Cameroon: Cameroon Struggling to Contain Cholera Outbreak, Quarantines Patients
[VOA] Yaounde -- Cameroon is struggling to contain a cholera outbreak that has sickened 6,000 people with the bacteria and killed nearly 100 since February. Authorities have dispatched the ministers of health and water to affected areas and have begun quarantining cholera patients to prevent it from spreading. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 1, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Cameroon: Hospitals Overwhelmed With Cholera Patients - Health Ministry
[VOA] Cameroon's public health ministry says a cholera outbreak is sweeping across the towns of Limbe, Buea and Tiko, near the border with Nigeria. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 25, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Cameroon: Govt Says It Will Rebuild Hospitals Destroyed By Boko Haram
[VOA] Yaounde -- Cameroon's government says it will rebuild hospitals and clinics destroyed by Boko Haram terrorists along the border with Nigeria. In a visit to the area this week, officials said the facilities were needed for villagers who have suffered from the conflict as well as for former Boko Haram members who have been rehabilitated. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 16, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Improving pharmaceutical access in New Haven and abroad
Yale School of Public Health alumnus Leslie Asanga ’20 M.P.H. has founded thriving startups to improve pharmaceutical access in New Haven, Cameroon, and beyond. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - March 8, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
SwitchPoint Future League Unites Six Next-Generation African Leaders for New Advocacy Partnership
March 07, 2022Six young African leaders have joined the inaugural cohort of theSwitchPoint Future League, a new advocacy partnership launched by IntraHealth International with the Global Fund and ONE Campaign Africa. " IntraHealth is thrilled to join these six outstanding young leaders in elevating the conversation about the future of global health—and how we finance it,” saysPolly Dunford, president and CEO of IntraHealth.“Their voices and perspectives are essential to creating a world where everyone everywhere has access to the health care they need to thrive. " The Future League c...
Source: IntraHealth International - March 3, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: Policy & Advocacy Youth Source Type: news
Cameroon: Armed Raiders Kidnap Five MSF Aid Workers in Northern Cameroon
[RFI] Armed raiders have kidnapped five people working for the French medical NGO M édecins sans frontières (MSF) in the Far North Region of Cameroon. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 28, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Dream. Dare. Do.
By Yasmine SherifNEW YORK, Feb 14 2022 (IPS) Conflict, forced displacement, climate change and COVID-19 are disrupting the education of millions of crisis-affected children and adolescents around the world.
Yasmine Sherif is the Director of Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nation’s global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises. When she and ECW partners from around the world operationalized the Fund in 2017, an estimated 75 million conflict-affected children were out of school. Today, that number has risen to 128 million – more than the total population of Japan.
Just a few short years lat...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 14, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Yasmine Sherif Tags: Armed Conflicts Climate Change COVID-19 Education Education Cannot Wait. Future of Education is here Global Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies Migration & Refugees Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Educa Source Type: news
Cameroon: Health Authorities Struggling to Contain Deadly Cholera Outbreak
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Cameroonian health authorities say at least 1,300 cholera cases have been detected, with nearly three dozen people dying as a result of the outbreak within the past two weeks. Cameroon's Public Health Ministry says water shortages and poor hygiene have spread the bacterial disease throughout half the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 11, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Senegal beats Egypt to win Africa Cup of Nations trophy
Senegal defeated Egypt in the Africa Cup of Nations championship match on Sunday, winning the continental championship for the first time on penalty kicks at Olembe Stadium in Yaoundé, Cameroon. #olembestadium #championshipmatch #yaoundé #africacupofnations (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 6, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Prevalence of alcohol among drivers, riders and pedestrians injured in road traffic crashes in Cameroon: a cross-sectional study - Oyono Y, Gjerde H, Kelley-Baker T, Asongalem EA, Kouomogne Nteungue BA, Tayimetha CY, Djouyep Momo O, Biwole Biwole CP, Mekolo Owandja D, Ngono V, Djakari Y, Ramaekers JG, Achidi Akum E.
The use of alcohol among road users injured in road traffic crashes and admitted to three major hospitals in Cameroon was studied. Alcohol use was measured using breathalyzers, and data on age, gender, education level, religion, type of road user, time of ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 29, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Covid-19 Clean Bill for Warriors At Afcon
[The Herald] Tadious Manyepo in YAOUND É, Cameroon (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 20, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Associations between social determinants of health and interpersonal violence-related injury in Cameroon: a cross-sectional study - Blair KJ, de Virgilio M, Dissak-Delon FN, Dang LE, Christie SA, Carvalho M, Oke R, Mbianyor MA, Hubbard AE, Etoundi AM, Kinge T, Njock RL, Nkusu DN, Tsiagadigui JG, Dicker RA, Chichom-Mefire A, Juillard C.
We describe associations between IPVRI and select social determinants of health (SDH) in Cameroon. ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Cameroon: Cameroon Begins Mass Covid-19 Tests to Encourage Football Turnout
[VOA] Yaounde -- Cameroon launched a massive campaign Sunday for fans to be tested and vaccinated against COVID-19 to fill stadiums in the ongoing Africa Football Cup of Nations the country is hosting. Cameroon and African football officials say only 2,000 supporters turn out for matches at 20,000- to 60,000-seat stadiums because of COVID-19 restrictions and separatist threats. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 17, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Approved COVID-19 vaccines and countries and territories with approved proof of vaccination, Department for Transport and DHSC (updated 10th January 2022)
Approved vaccines and list of countries and territories with approved COVID-19 proof of vaccination for travel to England.
10 January 2022Novavax (Nuvaxovid and Covovax) added to list of approved vaccines.
5 January 2022Bhutan, Cameroon, Cote d ' Ivoire, Cyprus northern, Fiji, The Gambia, Iraq, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Solomon Islands and Uzbekistan will be added to this list 4am Monday 10 January. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - January 10, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Approved COVID-19 vaccines and countries and territories with approved proof of vaccination, DHSC (Updated 5th January 2022)
Approved vaccines and list of countries and territories with approved COVID-19 proof of vaccination for travel to England.
5 January 2022 Bhutan, Cameroon, Cote d ' Ivoire, Cyprus northern, Fiji, The Gambia, Iraq, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Solomon Islands and Uzbekistan will be added to this list 4am Monday 10 January. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - January 6, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
