Medical Equipment To Help Refugees

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has handed over to the Ministry of Public Health, three medical ambulances, 181 oxygen concentrators, four respirators and 220 pulse oximeters intended for the care of refugees and Cameroonians residing in the East, Adamawa, North and Far North regions of the country.

During the handing over ceremony at the Ministry of Public Health, on March 17, 2021, the representative of UNHCR, Olivier Guillaume Beer, said the objective of the donation is to strengthen the health system in general and, particularly to curb Covid-19 in the East, Adamawa, North and Far North regions, hosting nearly 430,000 refugees. So far, three have died of Covid-19.

Oliver Guillaume Beer added that it was important to offer such a donation because most at times, refugees stay in very remote areas with health services that need to be strengthened to  properly care for people who could be tested positive for Covid-19. According to statistics, as of now, some 79 refugees are Covid-19 positive, 27 symptomatic out of a total of 102 cases since the start of the pandemic. Thanks to measures taken by the government and the UNHCR, some 62 Covid-19 positive refugees have been treated.

Some of UNHCR’s actions, Oliver Guillaume Beer opined, include the distribution in health facil...