Cameroon: COVID 19 Emergency Situation Report No. 14 - January 2021
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• COVID-19 pandemic persists in Cameroon with 3,340 new cases and 14 deaths recorded by the Ministry of Health from 1 to 31 January. Cameroon is the sixteenth African country in relation to the number of infections.
• Eight of the ten United Nations Volunteers (UNVs) deployed by OCHA for the COVID-19 response already completed their six months contracts. The other two will end in the next couple of months. Despite the progression of the epidemic it will not be possible to extend these contracts due to lack of resources.
• African Nations Championship (CHAN 2021) began on 16 January, despite the second wave of COVID-19 in the African continent and the prominence of a more contagious strain of the virus.
Evolution of Covid-19 : 939 Active Cases, 46 Hospitalised
These statistics were revealed during the daily press briefing on the situation of the pandemic in the country on December 24, 2020.
As of December 24, 2020, the overall epidemiological situation of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country revealed 26,277 confirmed cases, 24,892 recoveries, 446 deaths, 939 active cases and 46 in-patients in different management units. This was made known by the Director of Disease Control at the Ministry of Public Health, Dr Georges Alain Etoundi Mballa, at the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre. He was speaking during the daily press briefing on the evolution of the Coronavirus pandemic in the country, on December 24, 2020. On behalf of the Minister of Public Health, Dr Etoundi Mballa told the press that statistics have shown that recovery rate of Covid-19 pandemic in the country stands at 95 per cent, while death rate is 1.7 per cent and bed occupancy rate 1.5 per cent.Lire aussi : Inte
NCDC Weekly Epidemiological Report: Issue: Volume 11 No. 49: 30th November – 6th December 2020
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Strengthening Military Collaboration for Public Health Emergency Management
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has continued to play a critical role as the National Focal Point for the implementation of International Health Regulations (IHR) in Nigeria. This includes strengthening the multi-sectoral collaboration for health security, working with relevant Government Ministries, Departments and Parastatal as well as development partners.
One of the key outputs from the 2017 Joint External Evaluation (JEE) of IHR core capacities in Nigeria, was the limited capacity in “Linking Public Health and Security”. This technical area recognises the critical role that security agencies play in contributing to national health security. The Nigerian military represents an asset to public health due to their national presence and ability to deploy resources to hard-to-reach are