CAMEROON HOSPITALS AND DOCTORS

- Creates Child Friendly and Safe Space   CAMGEW has   engaged itself in Environmental Education with Kilum Ijim Forest Community children on Bushfires, causes of Bushfires, consequences and tools used in Preventing and Managing Bushfires. This took place in Oku on the 17 th of December 2021. This activity took place with 26 community children made up of 10 boys and 16 girls. It was an interactive program in which children identified the causes of Bushfires like smoking in and around the forest, burning of farms   like the slash-and-burn method of farming, the burning of bushes to hunt animals, burning by grazers to get new vegetation for animals and poor methods of harvesting honey by untrained bee Farmers. The children were made to understand that Bushfires can result in the burning of trees, hives, fruits, vegetables, animals which are all found in the forest. Some of the consequences of Bushfires were identified together with the children. The children we...

By Francis Ekongang Nzante The Littoral Regional Activities of the Cameroon Nurses Association CNA  took place at the  Alpha Higher Institute Douala AHID, Deido  Campus on Wednesday the 30th of June, 2021. On agenda were preparations for the upcoming 9th Conference of the association slated to take place in 2022 in Douala. This Regional Activity took the form of the CNA Littoral Regional General Assembly Meeting which took place under the theme:  “The Place of Professional  Nursing Associations In Nursing”   The Organizers included Eyong Mbu, Bih Claudine, Nankeng Victor and Ngwa Clarise. Everything was of course done under the watchful eyes of the Regional Coordinator Mr Atongno Humphrey. The Scientific Presentations Session explored the topic “The Place of Professional  Nursing Associations In Nursing” and was done by Yossa Chi Naomi, Donkeng Demanou and Epah Eric.  Also presented was the CNA  Littoral Regional  Plans an...

   HICTI Mambanda, Douala (formelly the Clinical Training Center for Family Planning (CTC4FP) is a Professional Training Institute with a mission to use the transformative power of Education and Research to foster nursing care in all disciplines and specialties. HICTI has launched an evening nursing training program for working class. Any working class who is considering entering the nursing career in the future has the opportunity to do so now. HICTI students cover 540 hours in 9 and 1080 hours in 18 months depending on your qualification.  Registration for July and August 2021 is ongoing. Call 677651615 to get more details on how to register. Early registration will benefit 40% scholarship. French speaking Cameroonians are also welcome. HICTI students benefit 30% theory and 70% practical.  HICTI students have access to FREE text books supplied by the British Medical Association (BMA), London. Online Classes will soon be launched in HICTI by ONPASSIVE, a Global IT a...

 By Francis Ekongang Nzante The Cameroon Nurses Association have rounded up activities commemorating the International Nurses Week. These activities took place mostly in Bamenda, the National Head Quarters of CNA and in Douala the seat of the Littoral Bureau of CNA. The Cameroon Nurses Association was created in 1999 to bring together all nurses in Cameroon under one umbrella. The aim was to make them work in harmony and to improve upon their capacities. From it’s inception in 1999 up till date, the Cameroon Nurses Association holds Annual Conferences under various themes and these themes are always indicated by the International Nursing Council. This is the supreme body that regulates the activities of Nurses all over the world.  In a press briefing with Mr Nkwain Joseph, the National President of Cameroon Nurses Association, he said this year’s theme is “Nurses, a voice to lead. A vision for future Health Care.” CNA he intimated has been very conscious and started to prepare...

  "The PBF Project Can Transform the Health Sector in Cameroon" Dr. Bijingni Kuwoh Pius ................ The last time Dr. Bijingni Kuwoh Pius worked with the Public Service in Cameroon was as Director of the Limbe Regional Hospital. However, just when he was handing over from the post of Director of the Limbe Regional Hospital, he received a call requesting him to work as a Consultant with the Performance Based Financing (PBF) project in Yagoua in the Far North Region. The Non-Governmental Organization IRESCO was chosen to execute the project. The experienced Public Health Physician, had been contacted earlier but they called him that day to inform him that he had been selected to coordinate the pilote phase of the PBF project. The erstwhile Director of the Limbe Regional Hospital started the job in August 2016. He begins this revealing Interview by giving a detailed description of the nature of his job in the Far North Region of Cameroon. "There was an antenna in Yagou...

-Evening Classes Available for Working Class students  The Higher Clinical Training Institute (HICTI) Mambanda, Douala has launched a training programme for those who wish to pursue a career in Nursing.  Text books to be used during the training programme according to the Medical Director have already been supplied by the British Medical Association (BMA). He also intimated that Graduates of HICTI Douala are certified by an American University. “They receive Advanced International Diplomas, BSc and Masters Degrees” he said. Meantime, students will receive lectures from very experienced Lecturers with not less than 5 years of experience in the nursing field. Among other things, studies at HICTI Douala use the 30% theory and 70% practical approach. Students also benefit from two months of paid internship in any hospital or clinic of their choice. Students with a stronger financial situation will have the possibility of going on internship out of Cameroon. According to the Medica...

 «MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD STILL SEE FAMILY PLANNING AS A TABOO TOPIC »  -CEO AREPHS Bamenda Mr David Ayem is a Reproductive Health Expert. He has worked as a Midwife for about 20 years. He later on decided to specialise in Reproductive Health as a whole Midwifery included. David Ayem is equally a PhD student at the University of Bamenda in the Northwest Region of Cameroon. He is the Chief Executive Officer of AREPHS : African Reproductive Health Services Bamenda. He begins by stating the raisin d'etre of his establishment. He was interviewed by Francis Ekongang Nzante. Excerpts AREPHS is an establishment which deals with health in general but with a special focus on Reproductive Health. We are talking about Health in relation to the Reproductive System. The Reproductive organs, their functioning, their processes and problems therein. For example, understanding the Menstrual Cycle and directing somebody on how to understand the Menstrual Cycle. Other aspects include understand...