Ambroise Wonkam

Datos Biográficos

ID2396641
NOMBREAmbroise Wonkam
NOMBRESAmbroise
APELLIDOWonkam
FIRMAWONKAM A
AFILIACIONESUniversity of Cape Town
ORCID0000-0003-1420-9051
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS14
TOTAL DE CITAS3
TOTAL COMO AUTOR14
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2011
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H1

  • Perceptions and experiences of staff members working at schools for the deaf in South Africa

    Open AccessKalinka Tavares, Malebo Malope et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Education2026

    The cognitive milestones, academic achievement and social interactions of children with hearing loss are affected by language development, early detection and intervention, and the extent of resources provided to schools for the Deaf and to families, amongst others. The responsibility of navigating these complex educational, linguistic, and psychosocial demands rests largely with the staff working in schools for the Deaf. These professionals are …

  • Should institutions fund the feedback of individual findings in genomic research

    Cornelius Ewuoso, Benjamin E Berkman et al.ARTICLEJournal of Medical Ethics2024

    The article argues the thesis that institutions have a prima facie obligation to fund the feedback of individual findings in genomic research conducted on the African continent by drawing arguments from an underexplored Afro-communitarian view of distributive justice and rights of researchers to be aided. Whilst some studies have explored how institutions have a duty to support return as a form of ancillary care or additional foreseeable service …

  • Genomics and Health Data Governance in Africa

    Open AccessNchangwi Syntia Munung, Charmaine D Royal et al.ARTICLEThe Hastings Center Report2024

    Effectively addressing ethical issues in precision medicine research in Africa requires a holistic social contract that integrates biomedical knowledge with local cultural values and Indigenous knowledge systems. Drawing on African epistemologies such as ubuntu and ujamaa and on our collective experiences in genomics and big data research for sickle cell disease, hearing impairment, and fragile X syndrome and the project Public Understanding of B…

  • Addressing exploitation and inequities in open science

    Open AccessCornelius Ewuoso, Luís Cordeiro Rodrigues et al.ARTICLEDeveloping World Bioethics2023

    There are concerns that participation in open science will lead to various forms of exploitation – of researchers and scholars in low‐income countries and under‐resourced institutions. This article defends a contrary thesis and demonstrates the exact ways the underexplored notions of communal relationships, human dignity and social justice – and the normative principles to which they give rise – grounded in African philosophy can usefully address…

  • Caught between pity, explicit bias, and discrimination

    Open AccessNchangwi Syntia Munung, Marsha Treadwell et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2023

    The results highlight the importance of challenging stigmatizing narratives on SCD and recognizing that stigmatization represents a social injustice that significantly diminishes the QoL of individuals living with SCD

  • Systematic Review of the Economic Evaluation of Returning Incidental Findings in Genomic Research

    Open AccessMayara Fontes Marx, John E Ataguba et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2021

    Objectives: Discussions regarding who and how incidental findings (IFs) should be returned and the ethics behind returning IFs have increased dramatically over the years. However, information on the cost and benefits of returning IFs to patients remains scanty. Design: This study systematically reviews the economic evaluation of returning IFs in genomic sequencing. We searched for published articles on the cost-effectiveness, cost-benefit, and co…

  • Implementation science research for the scale-up of evidence-based interventions for sickle cell disease in africa

    Open AccessJoyce Gyamfi, Temitope Ojo et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2021

  • Participants’ Preferences and Reasons for Wanting Feedback of Individual Genetic Research Results From an HIV-TB Genomic Study

    Open AccessDimpho Ralefala, Mary Kasule et al.ARTICLEJournal of Empirical Research on…2021Referencias: 4

    The feedback of individual results of genomics research is an ethical issue. However, which genetic results African participants would like to receive and why, remains unclear. A qualitative study was conducted to collect data from 44 adolescents and 49 parents/caregivers of adolescents enrolled in a genomic study in Botswana. Almost all the participants wanted to receive genetic results. Parents and caregivers wanted to receive results across al…

  • Stigma in African genomics research

    Open AccessJantina De Vries, Guida Landouré et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2020Citada por: 3Referencias: 35

    A recurring concern in genomics research is the possibility that it could lead to stigma for participants, their families and the population groups they belong to. Little evidence exists to explain how and when this ought to be a concern in genomics research in Africa whilst there is growing international evidence drawing into question the direct link between stigma and genetics. In this paper, we interrogate practical instances from African geno…

  • Perceptions of parents of children with hearing loss of genetic origin in South Africa

    Open AccessSinead Amber Gardiner, Nakita Laing et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Genetics2018

  • Bush mint (Hyptis suaveolens) and spreading hogweed (Boerhavia diffusa) medicinal plant extracts differentially affect activities of CYP1A2, CYP2D6 and CYP3A4 enzymes

    Open AccessNicholas Ekow Thomford, Kevin Dzobo et al.ARTICLEJournal of Ethnopharmacology2018

  • Biomedical research, a tool to address the health issues that affect African populations

    Open AccessLiang Zhou, Emmanuel Peprah et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2013

    Traditionally, biomedical research endeavors in low to middle resources countries have focused on communicable diseases. However, data collected over the past 20 years by the World Health Organization (WHO) show a significant increase in the number of people suffering from non-communicable diseases (e.g. heart disease, diabetes, cancer and pulmonary diseases). Within the coming years, WHO predicts significant decreases in communicable diseases wh…

  • Prenatal diagnosis and termination of pregnancy

    Open AccessChantelle Jennifer Scott, Merle Futter et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Genetics2012

  • Ethics of Human Genetic Studies in Sub‐saharan Africa

    Open AccessAmbroise Wonkam, MARCEL AZABJI KENFACK et al.ARTICLEDeveloping World Bioethics2011

    Many ethical concerns surrounding human genetics studies remain unresolved. We report here the situation in Cameroon. Objectives: To describe the profile of human genetic studies that used Cameroonian DNA samples, with specific focus on i) the research centres that were involved, ii) authorship, iii) population studied, iv) research topics and v) ethics disclosure, with the aim of raising ethical issues that emerged from these studies. Method: Bi…