Health

Immediately after the accident, just beside the entrance into the market at Banga Bakundu, the population started shouting: “Call Doctors Without Borders! Call Doctors Without Borders!”
I did not hear anyone calling on the Muyuka District Hospital or Kumba District Hospital or the military to come and take the injured persons to the hospital.
These hospitals are just kilometres away from the scene of the incident. Even the military control post was just metres away.

The Kumba District Hospital Director, Dr. Paul Enongene Ngang; Board Chair, Gregory Mewanu; patients and some beneficiaries have hailed Doctors Without Borders, DWB, for donating medical and other equipment worth FCFA 247 million to the health facility.
They were equally thankful to international medical non-governmental organisation for its constant presence and commitment to saving lives and giving health assistance to the poor and needy persons in Kumba and its surrounding communities.

The newly christened Doctor Otto Enyame Lyonga scored 87/100 after defending on the topic: “The Role of Communication Channels in Reproductive Health Care Behaviour of Women in Buea Health District”.

Nestlé Cameroun, on June 2, 2021, planted 200 trees in six high schools in Douala IV Council area, as part of its activities aimed at contributing to environmental preservation. The commitment to preserve the natural environment and reduce the emission of greenhouse gas is one of Nestlé’s long-term commitments towards a greener and safer environment.

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.

By Hope Nda The Rural Women Development Centre, RUWDEC, Friday, 19 February 2020, trained over 20 girls…

The United Nations Populations Fund, UNFPA, in partnership with the Southwest Regional Delegation for Public Health, organised a two-day workshop on November 26 and 27, aimed at assessing the magnitude of maternal and prenatal mortality in the Region.

In the heat of the Coronavirus crisis, a Korean-based religious organisation, Shincheonji Church of Jesus, recently hosted an online prayer meeting, “3rd Global Prayer Service of Religious People”.

In a release dated November 12, the Governor of the Region, Augustine Awa Fonka, stated that 34 new cases have been recorded in the Region recently.

On the special day intended to celebrate man’s desire and assessing man’s efforts to conquer hunger through food security, Nestlé, announced that through its Nestlé Cares Programme, the company will offer food to help more than 700 underprivileged children in Cameroon and Gabon to enable them grow healthily.