Universal Health Coverage: Christian Health Associations Renew Commitments

Participants from over 39 African countries have gathered in Yaounde to re-examine and reinforce the role of the Church on the health welfare of its respective population. This is within the 9th biennial Africa Christian Health Associations Platform (ACHAP) conference, holding on the theme; “Re-Igniting the Primary Health Care (PHC): the role of ACHAP.”

On behalf of the host of the event; the Cameroon Baptist Convention (CBC), the Director of the Health Services, Professor Tih Pius Muffih, stressed on the importance of the theme of the conference which comes at a time when Cameroon is working towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and has adopted a 10-year strategic plan (2017-2026) with the development of health district as strategic priority objective.

Noting that churches are the light of the community and know very well that Jesus went through the streets preaching the gospel and healing people, Prof. Tih Pius Muffih added that churches have the same mandate to offer exemplary health care to everybody with genuine compassion.

While expecting that the conference will come up with recommendations and renewed commitments towards re-igniting PHC in countries South of the Sahara which is a region with low health budget and high disease burden , the CBC Health Director said health ...