Underestimation of potentially traumatic events resulting from underreporting of physical and sexual violence among people entering care for HIV in Cameroon - Filiatreau LM, Ebasone PV, Dzudie A, Ajeh R, Pence BW, Wainberg M, Yotebieng M, Nash D, Anastos K, Parcesepe AM.
OBJECTIVE: Measures ascertaining exposure to potentially traumatic events (PTEs) frequently ask respondents about experienced physical and sexual violence. However, little is known about the performance of physical and sexual violence questions on PTE asse... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 27, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Cameroon: Boosting Healthcare - Govvernment Gets Material Support
[Cameroon Tribune] 47 vehicles amongst other materials handed to the Public Health Minister on December 22, 2021 in Yaounde by UNICEF will improve the country's health platform during the AFCON. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 24, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Cameroon: Yaounde Reproductive Hospital - Exceptional Christmas Feast With Chantal Biya
[Cameroon Tribune] The First Lady spent time with mothers and babies born via In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) yesterday December 22, 2021. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - December 23, 2021 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Cameroon: Covid-19, Security Concerns Threaten Cameroon Football Tournament
[HRW] Authorities Should Ensure Safety and Protection of AFCON Players, Fans (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 22, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Cameroon: Covid-19 Impact - UNDP Supports 134 Agribusinesses
[Cameroon Tribune] Young entrepreneurs from the Far North, Centre and Littoral Regions received the equipment at a ceremony in Yaounde on December 17, 2021. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 21, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Cameroon: Civilo-Military Actions - Military Refurbishes School, Offers Medical Consultations
[Cameroon Tribune] The actions led by the 5th Joint Military Region inspires hope in normalcy, education, healthcare in Nwa Subdivision, Donga Mantung Division of the North West Region. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 21, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
We Must Rise to the Occasion, Now.
By Yasmine SherifNEW YORK, Dec 20 2021 (IPS-Partners) In 2021, COVID-19 continued to plague the world – a world already burdened by armed conflicts, climate-induced disasters and forced displacement. Communities, nations and people struggled to maintain normalcy in the midst of the abnormal. This was especially notable in the education sector – a sector that is the very foundation for achieving all human rights and all Sustainable Development Goals.
Yasmine SherifCountries affected by existing crises also suffered the absence of infrastructure and the omnipresence of extreme poverty, while conflicts raged all around. ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - December 20, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Yasmine Sherif Tags: Climate Change COVID-19 Education Cannot Wait. Future of Education is here Health Poverty & SDGs Education Cannot Wait (ECW) Source Type: news
The Future of an Entire Generation Hangs in the Balance
By Yasmine Sherif and Joseph Nhan-O’ReillyDec 17 2021 (IPS-Partners) COVID-19 has upended our world, threatening our health, destroying economies and livelihoods, and deepening poverty and inequalities. It also created the single largest disruption to education systems that the world has ever seen.
Schools also play a critical role in ensuring the delivery of essential health services and nutritious meals, protection, and psycho-social support, which means that their closure has imperiled children’s overall wellbeing and development, not just their learning. At the same time, conflicts continue to rage and the disastr...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - December 17, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Yasmine Sherif and Joseph Nhan-O Reilly Tags: COVID-19 Education Education Cannot Wait. Future of Education is here Headlines Humanitarian Emergencies Inequity Education Cannot Wait (ECW) Source Type: news
Cameroon: Good Use of Medication - African Synergy Educates Students
[Cameroon Tribune] The digital phase of the programme that started in 2006 was launched yesterday in some schools in Yaounde. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 16, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Access to primary healthcare services in conflict-affected fragile states: a subnational descriptive analysis of educational and wealth disparities in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, and Nigeria - Ramadan M, Tappis H, Uribe MV, Brieger W.
BACKGROUND: Measuring and improving equitable access to care is a necessity to achieve universal health coverage. Pre-pandemic estimates showed that most conflict-affected and fragile situations were off-track to meet the Sustainable Development Goals on h... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Cameroon: Big Steps Forward - Cameroon's Multi-Sector Approach to Reducing Pregnancy-Related Deaths
[Nigeria Health Watch] Jean Firwa and his wife Martha were excited to be expecting a baby after 10 years of trying to conceive. However, neither realised that their joy would be short-lived. On the morning of May 15, 2015, tragedy struck for the couple. Experiencing sharp pains, Martha needed to be transported to a hospital. With the closest hospital being 35 miles away, it was a struggle to transport her from Zanyao to the hospital in Yagoua, Mayo Danay Division, in the far North of Cameroon. "She was bleeding and there was no (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - December 14, 2021 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Cameroon: CIRCB Scientific Council - Research to Intensify On Covid-19, HIV
[Cameroon Tribune] The 15th ordinary session of the International Scientific Council held yesterday, December 9, 2021. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - December 13, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Cameroon: Douala - Women Raise Funds for Hospitals
The objective is to improve health recovery by at least 50 percent. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 10, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
