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Cameroon on the path to eliminating elephantiasis

Maroua – “At first, I felt itchy and scratched my body all the time, then my foot started to swell,” says Jacob, a 56-year-old farmer from Goudour in the far north region of Cameroon. “I was ashamed to go out in public. I covered my foot and everyone looked at me strangely. I couldn't even work normally anymore."

Jacob had contracted lymphatic filariasis, better known as elephantiasis, a few years ago. This debilitating parasitic disease is transmitted from one person to another by the bite of the anopheles mosquito, the same mosquito that transmits malaria. 

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Cameroon kicks off malaria vaccine rollout

Yaoundé – Cameroon today launched the RTS,S malaria vaccine into its routine national immunization services, becoming the first country to do so outside the malaria vaccine pilot programme that was carried out in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi. The introduction comes as efforts gather pace to scale up vaccination against the disease in high risk areas in Africa.

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Cameroon making progress in the fight against HIV

Yaounde – Nicole, 28, from Bertoua in eastern Cameroon, will never forget that day in 2019 when her doctor at Batouri Catholic Hospital told her she was HIV-positive. She had gone for a medical check-up a few days previously after feeling ill, but HIV was the furthest thing from her mind. She froze, she recalls, wondering how it was possible. But as the shock began to wear off, the doctor informed her of her options, including treatment.

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Shipments to African countries herald final steps toward broader vaccination against...

  • More than 330,000 doses of WHO-recommended RTS,S malaria vaccine arrived last night in Cameroon – a historic step towards broader vaccination against one of the deadliest diseases for African children
  • Malaria burden is the highest on the African continent, which accounted for approximately 95% of global malaria cases and 96% of related deaths in 2021
  • With several African countries now finalizing rollout plans, an additional 1.7 million doses are set for delivery to Burkina Faso, Liberia, Niger and Sierra Leone in the coming weeks
  • These shipments signal t
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United Nations Mission Visits Flood Sites in North and Far-North Regions to Reinforc...

Yaounde, 19 September 2012 -- The Acting Resident Coordinator of the United Nations System in Cameroon, Dr Charlotte Faty Ndiaye , WHO Representative leads a Joint United Nations Mission to the North and Far-North Regions of Cameroon from 19 - 22 September 2012, to visit the Flood Sites and meet with Local authorities to examine a reinforcement of UN assistance needed for the Affected Population already.

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PEPFAR’S Director of Programs visits Cameroon - Meets with partners involved in the ...

The Director of programs PEPFAR (The United States President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief), Madam Marie F. Mc LEOD, and representatives of the United Nations systems, bilateral and multilateral partners involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS held a working session at the WHO Country office on February 5, 2013.

This meeting was part of the activities to be performed by the PEPFAR Program’s Director in order to oversee the results and impact obtained through their support.

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Cameroon: Involving the media to promote the health benefits of vaccination

Friday 19 of April 2013, a press conference on the African Vaccination Week was held at the library of WHO, Yaoundé, Cameroun.

The press conference was organized to announce the third African Vaccination Week, which will be celebrated jointly with the Maternal and Child Nutrition Action Week (MCNAW) from 26 until 30  April in all ten regions of Cameroun.

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