Elizabeth Francis Msoka

Elizabeth Francis Msoka is a registered Postgraduate Nurse-Midwife at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) with 8 years of nursing and midwifery experience in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and more than 15 years’ experience in research.

She received a bachelor’s degree in Nursing from the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College (KCMUCo). Moshi, Tanzania. She also holds a Master’s degree in Advanced Nursing Science from Nottingham University, United Kingdom. She successful completed Pre-PhD in nursing training at Polytechnic University in Hong Kong. Since 2002, she has been involved in the research. She completed the following certificates to expand her research skills: Research methodology from the African Midwives Research Network (AMReN) Zambia, University Teaching Hospital, Health System and Policy research (Western Cape Summer School, SA), Reciprocal Clinical Trial Monitor under East African Consortium for Clinical Research-2 (EACCR2), qualitative data investigation and analysis at Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), Discordant Couple & HIV counselling from Ministry of Health, Tanzania, Practical steps for the archiving of qualitative research data, Cork University. She had been involved in various international studies spanning topics of Anti-microbial resistance, the burden of arthritis, access to care, TB (socio-science studies) TB-HIV treatment adherence, female genital cutting and intersection of culture and health. Since 2018, she has been involved in breast cancer research in Moshi. She is currently accepted to the PhD program at (KCMUCo) where her thesis is on ” A Qualitative Study of the Factors Contributing to the Late Diagnosis of Breast Cancer in Tanzania: Perceptions of Health Care Providers, Patients, and Traditional Healers”.