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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...

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Denise Animbom at 24 dedicates her life to serving and saving street children in Yaounde-Cameroon https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8xa29flr8wE&t=332s    

THE MAN KUOH JOHNSON NGAM The former mayor of Fundong Council, Kuoh Johnson died last Monday July 22, 2019 at the age of 66 and laid to rest on Saturday July 27, 2019 in his family compound at Meli in Fundong Central subdivision. late mayor Kuoh Johnson Ngam Family life Kuoh Johnson N. was the third child in a family of six. He grew up and got married to two wives (regrettably one is of late) and they bore him 3 sons and 3 boys (two of the children are of late too). From the family sources, he has been a kind and good father. “ He was a good father who adopted and raised so many children who called him father.” Family source says. Education and work life   He attended primary school in Anyajua where he obtained his First School Leaving Certificate (FSLC) and from there moved to the South West Regional capital, Buea for secondary school studies. After completing secondary education, he worked as prison guard in Douala. He later enrolled in Government Teach...

Society Kanuri cry out to Government Kanuri people last Saturday July 13 th , 2019, meeting at Toungou Hotel, in Yaoundé-Cameroon called on the Government and stakeholders to sensitize the populations and the security forces to stop the stigma against them . This was the substance of an official declaration made during an intra-community dialogue session in Yaounde. The dialogue session was organised within the context of the Voices For Peace project implemented by Equal Access Cameroon (EAC) and financed by USAID. Saturday’s dialogue session was the 18 th  in a series and brought together Kanuri people living in Yaoundé. Previous dialogue sessions took place in Maroua, Kousseri, Gashigar, Tokomberi, Mokolo… The Kanuri it should be noted live mostly in frontier communities between Cameroon and Nigeria in the Far North and North Regions; due to their geographical settlement in these areas where the barbaric insurgents, Boko Haram mostly launch their attacks, the Kanuri...

SICKLE CELL Voices of sicklers and carriers As part of activities leading up to the commemoration of this year’s sickle cell day on Wednesday June 19, 2019 in Cameroon, Joy to Endure Foundation of Arrey Echi in partnership with Etoug-Ebe Baptist Hospital on Saturday, June 15, 2019 organised a Sickle Cell Disease (SCD ) free screening campaign at Etoug-Ebe Baptist Hospital where over a hundred turned out. SCD free screening at Etoug-Ebe Baptist Hospita  Highlights of the event included educational talks, awareness, sensitization and counseling. Focal persons during the event were Doctor Budzi Michael, a General Practitioner who has taken keen interest in SCD, Arrey Echi who since 2015 has decided to use her experiences to raise awareness and usher in a new dawn for those living with sickle cell. This reporter decided to give a listening ear to sicklers and carriers as they tell their stories about living with and managing sicklers. Somo Frank should be in his m...

HEALTH Malaria: Hundreds turn out for a sports walk in Yaoundé hundreds march in Yaounde in build-up to the celebration of world malaria day It is a Saturday, April 20, 2019 and 6 A.M in Yaounde, political capital of the Republic of Cameroon. We are at the esplanade of Ministry of Public Health which on the opposite direction shares boundaries with the National Museum of Cameroon. Taxis ply the roads few meters away from the ministry and people; both young and old, from primary schools, secondary and higher institutions of learning stream in. Also finding their way in are members of the civil society, NGOs, public health family and partners in the growing cross-professional, economic, socio-political and cross-border fight against malaria. A disc jockey is found connecting cables and setting up his gadgets. Just few minutes after that he starts playing trending songs in Cameroon that appear to send sweet-shocking waves around. One of them goes by the lyrics,”ça a déjà com...