Samuel Nambile Cumber

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Om Samuel Nambile Cumber

PhD graduate in Public Health, Dr Samuel Nambile Cumber of Cameroon investigated the health and well-being of street children in Cameroon.

His PhD thesis was titled: “A Situational Analysis of the Health Status and Risky Factors of Street Children in Cameroon with the aim to develop an appropriate intervention model to improve their health”. Cumber’s study also sought to determine the health, social and psychological challenges and associated risk factors for street children and from there propose an intervention model to improve their situation and also get them off the streets.

He surveyed 399 participants, 80% male and 20% female, aged between 12 and 17 using structured questionnaires analysed through the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 14. In collaboration with his supervisor, Professor Joyce M. Tsoka-Gwegweni, he published six articles from his thesis within a year.

Education • Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences from the University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon. • Post graduate diploma (Health and Human Rights) from Dalarna University, Sweden. • Post graduate diploma (Peace and Development Studies) from Linnaeus University Sweden. • Master’s degree in Public Health from Umeå University, Sweden. • PhD in Public Health from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.

Research description Current area of research includes • Street Children • Migration and Health • Teenage pregnancy and health • HIV/AIDS among Adolescence • Vulnerable Children and the Health System

Has experience of working in different parts of Africa including; South Africa, Nigeria and Cameroon.

Publikationer

Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions regarding malaria: a cross-sectional study in pregnant women attending antenatal care in the New-Bell district hospital, Douala,
Cameroon

C. B. K. Sielinou, D. Anong, Samuel Nambile Cumber, R. Y. Cumber, T. Nkuo-Akenji
Pan African Medical Journal - 2020-01-01
Factors associated with the uptake of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy in the Bamenda health districts,
Cameroon

N. H. Diengou, Samuel Nambile Cumber, C. N. Nkfusai, M. S. Mbinyui, V. Z. Viyoff, F. Bede, L. Akwah, J. M. Tsoka-Gwegweni, A. K. Judith
Pan African Medical Journal - 2020-01-01
Malaria in patients with sickle cell anaemia: burden, risk factors and outcome at the Laquintinie hospital,
Cameroon

N. L. E. Eleonore, Samuel Nambile Cumber, E. E. Charlotte, E. E. Lucas, M. M. L. Edgar, C. N. Nkfusai, M. M. Geh, B. M. Ngenge, F. Bede, N. H. Fomukong, H. L. F. Kamga, D. Mbanya
BMC Infectious Diseases - 2020-01-01
Dietary habits and nutritional status of medical school students: the case of three state universities in
Cameroon

F. Bede, Samuel Nambile Cumber, N. C. Nkfusai, M. A. Venyuy, Y. P. Ijang, E. N. Wepngong, A. T. N. Kien
Pan African Medical Journal - 2020-01-01
Burnout among caregivers in the Yaounde central hospital,
Cameroon

A. B. Negueu, Samuel Nambile Cumber, L. Donatus, C. N. Nkfusai, B. F. Ewang, F. Bede, T. E. Beteck, J. Shirinde, V. P. Djientcheu, B. A. Nkoum
Pan African Medical Journal - 2019-01-01
Knowledge and practice of pregnant women and health care workers on hepatitis B prevention in the Limbe and Muyuka health districts of the south west region of
Cameroon

Brenda Mbouamba Yankam, Cho Sebastine Anye, Ngwayu Claude Nkfusai, Joyce Shirinde, Samuel Nambile Cumber
Pan African Medical Journal - 2019-01-01
Exploring cultural beliefs and practices associated with weaning of children aged 0-12 months by mothers attending services at Maternal Cild Health Clinic Kalisizo Hospital,
Uganda

Wakabi Hellen Nandagire, Catherine Atuhaire, Ambirigen Teclar Egeineh, Claude Ngwayu Nkfusai, Joyce Mahlako Tsoka-Gwegweni, Samuel Nambile Cumber
Pan African Medical Journal - 2019-01-01
The level of knowledge and associated socio-demographic factors on cervical cancer among women: a cross-sectional study at Kenyase Bosore community,
Ghana

Ampofo Ama Gyamfua, Isaac Nkrumah, Bukola Mary Ibitoye , Beatrice Ampofo Agyemang, Evelyn Serwaa Ofosu, Joyce Mahlako Tsoka-Gwegweni, Samuel Nambile Cumber
Pan African Medical Journal - 2019-01-01
Management of face presentation, face and lip edema in a primary healthcare facility case report, Mbengwi,
Cameroon

Nzozone Henry Fomukong, Edwin Ngouagna , Mandeng Ma Linwa Edgar, Ngwayu Claude Nkfusai, Patience Ijang Yunga , Fala Bede, Joyce Shirinde, Samuel Nambile Cumber
Pan African Medical Journal - 2019-01-01
Knowledge and practice of birth preparedness and complication readiness among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in Openzinzi Hciii, Adjumani District,
Uganda

Florence Masudio, Catherine Atuhaire, Claude Ngwayu Nkfusai, Joyce Shirinde, Samuel Nambile Cumber
Pan African Medical Journal - 2019-01-01
Modern family planning use among people living with HIV/AIDS: a facility based study in
Ethiopia

Derek Akateh, Deresse Assefa Seme, Cho Sabastine Anye, Claude Ngwayu Nkfusai, Samuel Nambile Cumber
Pan African Medical Journal - 2019-01-01
Knowledge and perceptions of male immigrants from Eastern and Southern Africa residing in Leeds (UK) towards male circumcision, as an HIV preventive
strategy

Catherine Atuhaire, Kabanda Taseera, Chris Spoor, Rosaline Yumumkah Cumber, Samuel Nambile Cumber
Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine - 2019-01-01
Accès à l'eau potable et à l'assainissement: cas de la commune d'arrondissement de Douala 5ème
(Cameroun)

Dorine Djuissi Tekam, Noel Vogue, Claude Ngwayu Nkfusai, Maurice Ebode Maurice Ebode , Samuel Nambile Cumber
Pan African Medical Journal - 2019-01-01
Awareness and practice of birth preparedness and complication readiness among pregnant women in the Bamenda Health District,
Cameroon

Y. P. Ijang, Samuel Nambile Cumber, C. N. Nkfusai, M. A. Venyuy, F. Bede, P. M. Tebeu
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth - 2019-01-01
Predictors of mortality of pediatric burn injury in the Douala General Hospital,
Cameroon

Nzozone Henry Fomukong, Alain Chichom Mefire, Gerard Beyiha, Lawrence Mbuagbaw , Mandeng Ma Linwa Edgar, Ngwayu Claude Nkfusai, Samuel Nambile Cumber
Pan African Medical Journal - 2019-01-01
Prevalence of stillbirth at the Buea Regional Hospital, Fako Division south-west region,
Cameroon

Nkengafac Boris Anu, Claude Ngwayu Nkfusai, Marvelle Nanyongo Mbua Evelle, Liza Enanga Efande, Fala Bede, Joyce Shirinde, Samuel Nambile Cumber
Pan African Medical Journal - 2019-01-01
Assessing implementation modalities of mhealth intervention on pregnant women in Dschang health district, west region of
Cameroon

Nkemngu Blake Afutendem, Aubin Nino Baleba, Azefack Léon Tapondjou, Claude Ngwayu Nkfusai, Vecheusi Zennobia Viyoff, Frankline Sanyuy Nsai, Joyce Shirinde, Samuel Nambile Cumber
Pan African Medical Journal - 2019-01-01
Cryptosporidium and giardia species in newly and previously habituated gorillas and nearby water sources in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park,
Uganda

G. J. Mugoya, C. Sente, Samuel Nambile Cumber, K. Taseera, C. N. Nkfusai, C. Atuhaire
Pan African Medical Journal - 2019-01-01
Meeting the food needs of refugee children in the northern and eastern regions of Cameroon: current challenges faced and strategies to overcome
them

Samuel Nambile Cumber, Kenneth Nchanji, Henry Che Ngwa
South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition - 2019-01-01
Association entre le paludisme et le faible poids de naissance à Yaoundé,
Cameroun.

Maurice Ebode Ela, Samuel Nambile Cumber, Rama Djouedjon Dakenyo, Dorine Djuissi Tekam, Patrick Charles Biyong Heumou, Giresse Lowe Marvin, Jerome Ateudjieu, Eva Fomo Tsakoue
Pan African Medical Journal - 2019-01-01
Association between highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and hypertension in persons living with Hiv/Aids in the Bamenda regional hospital,
Cameroon

Pepanze Jill Pangmekeh, Mbunka Muhamed Awolu, Gustave Simo, Gladys Tayong , Samuel Nambile Cumber
Pan African Medical Journal - 2019-01-01
The effect of subsidized malaria treatment among under-five children in the Buea Health District,
Cameroon

Hedwig Eposi Nkwenti, Marcelin Ngowe Ngowe, Pius Fokam, Joseph Nkfusai Fonyuy, Sylvester Ndeso Atanga, Ngwayu Claude Nkfusai, Brenda Mbouamba Yankam, Joyce Mahlako Tsoka-Gwegweni, Samuel Nambile Cumber
Pan African Medical Journal - 2019-01-01
Assessment of the current state of knowledge and risk factors of cervical cancer among women in the Buea Health District,
Cameroon

Ngwayu Claude Nkfusai, Samuel Nambile Cumber, Judith K Anchang-Kimbi Anchang-Kimbi, Kah Emmanuel Nji Nji, Joyce Shirinde, Nota Damian Anong
Pan African Medical Journal - 2019-01-01
Assessment of the knowledge of the modes of transmission and prevention of malaria among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at the Nkwen Health Center Bamenda,
Cameroon

Claude Ngwayu Nkfusai, Samuel Nambile Cumber, Fala Bede, Tabe Armstrong Tambe, Joyce Mahlako Tsoka-Gwegweni
Pan African Medical Journal - 2019-01-01
Assessing the uptake of cervical cancer screening among women aged 25-65 years in Kumbo West Health District,
Cameroon

Donatus Layu, Kifu Nina Fanka , Dohbit Julius Sama, Claude Ngwayu Nkfusai, Bede Fala, Joyce Shirinde, Samuel Nambile Cumber
Pan African Medical Journal - 2019-01-01
Predictors and correlates of examination anxiety and depression among high school students taking the Sudanese national board examination in Khartoum state, Sudan: a cross-sectional
study

Muwada Bashir Awad Bashir, Israa Mohammed Alfatih Hussein Albaawy, Samuel Nambile Cumber
Pan African Medical Journal - 2019-01-01
Knowledge and practice of testicular self-examination among secondary students at Ntare School in Mbarara District, South western
Uganda

Catherine Atuhaire, Ambrose Byamukama, Rosaline Yumumkah Cumber, Samuel Nambile Cumber
Pan African Medical Journal - 2019-01-01
Prevalence and pattern of lower extremity injuries due to road traffic crashes in Fako Division,
Cameroon

Palle John Ngunde, Asang Christian Ngwa Akongnwi, Chichom Alain Mefire, Puis Fokam , Eleanor Gounou, Ngwayu Claude Nkfusai, Udoamaka Glory Nwarie, Samuel Nambile Cumber
Pan African Medical Journal - 2019-01-01
Prevalence of precancerous cervical lesions in women attending Mezam Polyclinic Bamenda,
Cameroon

Ngwayu Claude Nkfusai , Minette Mubah Tchakounte, Brenda Mbouamba Yankam, Tabe Armstrong Tambe, Samuel Nambile Cumber
Pan African Medical Journal - 2019-01-01
Prevalence and risk factors associated with cryptosporidiosis among children within the ages 0–5 years attending the Limbe regional hospital, southwest
region, Cameroon

Atsimbom Neville Tombang, Ngwa Fabrice Ambe, Tanyi Pride Bobga, Claude Ngwayu Nkfusai, Mongoue Collins Ngandeu, Sangwe Bertrand Ngwa, Ngwene Hycentha Diengou, Samuel Nambile Cumber
BMC Public Health - 2019-01-01
The quality of life and inequalities in health services for epilepsy treatment among patience in the urban cities of
Sudan

Muwada Bashir Awad Bashir, Samuel Nambile Cumber
Pan African Medical Journal - 2019-01-01
Reasons for non-compliance to immunization among Fulani Children aged between 0-11 months in the Vekovi community in
Cameroon

Tabe Armstrong Tambe, Xavier Tchetnya, Claude Ngwayu Nkfusai, Joyce Shirinde, Samuel Nambile Cumber
Pan African Medical Journal - 2019-01-01
Contraceptive use and associated factors among sexually active female adolescents in Atwima Kwanwoma District, Ashanti
region-Ghana

Joyce Agyemang, Sam Newton, Isaac Nkrumah, Joyce Mahlako Tsoka-Gwegweni, Samuel Nambile Cumber
Pan African Medical Journal - 2019-01-01
Challenges faced by nurses in implementing aseptic techniques at the surgical wards of the Bamenda Regional Hospital,
Cameroon

Tabe Armstrong Tambe, Ngwayu Claude Nkfusai, Frankline Sanyuy Nsai, Samuel Nambile Cumber
Pan African Medical Journal - 2019-01-01
A cross-sectional survey on the prevalence of anaemia and malnutrition in primary school children in the Tiko Health District,
Cameroon

Egbe Sarah Balle Tabi, Samuel Nambile Cumber, Kenneth Okoth Juma, Elvis Akwo Ngoh, Eric Achidi Akum, Mathias Eyong Esum
Pan African Medical Journal - 2019-01-01
Acute respiratory infection related to air pollution in Bamenda, North West Region of
Cameroon

Marius Nsoh, Bassong Olga Yvonne Mankollo, Mbondji Ebongue, Kengne Nde Cyprien, Julienne Louise Ngo Likeng, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam, Andrew Collier, Joyce Mahlako Tsoka-Gwegweni, Samuel Nambile Cumber
Pan African Medical Journal - 2019-01-01
The prevalence of HBsAg, knowledge and practice of hepatitis B prevention among pregnant women in the Limbe and Muyuka Health Districts of the South West region of Cameroon: a three-year retrospective
study

Esum Mathias Eyong, Brenda Mbouamba Yankam, Seraphine Esemu, Che Henry Ngwa, Ngwayu Claude Nkfusai, Cho Sebastine Anye, Gilbert Karngong Nfor, Samuel Nambile Cumber
Pan African Medical Journal - 2019-01-01
Cervical cancer in the Bamenda Regional Hospital, North West Region of Cameroon: a retrospective
study

Ngwayu Claude Nkfusai, Samuel Nambile Cumber, Takang Williams, Judith K Anchang-Kimbi, Brenda Mbouamba Yankam, Cho Sabastine Anye, Joyce Mahlako Tsoka-Gwegweni, Enow-Orock George Enow, Damian Nota Anong
Pan African Medical Journal - 2019-01-01
Stigma on epileptic patients attending the outpatient clinic of Soba University Hospital and the National Center for Neurological Science (NCNS) Khartoum,
Sudan

Muwada Bashir Awad Bashir, Shahd Mohammed Abdalla, Ngwayu Claude Nkfusai, Frankline Sanyuy Nsai, Rosaline Yumumkah Cumber, Joyce Mahlako Tsoka-Gwegweni, Samuel Nambile Cumber
The Pan African Medical Journal - 2019-01-01
Knowledge Level of Cervical Cancer Among Women in
Cameroon

Claude Nkfusai Ngwayu , Samuel Nambile Cumber
Journal of Gynecology and Women’s Health - 2018-01-01
Knowledge and practices of health practitioners on treatment of Buruli ulcer in the Mbonge, Ekondo Titi and Muyuka Health Districts, South West Region,
Cameroon

Frankline Sanyuy Nsai, Samuel Nambile Cumber, Ngwayu Claude Nkfusai, Vecheusi Zennobia Viyoff Viyoff, Nkemngu Blake Afutendem Afutendem, Rosaline Yumumkah Cumber Cumber, Joyce Mahlako Tsoka-Gwegweni Tsoka-Gwegweni, Jane-Francis Tata Kihla Akoachere Akoachere
Pan African Medical Journal - 2018-01-01
The role of faith leaders in influencing health behaviour: A qualitative exploration on the views of Black African Christians in Leeds, United
Kingdom

Nii Lante Heward-Mills, Catherine Atuhaire, Chris Spoors, Ngambouk Vitalis Pemunta, Gunilla Priebe, Samuel Nambile Cumber
Pan African Medical Journal - 2018-01-01
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of women of childbearing age with regards to cervical cancer preventive measures in the MIFI health district,
Cameroon

Rama Djouedjon Dakenyo, Bruno Kenfack, Noel Vogue, Eva Fomo Tsakoue, Maurice Ela Ebode, Samuel Nambile Cumber
Pan African Medical Journal - 2018-01-01
Assessment of the knowledge, attitude and practice of health care workers in Fako Division on post exposure prophylaxis to blood borne viruses: a hospital based cross-sectional
study

Henry Che Ngwa, Elvis Akwo Ngoh, Samuel Nambile Cumber
Pan African Medical Journal - 2018-01-01
Factors associated with adolescent school girl’s pregnancy in Kumbo East Health District North West region
Cameroon

Donatus Layu , Dohbit Julius Sama, Samuel Nambile Cumber
Pan African Medical Journal - 2018-01-01
Bacterial contamination of Ugandan paper currency notes possessed by food vendors around Mulago Hospital complex,
Uganda

Allan Muhumuza , Catherine Atuhaire, Nathan Musisi , Francis Ejobi, Samuel Nambile Cumber
Pan African Medical Journal - 2018-01-01
Cerebrovascular disease in Sudan: a huge gap to be
bridged

Muwada Bashir Awad Bashir, Samuel Nambile Cumber
South Africa Journal of Diabetes & Vascular Disease - 2018-01-01
Physiological and psychosocial stressors among hemodialysis patients in the Buea Regional Hospital,
Cameroon

Odette Dorcas Manigoue Tchape, Youth Brittany Tchapoga, Catherine Atuhaire, Gunilla Priebe, Samuel Nambile Cumber
PanAfrican Medical Journal - 2018-01-01
Soil-transmitted Helminth infection in the Tiko Health District, South West Region of Cameroon: a post-intervention survey on prevalence and intensity of infection among primary school
children

E. S. B. Tabi, E. M. Eyong, E. A. Akum, Jesper Löve, Samuel Nambile Cumber
Pan African Medical Journal - 2018-01-01
Factors associated with postpartum depression among adolescents in
Uganda

C. Atuhaire, Samuel Nambile Cumber
Pan African Medical Journal - 2018-01-01
Assessment of nurses knowledge and skills following cardiopulmonary resuscitation training at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital,
Uganda

J. B. T. Munezero, C. Atuhaire, S. Groves, Samuel Nambile Cumber
Pan African Medical Journal - 2018-01-01
Barriers for nurses’ participation in and utilisation of clinical research in three hospitals within the Kumasi Metropolis,
Ghana

Isaac Nkrumah, Catherine Atuhaire, Gunilla Priebe, Samuel Nambile Cumber
PanAfrican Medical Journal - 2018-01-01
Migration related malnutrition among war instigated refugee children in the northern part of
Cameroon

Samuel Nambile Cumber, Geraldine Sinyuy, Joyce Tsoka-Kwegweni
South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition - 2017-01-01
Poor complementary feeding practices among young children in
Cameroon

Samuel Nambile Cumber, Nancy Bongkiynuy, Shalom Jaila, Joyce Tsoka-Gwegweni
South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition - 2017-01-01
Breast cancer among women in sub-Saharan Africa: prevalence and a situational
analysis

Samuel Nambile Cumber, Keneth Nkeh Nchanji, Joyce Tsoka-Gwegweni
Southern African Journal of Gynaecological Oncology - 2017-01-01
Under five malnutrition crises in the Boko Haram area of
Cameroon

Samuel Nambile Cumber, Shalom Jaila, Nancy Bongkiynuy, Joyce Mahlako Tsoka_Gwegweni
South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition - 2017-01-01
Family Circumstances Forcing Children to Run Away from Home in
Cameroon

Samuel Nambile Cumber, Joyce Mahlako Tsoka-Gwegweni, Rosaline Yumumkah Kanjo Cumber
Science Journal of Public Health - 2017-01-01
HEALTH PROBLEMS AND BARRIERS TO ACCESS AND UTILISATION OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES AMONG STREET CHILDREN IN
CAMEROON

Samuel Nambile Cumber, Joyce Mahlako Tsoka-Gwegweni
International Journal of Advance Research - 2017-01-01
Pattern and practice of psychoactive substance abuse and risky behaviours among street children in
Cameroon

Samuel Nambile Cumber, J. Tsoka-Gwegweni
SAJCH South African Journal of Child Health - 2016-01-01
Eradicating malnutrition in
cameroon

Jackson Ndenkeh , Samuel Nambile Cumber
South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition - 2016-01-01
Knowledge and practice of condom use as well as perceived barriers among street adolescents in
Cameroon

Samuel Nambile Cumber, Joyce Tsoka-Gwegweni
Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine - 2016-01-01
Characteristics Of Street Children In Cameroon: A Situational Analysis Of Demographic, Socio-Economic And Behavioural Profiles And
Challenges

Samuel Nambile Cumber, Joyce M. Tsoka-Gwegweni
African journal of primary health care & family medicine - 2016-01-01
The health profile of street children in africa: A literature
review

Samuel Nambile Cumber, Joyce Tsoka-Gwegweni
Journal of Public Health in Africa - 2016-01-01