Adj Mantoa Mokhachane

Mantoa Mokhachane is a South African clinician-scholar whose work bridges neonatology and medical education. Affiliated with leading Johannesburg academic hospitals and universities, her early research centers on neonatal outcomes, including kangaroo mother care, hypothermia, and the health of HIV-exposed infants. This clinical scholarship reflects a sustained commitment to improving care in resource-constrained settings and strengthening evidence-based neonatal practice.

Her more recent scholarship focuses on medical education, professionalism, and professional identity formation within the South African context. Drawing on Ubuntu philosophy, intersectionality, and critical theory, she interrogates how race, gender, activism, and historical inequities shape medical training. Her work challenges dominant Global North frameworks and advances contextually grounded, socially accountable approaches to educating health professionals.

Across her publications, Mokhachane demonstrates strength in qualitative and reflective methodologies, amplifying marginalized voices in debates on professionalism and knowledge production. She contributes significantly to rethinking equity, inclusivity, and epistemic justice in health professions education, positioning African perspectives as essential to global medical education discourse.