PROBLEM Cameroon has a severe shortage of human resources for health (HRH) and those that are available are concentrated in urban areas. APPROACH As the result of a national emergency plan for the years 2006-2008, innovative strategies and a multisectoral partnership - led by the Ministry of Public Health and supported by diverse national and international organizations - were developed to ad...

7 1. Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, United 8 States 9 2. Department of Immunology and Applied Biotechnology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, 10 Rome, Italy 11 3. “Chantal Biya” International Reference Center, Sequencing Unit, Yaounde, Cameroon 12 4. Faculty of Sciences, University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon 13 5. Serology Unit, Medical Diagno...

BACKGROUND Cameroon is endemic for Buruli ulcer (BU) and organised institutional BU control began in 2002. The objective was to describe the evolution, achievements and challenges of the national BU control programme (NBUCP) and to make suggestions for scaling up the programme. METHODS We analysed collated data on BU from 2001 to 2014 and reviewed activity reports NBUCP in Cameroon. Case-dete...

AMA Nkangu M, Little J, Deonandan R, Pongou Yaya S. Performance-based financing, health sectors, and seeking behavior of women attending antenatal care skilled birth delivery: evidence from Cameroon. Journal Health Inequalities. 2023;9(1):89-105. doi:10.5114/jhi.2023.129191. APA Nkangu, M., Little, J., Deonandan, R., Pongou, & Yaya, (2023). Inequalities, 9(1), 89-105. https://doi.org/10.5114/jh...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of 10 years' annual single dose ivermectin treatment on onchocerciasis transmission in hyperendemic areas of Cameroon and Uganda. METHODS Baseline nodule and microfilaria ('skin snip') prevalence data were available from 10 hyperendemic sentinel communities in Cameroon (from 1996) and hyperendemic 20 sentinel communities in Uganda (from 1993). We return...

PURPOSE To investigate the relationship between two distinct measures of disability: self-reported functional limitations and objectively-screened clinical impairments. METHODS We undertook an all age population-based survey of disability in two areas: North-West Cameroon (August/October 2013) and Telangana State, India (Feb/April 2014). Participants were selected for inclusion via two-stage ...

INTRODUCTION Cameroon is classified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as having a critical shortage of health personnel. This is further complicated by the geographic distributional inequalities of the national health workforce. This shortfall impedes Cameroons' progress of improving the human resources for health (HRH) to meet up with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. Howev...

BACKGROUND There is a scarcity of empirical data on institutions devoted to knowledge brokerage and their influence in Africa. Our objective was to describe two pioneering Knowledge Translation Platforms (KTPs) supporting evidence informed health system policymaking (EIHSP) in Cameroon and Uganda since 2006. METHODS This comparative historical case study of Evidence Informed Policy Network (E...

BACKGROUND Hepatitis B is a major health concern in Africa. The vaccine against hepatitis B virus (HBV) was introduced into the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) of Cameroon and Senegal in 2005, and of CAR (Central African Republic) in 2008. A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess HBV immunization coverage following the vaccine's introduction into the EPI and factors associated w...

End stage kidney failure (ESKF) is a major public health problem worldwide. Hemodialysis the principal method in its management, and associated with high mortality mostly owing to cardiovascular disease (CVD). In Cameroon, data on predictors lacking. This study aimed at determining 120 day mortality, causes of death amongst incident hemodialysis patients end Cameroon.