Source: World Health Organization (WHO) - Cameroon |

The World Health Organization Academy strengthened Cameroon’s preparedness for mass casualty incidents management

Mass casualty situations pose a significant challenge to healthcare systems, as they overwhelm their capacity to handle a sudden influx of patients

On Monday, January 24, 2022, Vanessa Tchouanzi, a high school teacher, attended the Cameroon-Comoros football match for the Africa Cup of Nations with her friend Véronique at the Olembe stadium in Yaounde. She still vividly recalls the tragic stampede that occurred. Caught in the crowd surge, Vanessa and Veronique lost…

Source: World Health Organization (WHO) - Cameroon |

Cameroon kicks off malaria vaccine rollout

The vaccine is being rolled out across 42 health districts in the country’s 10 regions in public and private health facilities

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…

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