Covid-19 vaccine in Cameroon: which, when, where to get the jab

By Leocadia Bongben Cameroon is getting set to receive the Chinese vaccine, Sinopharm which would be the first after suspending the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine.   By April 11 Cameroon would receive 200,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine, the fruit of the Sino-Cameroon relations.  According to the permanent secretary of the Enlarged Immunization Programme, PEV Dr. Tchokfe Shalom Ndoula,

Cameroon-kidney patients turn to strikes as ‘Lifeline’to treatment

Dialysis kits arrived on Monday, March 5 at 18:00 CAT following the road block by kidney patients of the Yaoundé University Teaching Hospital. “We have started dialysis, Lucy Zambo one of the kidney patients said. The kits arrived after the about a score of patients blocked the road in front of the Yaoundé University Teaching Hospital

Covid-19 treatment: Why traditional medicine in Cameroon may wait longer for approval

With the outbreak of Covid-19, some traditional healers and herbalists came up with many concoctions claiming to treat the Coronavirus. Government is actually accompanying some traditional healers and their drugs especially that of the ArchBishop of Douala, Samuel Kleda. Kleda once declare, “Africa has something to offer against covid-19, we gave the treatment to hundreds

Covid-19 vaccine:Cameroon turns to Sputnik V after AstraZeneca

Cameroon health minister has approved Sputnik-V against Coronavirus, Russia Direct Investment Fund has reported on its site. The site indicates that Sputnik ranks second among coronavirus vaccines globally in terms of the number of approvals issued by government regulators. The vaccine has been approuved for use in 53 countries including Kenya, Namibia and Ghana. The

AstraZeneca: Cameroon Scientific Council puts vaccine on hold

The Cameroon scientific council has cautioned government to put the Covid-19 vaccine, AstraZeneca on hold. Cameroon was expected to receive the first consignment of the earmarked 2.5 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 on March 20. This may no longer  be possible as the Scientific Council has implored government to exercise caution and stop the

Covid-19: Find out why UNHCR donated ambulances, respiratory kits to government

Refugees live in remote areas of Adawawa and the borders where health services are not the best thus, need to be strengthened. Cameroon counts 420,000 refugees, 102 have tested positive so far, 62 recovered, two have died. “Two refugees dying is too much, this could have been worse, had the UNHCR not taken measures to

AstraZeneca: Will Cameroon continue with the vaccine, key facts

Cameroon is yet to decide if the country would vaccinate its population with the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine or not.  Since some European countries like Sweden, Norway suspended the vaccine due to blood clots and suspected deaths there has been a debate on whether or not Cameroon should push ahead to receive the vaccine. Other West

How early Covid-19 responses ignored persons with Disabilities

By Leocadia Bongben What distance can a person with visual impairment keep as a measure of curbing the spread of  Covid -19 ? What does the washing of hands represent for people with mobility challenges? These and many more,  were the questions absent from early responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. The world was shocked from a

The ordeal of kidney patients in Cameroon

With cranky look faces, they marched to the streets, blocked roads. At other times they marched to the health ministry to push for the repair of the life sustaining machines.  Without these blood purifying machines and kits, these patients develop complications and die sooner.  Many like Ojong Irene have known the pain of not being

Cardiologist Advises On Voluntary, Regular Heart-checks

By Leocadia Bongben To prevent, avoid or postpone premature deaths, Prof. Samuel Kingue President of the Cameroon Cardiac Society urges Cameroonians to, “Take the initiative to go to hospital or a pharmacy to check the blood pressure and sugar level. With about FCFA 1000, one can know the state of the heart and health”. Many