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Minister Andre Mama Fouda, Cameron's minister of public health uses every opportunity these days to inform the world that he is a competent cabinet minister. The Ministry of Public Health announced recently that his ministerial department may not have subscribed yet to social media networks but operates a functional website through which important information of the Ministry is relayed to the public. Cameroon Concord's senior health correspondent visited the website 42 times within the last two weeks and all what came out is this message in the French language,"Ce site web est en cours de maintanance".

Minister Mama Fouda and his gang of health failures claimed that the website www.minsante.cm serves as a medium where press releases, communiqués relating to the different activities of the ministry are published. Yet, under the current state of health affairs in the country, the site has not been operational since two weeks now. Our national daily, Cameroon Tribune quoted the head of the Communication unit in the Ministry of Public Health, Roger Manoun as saying that the ministry also communicates through the social media by using the Ministry’s of Communication’s focal point person who is in charge of government communication on the social media in addition to personal face book accounts.

The Ministry’s Information and Communication unit, he said, were currently reflecting on how to open social media accounts that will not be easily hacked. "For now, the website remains the portal through which ministerial decisions, circulars, announcements are communicated to both internal and external public of the ministry". All these Mama Fouda rantings appears to be whole sale hoaxes.

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A pregnant young lady named, FOMUH Minette,26, has died together with her baby in her womb following fruitless efforts made by Mbanga hospital doctors. Minette who was admitted at the hospital on Tuesday March 29, 2016 died four days after due to what family sources say was negligence.

Her passing away at a time when Public Health Minister, Andre Mama Fouda recently announced new tough measures to protect patients in Cameroonian hospitals is indeed very disturbing.

Minister Fouda's time as head of the Ministry of Public Health has recorded many precarious situations in Cameroon hospitals including the cases of Monique Koumateke who lost her life along side her twins allegedly due to medical failure and Honorine NSHI whose quadruplets died after delivery in the Central Hospital in Yaounde.

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According to United Nations AIDS, UNAIDS, statistics, HIV prevalence rate in West and Central Africa is 2.3 per cent. In Cameroon, the rate is 4.3 per cent, while Douala has an elevated prevalence rate of 4.6 per cent. Of the 600,000 HIV-positive people in Cameroon, Douala accounts for 68,000, making the city the highest in the country with infected people.

The shocking statistics were disclosed by the UNAIDS Country Director, Dr Claire Mulanga Tshidibi, during the first ordinary session of the Douala City Council on April 1, 2016. She travelled to Douala to sign an agreement with all six Mayors in Wouri Division and the Government Delegate to the Douala City Council. The objective is to help get people to undergo HIV testing, follow treatment, reduce mother-to-child transmission and prevent new infections in order to reach “Objective 90 90 90” by 2020.

According to the Douala Declaration read by the Mayor of Douala II Sub-divisional Council, Denise Fampou, the city’s Mayors promised to help put an end to stigmatisation and discrimination against infected people, reduce HIV-related deaths, get people to know their status and follow-up treatment. They are also to work in collaboration with civil society organisations and other stakeholders to eradicate the plague.

Earlier, the Government Delegate to the Douala City Council, Dr Fritz Ntone Ntone, expressed satisfaction with the 20 per cent increase in the execution of 2015 city revenue, compared to 2014. He said 34.1 Billion FCFA of the 56.6 Billion FCFA allocated for 175 projects was used, compared to 2014 when just 28.5 Billion FCFA from the 44.9 Billion FCFA allotted for 120 projects, was executed. He said when projects begin late, they are likely to continue into the next financial year, but quickly added that the money meant for such projects must be kept aside.

With a balance of 15 Billion FCFA in 2014 and 22 Billion FCFA in 2015, Ntone Ntone admitted that the execution rate was weak, assuring that efforts will be made to step up work in order to carry out what was planned. Over 200 projects will be executed in 2016. During the council session, the Senior Divisional Officer for Wouri, Naseri Paul Bea, lauded UNAIDS’ initiative to fight the HIV pandemic. He urged the City Council to lay more efforts on revenue collection, enjoining management to hurry up with work on major projects like the rehabilitation of « Boulevard de la République.

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Cameroon's Minister of Public Health, Andre Mama Fouda is reportedly fighting for his political survival in the Biya regime following the numerous scandals that rocked his ministerial department recently. Mama Fouda has held a meeting with regional delegates of health and directors of health facilities nationwide.

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During the encounter,the Public Health boss detailed a series of measures that have been put in place to improve on the quality of services offered to patients in health units. Some of the so called swiping reforms include;

-The institution of vital support to be offered in cases of emergency and payment to be required after the patient has been stabilised.

-Effective presence of the medical staff becomes compulsory.

-Basic medicines shall be made available in hospitals at all times.

-Heads of health facilities to carry out routine checks.

-In cases when evacuation becomes a necessity, the discharge and admitting health facilities must work in close collaboration to guarentee the safety of the patient.

-Henceforth, all health personnel including receptionists are required to wear badges that makes it easy to identify their individual role.

-Any person accessing a health facility must be identified.

-Health units should admit patients in relation to their available health facilities.

-Access to sensitive areas in the hospital must be strictly restricted

-A video surveillance system within strategic areas of a health facilty shall be put in place within six months.

-An internal audit is required every 30 days within first and second categories of health facilities in the country.

The Minister of Public Health insisted that the non respect of these rules will not go unpunished, while exhorting health officials to implement the guidelines within the shortest possible time line.

It is worth recalling that the public health sector have come under sharp criticisms from users who have been denouncing the laissez-faire attitude observed within health facilities in the country.

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Members of the board of Cameroon institutions charged with training nurses, midwives and health technicians began their 20th session meeting on the 30th of March 2016 at the Yaoundé Conference Centre.

Public Health Minister Andre Mama Fouda was conspicuously absent. Opening the conclave, the Secretary of State at the Ministry of Public Health in charge of Epidemics and Pandemics, Alim Hayatou stressed on the need for quality training that can offer improved healthcare in hospitals.

In a typical CPDM pattern, the Secretary of State avoided the numerous public health failures in the country and instead frowned at the reception in hospitals which to him is yet to be up to standards. The three-day meeting is expected to lay emphasis on ethics during training in health schools.

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A study entitled Maternity and Maternal Deaths in Douala has revealed that a woman dies every two hours while a newborn dies every six hours in Cameroon. According to the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), the mortality rate for children under 5 is 122, while the maternal mortality ratio increased from 430 to 782 deaths per 1,000 live births between 1998 and 2011.

Dr. Jeannette Wogaing,the author of the thesis noted that poorly trained staff and ill equipped facilities are the source of these alarming figures. She added that our public maternity hospitals have no doctors and are run by nurses not even midwives who are suppose to refer patients to doctors.

The implementation of the so called Human Resource Building Program for Reproductive Health initiated by the state which has already had financial and technical support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) have so far failed to change the poor situation in the country.