Boosting Healthcare: Govvernment Gets Material Support

Cameroon, that will be hosting the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) soon, has just experienced a breath of fresh air in its health system with the injection of some 47 vehicles amongst other materials. The Deputy Representative of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Cameroon, Arséne Azandossessi symbolically handed the keys to the Minister of Public Health, Manaouda Malachie during a ceremony organised on December 22, 2021 at the Ministry of Public Health in Yaounde.

The materials including vehicles, motorcycles, Point-of-Care equipment, Computer equipment, rapid HIV tests kits hygiene and protection equipment (masks, gels, gloves etc) fall within the framework of the project for the Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and the care of HIV in Children and Adolescents (PETVISIDAME). It is financed by the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and technically supported by UNICEF.

The vehicles expected to be distributed to the central, regional and district levels, as per the Minister of Public Health, will first of all be utilized for rapid health intervention during the AFCON which is at the corner and very important for the moment. He explained that this justifies the reason why posters inscribed on it “Safe CAN TotalEnergies Cameroon 2021” have been pasted in some of the vehicles.