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Accepting Vaccination: Why Change In Communication Strategy Turned The Tides A growing number of Cameroonians regard vaccination with skepticism. This is partly explained by ignorance and the rumours often peddled on social media on the “demerits” or supposed risks of vaccination. Of late, the situation was worsened by the stance of two Roman Catholic Church dioceses whose bishops openly declared they would allow their female parishioners to be vaccinated against Central African Republic, CAR refugees in Cameroon’s East Region. “These people have no problem whatsoever with vaccination!” says Meka Monique Blanche, a midwifery supervisor with the Africa Humanitarian Action, AHA aid organisation in ....
Personal Sacrifice That Paid Off Moussa Oumarou, a commercial motorbike rider, gave up his job to assist his wife take care of their preterm twins through the kangaroo method. Were it not for his timely and wise decision, their babies might not be alive today. Unlike most husbands, he saw baby care – especially “specialised” baby care - not only as a woman’s responsibility, but also his duty. Moussa Oumarou, a commercial motorbike rider, and wife, Oumoul Kousoulmi, were on November 2, 2020, blessed with a set of twins – their fifth and sixth children. But the celebration of the newborn by the ....
Maternal, Newborn, Child Health: Mortality Rates Curbed, Hospital Delivery Figures Raised According to the last Cameroon Demographic and Health Survey and the 2014 Multi-indicator Cluster Survey Statistics, MICS report, about 7,000 women die in the country due to pregnancy complications or during delivery. While neonatal mortality (the death rate of babies in the first 28 days of life) was 28 deaths per 1,000 live births. Concerned by the situation, government, with the support of the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF and the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, launched the Running from 2018-2022, the project is funded by the Islamic Development Bank, IsDB. It covers 34 health districts in the ....
Kangaroo’s Huge Challenges, Despite Strides Evaluation of the project, “ Improving access and quality of new-born care in 5 health districts of the East Region from 2018-2020” is still underway. Funded by the Korea National UNICEF Committee and implemented by the East Regional Delegation of Public Health and the Cameroon Kangaroo Foundation, the project also received technical and financial assistance from 5,000 children in Abong-Mbang, Doume, Bertoua, Batouri and Garoua Boulai Health Districts. It involved Abong-Mbang, Doume, Bertoua, Batouri and Garoua Boulai District Hospitals; Bertoua Regional Hospital and the Though evaluation is still going on to determine the full impact of the project, ....