Cameroon has a strong geological potential for a number of mineral resources that, if well managed, could support economic growth. The country contains potentially large deposits of iron ore, gold, bauxite, diamond, limestone, nickel, and gemstones, and indices of other numerous minerals and precious metals. Despite its geological wealth, mining has never played a major role in Cameroon’s econo...

Author details Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon. Laboratory for Molecular Medicine and Metabolism, Biotechnology Center, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon. Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. Medical Diagnostic Center, Yaoundé, Cameroon. Laboratory for Public Healt...

Eco – epidemiology: challenges and opportunities for tomorrow’s epidemiologists Luchuo Engelbert Bain, Paschal Kum Awah Centre for Population Studies and Health Promotion, Yaounde, Cameroon, Department of Military Health, Ministry of Defence, Yaounde, Cameroon, Faculty of Arts, Letters and Social Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon Corresponding author: Luchuo Engelbert Bain, C...

background: the study was conducted to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes and practices of breast-feeding in the west re­gion of cameroon. methods: a cross sectional descriptive study was conducted in two health facilities on 195 mother-infant pairs, seen at the out patient and vaccination units of the bafoussam regional hospital over a period of one month from 1 st to 30 th septem­ber 2008. the...

Matthew LeBreton,* Sally Umlauf,† Cyrille F. Djoko,*‡ Peter Daszak,§ Donald S. Burke,¶ Paul Yemgai Kwenkam,# and Nathan D. Wolfe¶ *Walter Reed Johns Hopkins Cameroon Program, Yaoundé, Cameroon; †Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, Massachusetts, USA; ‡University of Yaoundé, Yaoundé, Cameroon; §Consortium for Conservation Medicine, New York, New York, USA; ¶Johns Hopki...

1 Département de Mathématiques et Informatique, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Douala, B.P. 24157 Douala, Cameroon 2 Laboratoire de Mathématiques Appliquées aux Sciences Sociales, Département de Mathématiques, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Yaoundé I, B.P. 15396 Yaoundé, Cameroon 3 MRSH, University of Caen, CREM-UMR 6211, CNRS, 14032 Caen Cedex, France 4 Department of Mathematics, Nat...

the palm wine trade is an important economic activity for many tropical rural areas worldwide. in west africa, palm wine holds high sociocultural and traditional values. wine tappers often climb very tall trees with rudimentary equipment to harvest palm sap and risk severe injuries in the event of a fall. furthermore, the wine quickly ferments beyond the desired taste and alcohol content, reduc...

background: a recent study at the maroua provincial hospital revealed that hypertension in pregnancy was the first cause of maternal death, representing 17.5% of the 63 maternal deaths recorded between 2003 and 2005. knowing little about the causes, this study was to identify the possible risk factors for hypertensive disorders in pregnancy. methods: this case-control study was-done at the maro...

Most of the international boundaries in Africa were delimited in the last quarter of the 19 century. The adoption of the “Uttis possedis” principle of boundary maintenance by African states in 1963 solidified the boundary regimes. The state-centric policies in border management result in further conflicts, wars and litigation depriving of cross-border cooperation. Though attempts at economic co...

Ernest Tambo1,2* 1Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences Department, Higher Institute of Public Health Sciences, Université des Montagnes, Bangangté, Cameroon 2Africa Disease Intelligence and Surveillance, Communication and Response (Africa DISCoR) Foundation, Yaoundé, Cameroon *Corresponding author: Ernest Tambo, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences Department, Higher Institute of Public...