District Hospital in Mamfe gets medical equipment worth 80 million FCFA after fire incident
Paul Biya, Head of State for Cameroon has donated medical equipment worth 80mn FCFA to the Mamfe District Hospital. This happened soon after an arson attack destroyed parts of the facility earlier this month. This aid is called emergency aid” and was given the handover to the medical authorities, by...
Read moreAfrican report 66 deaths out of 1,597 suspected cases of Monkeypox so far
Since 2022 started, Africa has recorded around 1,597 cases of suspected Monkeypox of which there have been 66 fatalities. This was revealed in a press release on Thursday by the acting director of a top public health agency in Africa, Ahmed Ogwell Ouma. According to Ouma, the African continent has...
Read moreCameroon health center receives 6 beds from UK charity
CamDocUK, a charitable organization has received and also delivered 6 beds for the Kuvlu Integrated Health Center which is located in the Kumbo West Health District in the Northwest region of Cameroon. Functioning as a charity, CamDocUK has always been involved in many community and health development projects which include...
Read moreOver 150 people in Cameroon perish due to Cholera
The United Nations on Monday revealed that over 150 people had died in Cameroon due to a recurrence of cholera over a period of the last eight months. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that the ministry of health had managed to register 8241...
Read moreOHCA releases strongly worded statement condemning the attack on Mamfe District Hospital
The UN Office for Coordination of Human Affairs (OCHA) has come down strongly on the attack on a hospital in Cameroon’s Anglophone region of the Southwest. Mattias Naab who is the humanitarian coordinator for the UN in Cameroon has said that the attack on patients, healthcare workers, and facilities are...
Read moreThe Patcha Foundation will serve the people of Cameroon free of cost
From June 12, 2022, to June 15, 2022, the Patcha Foundation will be in Nkongsamba, Cameroon for a charity healthcare project. The project will be staffed with doctors, nurses as well as a sizeable number of volunteers. Anyone who is interested to visit the project for a health checkup...
Read moreCameroon launches program to survey and respond to COVID-19
Cameroon joins a growing list of countries where the surveillance and response program has already been implemented. Anyhow, Cameroon is back on the bandwagon. June 7th through 9th, Cameroon will be hosting the World Health Organization’s Cameroon Strengthening Initiative’s debut. Dr. MAMBO MAKA Albert, the coast’s regional public health delegate,...
Read moreLadies group distributes face masks to food sellers in Cameroon
While the number of coronavirus infections has come down drastically in recent weeks, the pandemic is far from over and people need to be vigilant, following all COVID-19 norms to avoid any infections from this troublesome and deadly disease. This is exactly the message that the organization Cefap ladies Circle...
Read moreCameroon Ministry of Transport reveals that in the last two years, air travel fell by 62% because of COVID-19
The Ministry of transport in Cameroon just released data that shows that in the last 2 years, air traffic in and out of the country had fallen drastically as a direct repercussion of the coronavirus pandemic. Between 2019 and 2020, foreign aviation traffic in Cameroon decreased by 62% from 868,788...
Read moreEffects of election violence on COVID -19 vaccinations and the dire situation of healthcare workers in Cameroon
During the time period covered by this article, a number of nations in the sub-region of Africa, including Cameroon, began making preparations for impending elections that would take place in 2022 and 2023. To this point, there does not appear to be a significant threat of election violence in...
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