Cameroon's special criminal court: an appraisal of its first decade of existence - Agbor AA.
PURPOSE In total, 10 years since the establishment of the Special Criminal Court (SCC) in Cameroon to deal with a specific kind of corruption, one may wonder whether any achievements have been made so far in fulfilling its mandate and also assuaging the te... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
All you need to know about Marburg - one of world's deadliest viruses that's now spreading in Africa
Marburg, one of the deadliest pathogens ever discovered, has already killed nine in Equatorial Guinea. Two suspected cases have since been spotted in neighbouring Cameroon. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa welcomes western aid. But donors must ask where the money is going
In 2021, activist Edwin Kiama tweeted a picture of Kenya’s then president, Uhuru Kenyatta, and his deputy William Ruto (now the president) with a caption cautioning the International Monetary Fund (IMF) against lending the country any more money without ensuring better accountability for how it…#edwinkiama #kenya #uhurukenyatta #williamruto #imf #cameroon #kahwalla #martinezzogo #yaoundé #rwanda (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What You Need To Know About The Outbreak Of Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever In Equatorial Guinea And Cameroon
Equatorial Guinea has reported nine deaths and sixteen suspected cases of Marbug virus disease, and Cameroon has reported an additional two suspected cases, in an outbreak that began on February 7, 2023. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - February 15, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: John Drake, Contributor Tags: Science /science Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare Source Type: news
Now Marburg virus spreads to Cameroon
An extremely deadly disease is feared to be spreading in Africa after Cameroon said it had detected two suspected cases of Marburg virus. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘Le Spectre de Boko Haram’ Review: Living Under the Threat of Violence in Northern Cameroon
The militant group Boko Haram has been a dangerous and ubiquitous presence in Nigeria and its neighboring countries for many years. In “Le Spectre de Boko Haram,” Cameroonian filmmaker Cyrielle Raingou focuses on their presence in a small village in northern Cameroon, on the border with Nigeria.…#bokoharam #nigeria #lespectredebokoharam #cyrielleraingou #cameroon #bokoharams #falta #ibrahim #raingous #raingou (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Rotterdam Winner Cyrielle Raingou on Cameroon Documentary ‘Le Spectre de Boko Haram’: ‘My Mission Isn’t Over’
It has been a long road for Cameroon’s Cyrielle Raingou, the director of documentary “Le Spectre de Boko Haram,” about children growing up surrounded by terrorist organization Boko Haram, winner of the Intl. Film Festival Rotterdam’s Tiger Award. “Life can be crazy, no?,” she tells Variety after…#cameroon #cyrielleraingou #lespectredebokoharam #bokoharam #raingou #dieudonnéalaka #veronique #taragroup #labelvidéo #falta (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘Le Spectre de Boko Haram’ Wins Rotterdam Festival
Political dramas and documentaries were the big winners at this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), as socially-relevant features from Africa, Sri Lanka and the Middle East coming away with the top honors. Cyrielle Raingou’s Le Spectre De Boko Haram, a documentary that follows a…#iffr #africa #srilanka #middleeast #cyrielleraingous #cameroon #islamist #bokoharam #tigeraward #rotterdam (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: First Regional Workshop to Operationalize the Global Guidance Framework for the Responsible Use of the Life Sciences
[WHO] From 24 to 25 January 2023, the WHO Science Division, in collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for Africa and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), organized the first regional workshop to operationalize the framework in the WHO African region. A total of 38 multidisciplinary and multisectoral experts attended the workshop, bringing together representatives from eight countries (Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 3, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Decolonizing global health research: A checklist for equity
A team of Yale and Cameroonian researchers offers practical steps for global health scholars to ensure fairness during the entire research process. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - January 20, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Cameroon: All MSF Staff Acquitted in Military Tribunal in Cameroon
[MSF] Buea/Yaoundé -- The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is extremely relieved at the acquittal of five of our staff, who faced trial in Cameroon, accused of complicity with secession. Four of the staff in question had to endure incarceration for many months. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 11, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Non-Disclosure of abuse in children and young adults with disabilities: reasons and mitigation strategies Northwest Region of Cameroon - Tsangue GT, Awa JC, Nsono J, Ayima CW, Tih PM.
BACKGROUND: Child abuse is a serious public health issue in low- and middle-income countries, and children with disabilities are at greater risk of abuse. Despite this heightened risk, the abuse of children with disabilities often goes undetected and under... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Simon Ateba Accuses Karine Jean-Pierre of Discrimination After Being Crowned Tucker Carlson ’s ‘Winner of 2022’
Today News Africa reporter Simon Ateba accused White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre of discrimination Friday after he was crowned Tucker Carlson Tonight‘s “Winner of 2022.” Ateba made headlines throughout the year for interrupting Jean-Pierre and for talking over other reporters in the…#africa #cameroon #gabbard #briefingroom #mediaite #karinejeanpierre #tulsigabbard #tuckercarlson #african #simonateba (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 31, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘Queen’s hedgehog’ fungus among 2022’s new discoveries recorded by Kew
Scientists at Royal Botanic Gardens say naming new species is part of global effort to protect Earth ’s biodiversityThe world ’s largest giant waterlily from the wetlands of Bolivia, a spiny fungus named after the Queen and a herb threatened with extinction by pigeon droppings are among more than 100 plants and fungi recorded as being new to science in 2022 by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Many of the discoveries, including a tall tree from Brazil ’s Atlantic forest and a busy lizzie from Cameroon, are extremely rare, and one is already considered globally extinct. Two in five plants globally areestimated to be at t...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 21, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Patrick Barkham Tags: Kew Gardens Plants Conservation Biology Wildlife Environment Science UK news Source Type: news
Cameroon: Made in Cameroon - the Locally Fabricated Incubator Designed to Give Pre-Term Babies a Fighting Chance
[Nigeria Health Watch] Two years ago, Stella Kimbi lost her first baby. "At 28 weeks of my pregnancy, I started bleeding and was taken to the hospital. I delivered a small baby and was told the baby had to remain in an incubator. At the health center, there was no incubator, so my husband was advised to take the baby to the Cite Vert Hospital, but there was no available incubator there either. When we got to the Yaoundé Central Hospital, the doctor declared the baby dead, I was devastated," Kimbi recalls. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 20, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
