Constance Shumba, PhD

Director, Associate Professor

Locations

Institute for Health & Equity
MEB M1100

Contact Information

Biography

Dr. Shumba has worked with several global health agencies in Africa and Asia over the last 19 years leading the design and delivery of complex gender-responsive cross-sectoral programs. She has made distinctive contributions to health systems strengthening in evolving demographic, economic and disease contexts, specifically linking the impact of service and program interventions on health outcomes. Prior to MCW, Dr. Shumba was at the Mastercard Foundation and served as Technical and Programmatic Lead for the USD1.5bn Saving Lives and Livelihoods Initiative, in partnership with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, supporting COVID-19 vaccination and strengthening pandemic preparedness and response across the 55 African Union countries.

Research Interests

Dr. Shumba’s research in applied global health, focuses on disease prevention and health systems research for maternal and child health and infectious diseases among vulnerable populations in decentralized health systems. Her interest is in the design, implementation, and evaluation of complex gender transformative and multi-component integrated health interventions across the continuum of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment to improve health equity, with sub-Saharan Africa as the primary geographical setting. She maintains an ongoing interest in adolescents, and key populations living with HIV, maternal and child health, and the health workforce as main entry points.

(Ndirangu-Mugo E, Kimani RW, Onyancha C, Mutwiri BD, May B, Kambo I, Tallam E, Koech N, Mukuna A, Henderson C, Shumba CS.) Int Nurs Rev. 2024 Jun;71(2):276-284 PMID: 38488333 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85188351984 03/15/2024
(Shumba CS, Kiraithe P, Kambo I, Shaibu S.) Front Public Health. 2024;12:1406959 PMID: 39050596 PMCID: PMC11266037 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85199273419 07/26/2024
(Schellhammer SK, Starnes JR, Mudhune S, Goore L, Marlar L, Oyugi S, Wamae J, Shumba CS, Rogers A, Mbeya J, Vill B, Otieno AS, Wamai RG, Were LPO.) Front Glob Womens Health. 2024;5:1345153 PMID: 38784942 PMCID: PMC11111867 05/24/2024
(Brownie S, Ackers L, Murphy G, Shumba C.) Front Public Health. 2023;11:1306124 PMID: 38074725 PMCID: PMC10704497 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85178938351 12/11/2023
(Odero SA, Mwangi P, Odhiambo R, Nzioka BM, Shumba C, Ndirangu-Mugo E, Abubakar A.) Front Psychiatry. 2023;14:1253843 PMID: 37614649 PMCID: PMC10443587 08/24/2023
(Odero SA, Mwangi P, Odhiambo R, Nzioka BM, Shumba C, Ndirangu-Mugo E, Abubakar A.) Front Psychiatry. 2023;14:1123839 PMID: 37324823 PMCID: PMC10264862 06/16/2023
(Hlophe LD, Tamuzi JL, Shumba CS, Nyasulu PS.) PLoS One. 2023;18(5):e0276411 PMID: 37200399 PMCID: PMC10194875 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85159763022 05/18/2023
(Angwenyi V, Odero SA, Mulupi S, Ssewanyana D, Shumba C, Ndirangu-Mugo E, Abubakar A.) COVID. February 2023;3(2):169-182 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85191188987 02/01/2023
(Ndirangu-Mugo E, Barros LM, Mutwiri BD, Shumba CS, Waweru B, Siika WW.) Crit Care Clin. 2022 Oct;38(4):657-693 PMID: 36162904 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85138608828 09/27/2022
(Isangula K, Pallangyo ES, Mbekenga C, Ndirangu-Mugo E, Shumba C.) BMC Nurs. 2022 Sep 05;21(1):247 PMID: 36064523 PMCID: PMC9443654 09/06/2022
(Atuhaire L, Shumba CS, Mapahla L, Maposa I, Nyasulu PS.) IJID Reg. 2022 Sep;4:25-32 PMID: 36093368 PMCID: PMC9453214 09/13/2022
(Hlophe LD, Tamuzi JL, Shumba C, Nyasulu PS.) PLoS One. 2022;17(9):e0273435 PMID: 36178934 PMCID: PMC9524658 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85139454760 10/01/2022

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