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Cameroon: CCMN extends operations to Centre, Northern regions
Published on 20.01.2020
The Cameroon Community Media Network, CCMN has extended its activities to the Centre and the three northern regions of the country. The network that champions…
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Cameroon: Monkey pox hits East region, kills one
Published on 14.01.2020
The East regional delegate of Public health has sent an alert on the outbreak of monkey pox virus in the East region of Cameroon after…
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Cameroon: CERAC kicks off 2020 plan of action
Published on 06.01.2020
The newly appointed members of the Cercle of friends of Cameroon were installed on Friday January 4 in Yaounde in a ceremony chaired by the…
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Cameroon:Gov’t launches entrance exam to recruit 100 translators
Published on 06.01.2020
The government of Cameroon has launched the recruitment of 100 translators and translator-interpreters into the public service. The recruitment exercise was launched by the Minister…

Cameroon: Government announces outbreak of polio in Far North region

The Ministry of Public health has informed the public on the occurrence of a new polio epidemic case in Mada,…
Published on 31.05.2019 par Ariane Foguem News
Cameroon: Gov’t to begin distributing treated mosquito nets

The government of Cameroon will soon begin distributing treated mosquito nets nationwide. According news reports, the revelation was made recently…
Published on 18.02.2019 par Journal du Cameroun News
Cameroon joins world to observe Leprosy Day

Cameroonians have joined the world over to mark the 66th edition 'World Leprosy Day', themed “Ending Discrimination, stigma and Prejudices.…
Published on 28.01.2019 par Journal du Cameroun News
Cervical cancer common amongst African women

Cervical cancer is caused by the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV), which is the most common viral infection of the…
Published on 21.01.2019 par Journal du Cameroun News
Health stakeholders brainstorm on digitising health data

Stakeholders in the Health sector from Cameroon and abroad are brainstorming on accurate data and quality health care in Cameroon.…
Published on 09.01.2019 par Journal du Cameroun News
Cameroon Health personnel poised to strike against poor working conditions

Cameroonian health personnel under the two syndicates dubbed SYMPEMS and CAP/SANTE, have announce a nation wide strike action beginning January…
Published on 08.01.2019 par Journal du Cameroun News
Health workers brave security challenges to vaccinate children in Cameroon’s East region

In a small Integrated Health Unit in Garoua-boulai, in Cameroon’s East region, a group of 20 young women draped in…
Published on 05.12.2018 par Marriane Enow Tabi News
Cameroon: Official statistics of HIV/AIDS prevalence rate among adults

According to official statistics, the HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in Cameroon is currently at 3.4 percent. The figure indicates a drop…
Published on 30.11.2018 par Journal du Cameroun News
Cameroon’s Stepanie Tum raises awareness on menstrual hygiene

Cameroonian Actress Stephanie Tum, has taken menstrual hygiene initiative among young women to whole a new level. Through a campaign…
Published on 21.11.2018 par Journal du Cameroun News
Word Toilet Day: Lack of public toilets seen as crucial sanitation problem

Cameroon has joined the rest of the globe to commemorate world toilet day, with many stating that the lack of…
Published on 20.11.2018 par Journal du Cameroun News
Pneumonia: Most infectious killer of infants worldwide-Medics

Pneumonia is the most infectious killer of infants world wide, medics have warned. The medics are joining their voices to…
Published on 16.11.2018 par Journal du Cameroun News
Cameroon: Lawmakers briefed on Universal Health Coverage

Cameroon lawmakers have been briefed on a universal health coverage plan the government is planning on implementing. The briefing which…
Published on 14.11.2018 par Journal du Cameroun News
11 million children could die from pneumonia by 2030-Study

Researchers have warned that nearly 11 million children are on course to die from pneumonia by 2030, with those living…
Published on 12.11.2018 par Journal du Cameroun News
Healthy lifestyle is solution to kidney disease-Medics

Cameroonian kidney specialists in Yaounde, say constant physical exercise and a healthy lifestyle is the only way to prevent kidney…
Published on 08.11.2018 par Journal du Cameroun News
Cameroon: 62 year old women gives birth to baby girl

A 62- year old lady has given birth to a baby girl at the Yaounde hospital for Applied Research, human…
Published on 02.11.2018 par Journal du Cameroun News
WHO decry worsening sanitation environments in new report

The World Health Organisation, WHO, has decried poor sanitary conditions across the globe in a recent report. The report among other things…
Published on 02.11.2018 par Journal du Cameroun News
Cameroonian Entrepreneur Dencia, shines light on breast cancer

Cameroonian singer and entrepreneur, Reprudencia Sonkey, known by her stage name as Dencia, is shinning light on breast cancer and urging young…
Published on 30.10.2018 par Marriane Enow Tabi News
Cameroon: Balance diet is key to healthy lifestyle-Medic

Cameroonians on October 16 joined the world over to commemorate World Food Day. The day was a singular opportunity for…
Published on 19.10.2018 par Journal du Cameroun News
Cameroon: More than 2,500 cases of breast cancer diagnosed each year

This revelation was made by some experts in Oncology Care and Support at the start of the annual Breast Cancer…
Published on 18.10.2018 par Journal du Cameroun News
Cameroon commemorates International day of the Girl

Cameroon has joined the rest of the world to commemorate the International Day of the girl. International Day of the…
Published on 11.10.2018 par Journal du Cameroun News
World in mental health crisis of ‘monumental suffering’, say experts

Every country in the world is facing and failing to tackle a mental health crisis, from epidemics of anxiety and…
Published on 10.10.2018 par Journal du Cameroun News
Cameroon: Minister Launches schools without cholera campaign

Cameroon's Minister of Basic Education, Youssouf Adjidja Alim, has launched a cholera prevention campaign in schools in the Northern region.…
Published on 05.10.2018 par Marriane Enow Tabi News
Cameroon: MSF provides emergency response numbers to Mezam citizens

Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF, also known in English as Doctors Without Borders has provided some health emergency response numbers to citizens…
Published on 02.10.2018 par Journal du Cameroun News
Cholera control: Cameroonian brewer offers mineral water to health facilities

In the bid to fight against cholera outbreak in Far North Cameroon, brewer Sabc, via its mineral water branch (SEMC),…
Published on 07.09.2018 par Journal du Cameroun News
Chantal Biya endorses Beijing declaration on fights against HIV/AIDs

Cameroon's Firts Lady, Chantal BIYA, founding President of the African Synergy against AIDS and Suffering, has appended her signature to…
Published on 06.09.2018 par Journal du Cameroun News
Cholera outbreak in Cameroon: Seventeen die so far

Seventeen people have died of cholera in Cameroon’s center and northern regions since the outbreak was declared in mid-July, the…
Published on 04.09.2018 par Journal du Cameroun News
Islamic Development Bank to fund Cameroon’s blood transfusion project

The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has pledged to fund a project in Cameroon aimed at strengthening its national blood transfusion…
Published on 27.08.2018 par Journal du Cameroun News
Cameroon: Buea hospital mortuary over flooded with abandoned corpses

The staff and management of the Buea Regional Hospital in the South West Region of Cameroon are awash by the…
Published on 24.08.2018 par Journal du Cameroun News
Depression is leading cause of deaths-Medic

Medics have said depression is the leading cause of deaths and affects people of all ages and from all walks…
Published on 24.08.2018 par Journal du Cameroun News
Supporting breastfeeding is the smartest investment-Medics

Support for breastfeeding is one of the smartest investments Cameroon can make, medics have said. The Medical Doctors took turns…
Published on 10.08.2018 par Marriane Enow Tabi News