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Anti-covid-19 drugs and tests production process is being finalized, Madeleine Tchuenté says
"The process of production of endogenous drugs, test kits, vaccines and other health equipment dedicated to the fight against Covid-19 is being...
Nexttel replies to staff after strike movements at some of its agencies
France and the EU condemn the Bamenda and Galim attacks
Accused of conspiracy against Cameroon, Human rights group Redhac announces a judicial complaint against Paul Atanga Nji
Medicis Sarl to invest about XAF6 bln in the construction of a haemodialysis centre in Cameroon
Medicis Sarl plans to invest XAF5.7 billion for the construction of a haemodialysis centre in Cameroon. To encourage and facilitate the realization of...
France provides XAF6.5 bln budget support to help Cameroon fight the COVID-19
On May 18, 2020, the Cameroonian government, through the Ministry of Economy, signed a XAF6.5 billion grant agreement with the French Development Agency...
Cameroon: The Minpostel suggests creation of digital economy development centre to boost telehealth
During the cabinet meeting held on April 30, in Yaoundé, the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications (Minpostel), Minette Libom Li Likeng, suggested the...
Cameroon: Pub house operators promise to reduce seating capacity by half to fight the Covid-19
In Cameroon, the syndicate of pub house operators (Synedeboc) promises to implement measures to combat the coronavirus. According to a note from its...
Covid-19: Cameroon has spent XAF8.8 bln so far in the fight against the virus
So far, Cameroonian authorities have spent XAF8.8 billion (€13.5 million) in the fight against the Coronavirus. This was revealed by Elysée Eyenga, Head...
Cameroon: Local startup House Innovation creates a mobile app for covid-19 auto-diagnostics
If approved by Cameroonian authorities, the mobile app “SOS-Covid” created by a local startup, House Innovation, could be used in the fight against the...
Cameroon: Diluted 90% Isopropyl Alcohol is being sold by some vendors, Lanacome warns
In Cameroon, many crooked businessmen seem determined to take advantage of the Coronavirus crisis raging around the world. Indeed, recently, national...
Coronavirus: Cameroon plans mass testing
In Cameroon, the government is planning mass covid-19 testing but is "awaiting test kits" to organize the test. This was revealed by the Minister of...
Coronavirus: Cameroon confirms 5 new cases
Despite the preventive measures initiated by Cameroon, the coronavirus pandemic is still spreading in the country. In a Tweet posted today March 17, the...
Coronavirus: A first case confirmed in Cameroon
In Cameroon, a first coronavirus case has just been officially confirmed. In a release signed today March 6, 2020, the Minister of Public Health Manaouda...
Coronavirus : World Bank Group sets $12 bln package to help combat the pandemic
On March 3, 2020, the World Bank Group announced that it is providing $12 billion (over XAF7,000 billion) to assist member countries (Cameroon...
Coronavirus: CEMAC countries prepare a common prevention and preparedness roadmap
On Feb 18, 2020, the Sipopo International Conference Centre, Equatorial Guinea, hosted the meeting of national experts from partner countries and...
Coronavirus : Infected Cameroonian student “is now in good health” (Chinese embassy in Cameroon)
After “medical treatment,” the 21-year-old Cameroonian student interned since January 28, 2020, in a hospital in Zhengzhou (China) following a coronavirus...
Coronavirus : Cameroon installs thermal cameras at airports to prevent spread
The Ministry of Public Health has decided to install technological equipment at Cameroon's main international airports, including Yaoundé-Nsimalen and...
Global Fund: Paul Biya in France to raise close to XAF100 billion
From October 9 to 10, 2019, Cameroon’s president, Paul Biya, will participate in the sixth Global Funds’ replenishment conference in Lyon, France....
Cameroon inks XAF650 mln deal to rebuild Kumba hospital burnt by separatists
Cameroon, via the minister of health Malachie Manaouda (photo), recently signed a XAF650 million agreement for the reconstruction of Kumba hospital. This...
Cameroon : Public health workers announce strike action from August 5, 2019
Next August 5, 2019, public hospitals’ staff will launch a strike action, Cameroonian health workers syndicates Synpems and CAP-Santé announce. According...
Cameroon’s Health Department sets a National Sanitary Quality Supervision Committee
In an article published on June 10, the Cameroonian Minister of Public Health (Minsanté), Malachie Manaouda (photo), informed that a committee had been...
Cameroon bans use of five chemicals in textile production
Cameroonian Minister of Mines and Technological Development, Gabriel Dodo Ndocke (photo), issued a list of five chemicals the use of which is now banned...
Nestle Cameroon trains health professionals on child malnutrition
Nestle's Cameroonian subsidiary has via its Nestle Nutrition Institute just completed two sessions of its African nutrition course in Yaoundé and Douala,...
Cameroon: Government announces free Rapid HIV Tests from January 2020
Malachie Manaouda (photo), Cameroonian health minister, inked April 4 a decision setting terms for accessing & monitoring HIV testing services and...
Cameroonian trade minister lifts ban on sale of six baby diaper brands including Pampers
Following an approval granted to a dozen diaper manufacturers in late February 2019, the Cameroonian government has just lifted the ban on the sales of...
New cases of cholera reported in the North region, in January 2019
The Cameroonian health ministry (Minsante) announced the report of new cases of cholera in the north region of the country this January. The region is the...
Image-based warnings to cover cigarette packages sold in Cameroon, starting this year (C3T)
Starting from 2019, 70% of the front and back of cigarette packages will be covered with a message along with an image warning illustrating a disease...
Cameroon: 40 killed by cholera outbreak in the North (Greenpeace)
In response to reports of more than 40 killed and over 600 confirmed cases of cholera in Cameroon's Far North region, Andoh Rex, Greenpeace Africa's...
Cameroon: Badea backs health center construction with CFA955m, in Yaoundé
Cameroonian government erected new health facilities in the districts of Minkoa Meyos and Obili, in Yaoundé. Valued at CFA955.4 million, land cost...
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