How China’s COVID-19 Medical Aid Mitigated a Health Tragedy in Cameroon’s Overcrowded Prisons

Before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, Cameroon was already reeling in the throes of internal strife, characterised by five major crises: Boko Haram insurgency in the Far North Region; repeated cross-border attacks perpetrated on the population in the East Region by rebels from the Central African Republic (CAR); post-presidential electoral upheavals in the Littoral, Centre, West, South and East Regions; and the on-going armed conflict rocking the North West and South West Regions of the country.