review of the current state of measurement in Africa. BMJ Glob Health. 2019;4(Suppl 8):e001496. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001496
  8. Malope S, Nkholongo E, Shaw K, Penti B, Schumacher R, Markuns J, Jack B. Development of a family medicine specialty training programme in Lesotho. The Lancet. Published online April 8, 2016.
  9. Malope S, Nkholongo E, Shaw K, Penti B, Schumacher R, Markuns J, Jack B. Development of a family medicine specialty training programme in Lesotho. The Lancet (abstract). Published Online April 8, 2016.
  10. Malope S, Nkabane-Nkholongo E, Schumaker R, Jack b, Babich LP, Shaw K.Development of a family medicine specialty training program (FMSTP) in Lesotho. Ann Glob Heal. 2015;81(1):39. doi:10.1016/j.aogh.2015.02.600
  11. Vian T, McIntosh N, Grabowski A, Nkabane-Nkholongo EL, Jack BW. Hospital Public-Private Partnerships in Low Resource Settings: Perceptions of How the Lesotho PPP Transformed Management Systems and Performance. Health Syst Reform. 2015 Feb 17; 1(2):155-166. PMID: 31546306. doi:101080/23288604.2015.1029060
  12. McIntosh N, Vian T Grabowski A, Limakatso Nkabane-Nkholongo E, Jack B Shedding Light on Public-Private Partnerships in Practice: Clinical Outcomes in Lesotho's Public-Private Hospital" (ID # 2014-0945). Health Affairs 2015;34(6):954-962. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0945
  13. Veidis A, Nkabane-Nkholongo E, Mohlerepe M, Jack B, Shaw, K, Competency-based continuing education for nurses in Lesotho. Annals of Global Health, 2015:81(1);56–57. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.aogh.2015.02.636
  14. Veidis, A., Nkabane-Nkholongo, E., Mohlerepe, M., Jack, B. and Shaw, K., 2015. Competency-based continuing education for nurses in lesotho. Annals of Global Health, 81(1), pp.56–57. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.aogh.2015.02.636
  15. Malope S, Nkabane-Nkholongo E, Schumaker R, Jack B, Babich LP, Shaw K. Development of a family medicine specialty training program (FMSTP) in Lesotho. Ann Glob Heal. 2015;81(1):39. doi:10.1016/j.aogh.2015.02.600.
  16. Berman, J., Limakatso Nkabane, E., Malope, S., Machai, S., Jack, B. and Bicknell, W. (2014), "Developing a hospital quality improvement initiative in Lesotho", International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Vol. 27 No. 1, pp. 15-24. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHCQA-01-2012-0010
  17. Berman J, Nkabane-Limakatso E, Malope S, Machai S, Jack B, Bicknell B. The Developing of a Hospital Quality Improvement Initiative in Lesotho. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance. 2014:27(1);15-24. 10.1108/IJHCQA-01-2012-0010
  18. Dean S, Rudan I, Althabe F, Webb Girard A, Howson C, Langer, A, Lawn J, Reeve M-E, Teela KC, Toledano M, Venkatraman C-M, Belizan JM, Car J, Chan KY, Chatterjee S, Chitekwe S, Doherty T, Donnay F, Ezzati M, Humayun K, Jack B, Lassi ZS, Martorell R, Poortman Y, Bhutta ZA. Setting Research Priorities for Preconception Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Aiming to Reduce Maternal and Child Mortality and Morbidity. PLoS Med 2013;10(9): e1001508. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001508
  19. Babich LP, Bicknell WJ, Culpepper L, Jack BW. Social responsibility, international development, and institutional commitment: lessons for the Boston University experience. Academic Medicine 2008;83(2):143-147. PMID: 18303358
  20. Babich L, Bicknell W, Culpepper L, Jack B, Phooko MM, Smith B, Thahane TT. Institutional Commitment and HIV/AIDS: Lessons from the first three years of the Lesotho-Boston University Collaboration. Global Public Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice, 2008;3(4)417.