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Cameroon joins world to observe Leprosy Day
Published on 28.01.2019
Cameroonians have joined the world over to mark the 66th edition 'World Leprosy Day', themed “Ending Discrimination, stigma and Prejudices. According to the National Committee…
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Some representatives of women associations in Kousseri

Cervical cancer common amongst African women
Published on 21.01.2019
Cervical cancer is caused by the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV), which is the most common viral infection of the reproductive tract. It affects younger…
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Health stakeholders brainstorm on digitising health data
Published on 09.01.2019
Stakeholders in the Health sector from Cameroon and abroad are brainstorming on accurate data and quality health care in Cameroon. The brainstorming conference taking place…
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Cameroonian Army Premier Maitre Djami Christophe, a laboratory technician, and U.S. Army Spc. Sarah McElveen, combat medic assigned to Civil Affairs Team 8321, check on a patient’s intravenous catheter at the Military Hospital during Medical Readiness Training Exercise 17-5 in Garoua, Cameroon, Aug. 8, 2017. The mutually beneficial exercise, being conducted for the first time in the region, offers opportunities for the partnered militaries to share best practices and improve medical treatment processes. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Staff Sgt. Shejal Pulivarti)

Cameroon Health personnel poised to strike against poor working conditions
Published on 08.01.2019
Cameroonian health personnel under the two syndicates dubbed SYMPEMS and CAP/SANTE, have announce a nation wide strike action beginning January 21. According to statement signed…

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
Cameroon’s Rose Leke wins 2018 ‘Heroine of health’ award

Cameroon's Professor Rose Leke, is among the nine women who have been honored with the 2018 Heroine of Health award,…
Published on 06.08.2018 par Marriane Enow Tabi News
One neurologist for 1 million Africans – scholar

Sub-Saharan Africa suffers a huge deficit in neurologists, with only one specialist for a million people living on the continent,…
Published on 26.07.2018 par Journal du Cameroun News
World AIDS conference opens today

A world AIDS assembly has opened in Amsterdam hoping to harness the star power of activists Elton John and Prince Harry…
Published on 23.07.2018 par Journal du Cameroun News
Hepatitis B gaining grounds in Cameroon-Survey

According to the results of a household survey for the evaluation of the impact of the pandemic, CAMPHIA, hepatitis B…
Published on 18.07.2018 par Journal du Cameroun News
Tobacco kills three million persons each year-WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that tobacco use and exposure to second-hand smoke are “major causes” of cardiovascular…
Published on 31.05.2018 par Marriane Enow Tabi News
Monkey pox hits English speaking Cameroon

The dreaded but rare viral zoonotic disease (from animal to man) caused by Monkey pox virus has hit English speaking Cameroon, Andre…
Published on 18.05.2018 par Marriane Enow Tabi News