AFRICA – Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has announced the appointment of African immunologist, parasitologist and malariologist Rose Gana Fomban Leke as the new chair of its independent review committee (IRC).…
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Cameroon attracts US$12M grant from SFD for hospital construction project
CAMEROON – The Cameroonian Government has secured a US$12M grant from the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) to finance the construction of the Mbalmayo Regional Hospital Project, the Saudi Arabian…
Read MoreCameroon receives US$28m financing from EIB to strengthen economic resilience
CAMEROON – CCA Bank and Commercial Bank-Cameroun have received US$28.46 million (EUR27m) of new long-term financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to support investment by entrepreneurs and businesses across Cameroon and strengthen economic resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic. The two…
Read MoreEMS donates 6m tablets of antibiotics to Africa in fight against Yaws
AFRICA – Brazilian pharmaceutical company EMS has donated 6 million tablets of the oral antibiotic azithromycin to Cameroon, Central African Republic and the Republic of Congo in an effort to…
Read MoreCameroonian e-health startup Waspito secures US$2.7m to accelerate expansion
CAMEROON – Cameroonian e-health startup Waspito has closed a US$2.7m seed funding round which will be used to it grow its client base in its home market and launch operations…
Read MoreMalawi intensifies response to contain Cholera outbreak
MALAWI – Malawian health authorities have put in place preventive measures to control the further spread of water-borne disease Cholera amid outbreak in the southern Malawi region such as surveillance…
Read MoreCholera outbreaks ravage Cameroon and Nigeria claiming thousands of lives
CAMEROON – Cameroon has been hit by a surge in cholera cases in the last two weeks in the country’s Southwest region, adding to a public health crisis accompanied by…
Read MoreDoctors Without Borders winds up in West Cameroon following government suspension
CAMEROON – Doctors Without Borders (MSF), have withdrawn their health care services in Cameroon following government suspension for eight months. Cameroonian authorities have accused the aid group of helping separatist…
Read MoreBan on MSF operations in Cameroon continues to obstruct healthcare delivery
CAMEROON – While thousands of people struggle to access vital healthcare in the restive North-West region of Cameroon, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is still denied the resumption of…
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