Cameroon: Host Reports Cholera Ahead of African Soccer Tournament
[VOA] Yaounde -- Health workers in Cameroon are fighting a cholera outbreak that claimed 13 lives this week in two major cities of the central African state. The outbreak, which has affected several hundred people, comes as Cameroon prepares to host the African Football Cup of Nations, or AFCON, in about two months. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 5, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Cameroon: As Cameroon Celebrates Brain Health - Beware of Sclerosis, Stroke, Covid-19 Neuroinflammation!
[Cameroon Tribune] The themes of this year's "Brain Week in Cameroon" and "World Brain Day" celebrations focus on these emergent health challenges. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 2, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Cameroon: Foumbot - New Sultan Lays Referral Hospital Foundation Stone
[Cameroon Tribune] His Majesty Mforifoum Mbombo Njoya Nabil chaired the event for the construction of Cameroon's pioneer private referral hospital on October 27, 2021. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 2, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Cameroon: Kette, Mbotoro Subdivisions - CERAC Offers Health Equipment, Farming Tools
[Cameroon Tribune] Donated on October 30, 2021 the gifts are intended to improve health and the autonomy of the rural woman. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 2, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Cameroon: UNFPA-Cameroon Cooperation - Over 147,000 Assisted Deliveries Recorded in 2021
[Cameroon Tribune] This achievement, which significantly helped in curbing maternal mortality in the country, was made known recently in Yaounde at an advocacy fund raiser organised by the UN agency. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - October 13, 2021 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Cameroon: Centre Pasteur Cameroun - French Virologist At the Helm
[Cameroon Tribune] Dr Mirdad Kazanji was appointed by Presidential Decree No. 2021/588 of October 7, 2021. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 12, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Cameroon: Cameroon Nurses Seek Extra Care for the Terminally Ill
[VOA] Bamenda -- Nurses in Cameroon are marking this year's World Hospice and Palliative Care Day (October 9) with visits to terminally ill patients in the country's restive North-West and South-West regions. The regions' ongoing separatist conflict has left hundreds of patients unable to receive regular in-home hospice care. Cameroon's nurses are calling for that to change. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 11, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Cameroon: African Medicines Agency - Better Regulation Is Imperative
[Cameroon Tribune] The organ will effectively address the issue of the availability and quality of medical products in Africa as well its production and distribution. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 7, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Cameroon: Combating Roadside Drugs - Pharmacists Call for Greater Collaboration
[Cameroon Tribune] This was during the 11th edition of the international day of the pharmacist, on September 25, 2021 in Douala. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 27, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Cameroon: Cameroon Humanitarian Crisis Worsens
[CAJ News] The dust has settled on the ethnic clashes that recently left at least 12 people dead in northern Cameroon but humanitarian needs are escalating. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 27, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Cameroon: CHRACERH - First Lady's Special Gifts to Babies
[Cameroon Tribune] The three babies were conceived via In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) and delivered last week at the reproductive hospital in Yaounde. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - September 23, 2021 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Cameroon: Cameroon's Community Leaders Drive Demand for Covid-19 Vaccines
[WHO-AFRO] Yaound é -- Local leaders, working with over 2300 community mobilizers and 1450 vaccination teams, were crucial to the success of a rapid COVID-19 vaccination drive that saw 52 000 people vaccinated across Cameroon in just five days in July. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 18, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Africa: Meet Africa's New Generation of Health Innovators
[New Dawn] DAKAR, Senegal/GENEVA, Switzerland, 16 September 2021 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers& Associations (IFPMA) and Speak Up Africa, have announced Conrad Tankou, CEO, GIC Space (Cameroon); John Mwangi, CEO, Daktari Media (Kenya) and Imodoye Abioro, CEO, Healthbotics (Nigeria) as the winners of the Africa Young Innovators for Health Award. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 17, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Cameroon: Buea - Igniting Drawing Skills in Children
[Cameroon Tribune] The initiator of the project said it is a means of communication and earning a living. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - September 13, 2021 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Cameroon: Back-to-School - Classes Begin in Earnest
[Cameroon Tribune] Pupils and students nationwide have gone back to their various classrooms for the 2021/2022 academic year. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 7, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
