Geographical Locations - Cameroon

• (Statistical) Number of Inhabitants per Doctor: 12,500
• CIA World Factbook : Cameroon

Organisations and Networks

UN and Multinational

• WHO
  - WHO Country Profile - Cameroon
  - WHO - Tobacco Control: Country Profile - Cameroon
  - WHO - Environmental Burden of Disease: Country Profile – Cameroon
  - WHO - Malaria Country Profile - Cameroon
• WHO AFRO
  The WHO Regional Office for Africa is located in Brazzaville, Congo

Government

• Ministry of Public Health (no web page available)
  Yaounde , Cameroon
  Tel (237) 22 29 01
  Telex 8565 KN

Non-Government

• CAMFOMEDICS
  Canfomedics is the Cameroonian Forum for the Medical and Paramedical Sciences. The organisation is composed of Cameroonian medical doctors and pharmacists as well as students in the fields of medicine, pharmacy, dentistry and bio-medical technology. Its aims include ensuring the effective reintegration of Cameroonian medics and paramedics who pursued their studies away from home and the promotion of preventive medicine by means of information campaigns.
• FOC - Friends of Cameroon
  Friends of Cameroon is an affiliate of the National Peace Corps Association. This site includes information on various projects in Cameroon as well as information about the association and its membership.

Academic Institutions

National Policy and Related Documents

Reports, Guidelines, and Projects

• African University Foundation
  African University Foundation was established in 1994 as an international, not-for-profit organisation located in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. The mission of African University Foundation is to facilitate and serve the development of African University in Tali , Cameroon. African University will ensure all students in Africa and abroad the opportunity to acquire an integrated education, develop their talents and transform into leaders of society.
• Buffering Against Inequalities: The Safety Net of Extended Families in Cameroon
  Extended family systems play an important role in buffering socioeconomic inequality in African societies, notably through fosterage of children across nuclear family units. This study focuses on the buffering influence of fosterage on schooling inequalities.
• Cameroon-Geneve Health Foundation
  A non-governmental Health Foundation in Cameroon, this organisation aims to both foster collaboration between health professionals in Cameroon and sponsor research to improve health in the country.
• Earthwatch Community Health in Cameroon
  This page describes an Earthwatch research project to Cameroon, which aimed to measure the impact of public health efforts on intestinal parasites in remote villages.
• Contraceptive Update: FHI Study Examines N-9 Film Effects on STDs
  This article describes a two-year FHI study conducted in Cameroon which concludes that vaginal spermicidal film is safe to use but does not confer any additional protection to women from HIV, gonorrhea or chlamydia infections beyond the protection provided by condoms.
• Contracting between faith-based and public health sector in Sub-Saharan Africa: An ongoing crisis? The case of Cameroon, Tanzania, Chad and Uganda
  "Contracting between faith-based district hospitals and public health authorities in Africa faces a crisis. This is the main conclusion of a study conducted for the Medicus Mundi International Network by the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp (ITM), and including cases from Cameroon, Uganda, Tanzania and Chad. In spite of the wide variety of contexts and experiences, the different case studies show that contracting between the State and faith-based district health sector has run into great difficulties. To make matters worse, there is no general awareness of the crisis, certainly not among the public sector actors. Unless correcting measures are taken, this almost hidden crisis risks to jeopardize in the medium-term the important contribution which the faith-based facilities make to the provision of care in Africa. The Medicus Mundi International Network is herewith disseminating the results of the study in order to contribute to the development of awareness of the situation and the urgency of change, and this not only in the countries and cases included in the study, but also with international cooperation actors. By helping to disseminate results, we hope to contribute to the joint search for structural solutions." Available in French/Français and English.
• The Center for Communication Programs at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is involved in two projects in Cameroon:
  - Caring Understanding Partners (CUP), a partnership of sports associations and health organisations promoting healthy lifestyles through organised sport; and,
  - The Family Health and AIDS Project, the aim of which is to increase the use of modern family planning methods, condoms, and ORS (oral re-hydration salts).
• SMASH - Results of Operations Research Projects in Botswana, Cameroon, Guinea and South Africa
  Published in 2000, this report examines Social Marketing for Adolescent Sexual Health (SMASH), an innovative prevention programme for AIDS, other sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies amongst adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Roll Back Malaria Forum
  To be held in Yaounde, Cameroon 18-19 November, 2005 this forum will review the global malaria response and chart the course of action over the next 10 years towards the Millennium Development Goals.
• Towards Sustainability in Village Health Care in Rural Cameroon
  This article, first published in the journal Health Promotion International, 1999 describes The Life Abundant Programme (LAP), a church-sponsored primary health care project in rural Cameroon, founded on the principles of community participation and self-reliance.

Educational Resources

• CDC Travel Information - East Africa
  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control's East Africa page provides information for travellers on routine vaccinations, diseases found in East Africa and other health risks.
• Einnews.com - Cameroon Breaking News: Health
  This site provides the latest health news from Cameroon.