MBINGO BAPTIST HOSPITAL OPENS OPERATING THEATRE DEDICATED TO CHILDREN

The branch of the Mbingo Baptist Referral hospital in Bamenda, North-West region of Cameroon now have a dedicated children’s operating room thanks to global charities, SMILE TRAIN and KID’S OPERATION ROOM . Pediatrician surgeon excersing at the Mbingo hospital says this operating room will improve surgical care for these children as it will create a […]

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Cameroon:National Center For The Fight Against Drugs,NCFD, Launches War On Shisha

Members of the national center for fight against drugs in Cameroon on January 19, 2022 held a working session at the ministry of public health in Yaoundé. The meeting was chaired by Secretary-General of the Ministry of Public Health, Richard Njock Louis At the end of the meeting, the national Center For The fight Against […]

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PUBLIC HEALTH MINISTER DENOUNCES ALLEGED LINKS OF COVID19 VARIANT TO CAMEROON

“Information circulating on several media and social networks reporting the identification of a new variant of the COVID19 virus, SARS COV2, with origins from Cameroonian scientifically non valid and unconfirmed.” This is the response of Cameron’s health Minister, Manaouda Malachie to reports made by foreign media, linking the country to a new variant of Corona […]

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Presbyterian Paediatric Eye Hospital-Acha Limbe Inaugurated

The Cameroon inclusive child eye health hospital , The Presbyterian Paediatric Eye Hospital-Acha Limbe has been inaugurated. The Modern facility was inaugurated July 10, 2021 by the moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon. The moderator of the PCC says though the hospital is set aside for children, there is also a general section that […]

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Government Steps Up Efforts To Get More Cameroonians Vaccinated Against Covid-19

Public health minsiter Manaouda Malachie says the COVAX facility will enable Cameroon receive enough vaccine doses to cover up to 20% of its population. Speaking during a press Confrence in Yaounde Wednesday he said the government will receive 1,752,000 doses of Astra Zeneca vaccine before the end of May 2021. A first delivery of 391 […]

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Covid-19: Public Health Officials Strategise on ways of Managing the Pandemic

Cameroon health officials have brainstormed on ways to better manage Covid-19 and stop its transmission within communities. The meeting was chaired today in Yaounde by public health minister MANAOUDA MALACHIE who prescribed greater celerity to ensure that test results are returned within 24 hours. In this regard, the need to reinforce manpower in laboratories was […]

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Bamenda Regional Hospital Shuts down Hemodialysis Centre

Bamenda Regional Hospital announces closure of Hemodialysis center. According to a release signed this 3rd day of January 2021 by the director Dr. Denis Same, the hemodialysis centre has been temporarily closed due to unforeseen acute breakdown of some machines at the centre. The communiqué also States in part that patients at the centre have […]

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AstraZeneca suspends its Covid-19 vaccine trial

British pharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca has suspended its Covid-19 vaccine trial after one of the trial volunteers developed an unexplained illness. AstraZeneca, which is working in relation with the University of Oxford, is one of the companies that has been raising hopes for a vaccine to put stop to the coronavirus pandemic that has infected more […]

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Covid-19: Bill Gates Warns Africa Again

Bill Gates warns Africa again as the continent now counts more than 400,000 Covid-19 cases, and over 10,000 deaths! The billionaire philanthropist blames Africa’s poor health system for the constant rise in number of coronavirus cases, saying that many of the continent’s health systems were never prepared to face such a pandemic. He urges Africa’s […]

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PM Orders For Acceleration of Transfer Of Covid-19 Patients To Specialized Units

Prime Minister Chief Dr. Joseph Dion Ngute on Thursday presided over by video Conferencing the weekly meeting of the inter ministerial committee in charge of evaluating and monitoring the implementation of government’s response strategy against the Covid-19 pandemic in Cameroon. During the presentation of reports by competent ministers, it was revealed that with regard to […]

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