Reports

YAOUNDE, 21 January 2014 (IRIN) - Cameroon is cracking down on more than a thousand illegal clinics and medical training institutions that have sprung up mainly in the capital, Yaoundé, and the coastal city of Douala. Some…

MAROUA, 18 December 2013 (IRIN) - Mairam Umaru’s year-old son had suffered vomiting and fever on and off for a month before she sought medical help. “I thought it was my milk affecting him, or that he…

This revised Emergency Appeal seeks CHF 642,579 in cash, kind, or services to support the Cameroon Red Cross to assist a total of some 8,200 beneficiaries – some 3,200 Central African Republic (CAR) refugees and some…

YAOUNDE, 4 December 2013 (IRIN) - Warmer weather, low bed nets use and heavy rains have been blamed for a recent upsurge in malaria in northern Cameroon, but public health in this region has also been…

Overview Working environment The overall security situation in Cameroon is calm. However, due to ongoing instability in the region, Cameroon has been receiving refugees and asylum-seekers from neighbouring countries, mainly the Central African Republic (CAR), Nigeria and Chad. In…

CHF 73,457 has been allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the Cameroon Red Cross National Society in delivering immediate assistance to some 695,287 beneficiaries. Unearmarked funds to repay DREF are encouraged. Summary:…

Highlights · Flash Floods in 2013: In response to the floods in Far North region on 18th and 26th September 2013, UNICEF is supporting 2,344 Internally Displaced People (IDPs) relocated to the two new sites at Begue…

21 NOVEMBER 2013 - Wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) has been confirmed in Cameroon, the first wild poliovirus in the country since 2009. Wild poliovirus was isolated from two acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) cases from West…

21 novembre 2013 - Le poliovirus sauvage de type 1 (PVS1) a été confirmé au Cameroun, pour la première fois dans ce pays depuis 2009. Il a été isolé dans la région de l’ouest à partir…

The activities proposed hereafter are still subject to the adoption of the financing decision ECHO/WWD/BUD/2014/01000 AMOUNT: EUR 2 000 000 CONTEXT Cameroon is a large,diversified and growing country with a population of 20 549 221 bordered by Nigeria, Chad, Central…