T he statistics according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) came under discussion last Tuesday, June 15, 2021 in Yaounde-Cameroon during the Official Launch of the Parliamentarians’ Task Force for malaria resource mobilization in Cameroon organized by Impact Santé Afrique (ISA) in collaboration with the National Malaria Control Program, NMCP. The ceremony was chaired by the Minister of Public Health, Dr. Manaouda Malachie and attended amongst others by the representative of WHO to Cameroon, Dr. Phanuel Habimana; President of Parliamentarians’ Network in charge of issues relating to the population, Development and Public Health, Hon. Pauline Ndoumou; Law makers from the Lower and Upper Houses of Parliament. The launch was coming against a backdrop of a continuous rise in malaria mobility and mortality rates in Cameroon. WHO’s estimates show that Cameroon is still among the 11 most affected countries in the world, with at least 7.3 million cases and 11,500 deaths every ye...
My visit to BOYO: an affected war zone First stop at Belo I took to Fundong, capital of boyo last Wednesday, July 18, 2018 n could not reach home same day because of a 3-day ghost town. On arriving mobile nkwen, cars could only reach Mbingo that morning. This made me to postpone my journey next day, Thursday. Given that roads to fundong, were still blocked, we boarded a taxi for Njinikom at cost of 2000 FRS per person (distance normally costs ~ 1300) We took off and had first check by military at bambui as usual n it was same ritual of ID checking. The scen ario started changing when we drove in to Boyo. From mbingo to belo one could notice something is wrong somewhere. Along the road, all we could see were burnt cars and bikes, then, houses. Getting to belo was like entering into a grave yard at 12am; military armed to teeth in groups at belo 3corners and some using balconies of deserted homes to position their guns, ready to shoot. Here, thorough checking was done fr...
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