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Launch of the 2019 National Deworming Campaign

The Official launch of the 2019 National Deworming Campaign was done at the Government Bilingual Primary School Njombe Penja, in the Littoral Region. The event was presided by the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Health, Alim Hayatou, and the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Basic Education, Dr Kilo Vivian Asheri. The treatment target for that year’s campaign was 9.2 million people.

COUNTDOWN Annual Partners' Meeting 2019

The COUNTDOWN Consortium convened in Monrovia, Liberia for the 5th Annual Partners’ Meeting. Colleagues in Cameroon joined consortium members from Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia, LSTM and FHI360 for the 3-day meeting which offered opportunity for members of partner countries to discuss current status, and findings from the in-country multi-disciplinary research projects around neglected tropical diseases.

TES Conference 2025

Tropical & Emerging tropical diseases Summit

“Towards sustainable elimination of neglected tropical diseases in Africa”

SCHISTOSOMIASIS AND STH WEEK IN CAMEROON

Under the patronage of the Minister of Health, the National Programme for the Control of Schistosomiasis and STH in conjunction with the COUNTDOWN project and other collaborators, is organising a Schistosomiasis and STH Week in Cameroon. This unprecedented event will bring together policy makers, NTD partners, researchers from both the national and international NTD community as they gather to discuss the key progress made in the fight against schistosomiasis and STH.

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Signing of the China-Africa Institution-based Cooperation for the Elimination of Schistosomiasis

October 5, 2015

On the 5th October 2015, a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in establishment of institution-based network on China-Africa Cooperation for Schistosomiasis elimination, was signed between China and African institutions, in Cape Town, South Africa. The institutions in this cooperation consist of: The National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Prof. Zhou Xiaonong) Faculty of Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon (Prof. Louis-Albert Tchuem Tchuente ) Institut National de Recherche en Santé Publique, Mali (Prof. Mamadou

2010 National Deworming Campaign

May 5, 2010

On Wednesday, 5th May 2010 the National Deworming Campaign was launched in Yaounde by his excellency, the Minister of Public health, Andre Mama Fouda and her excellency,the Minister of Basic Education, Youssouf Hadidja Alim, at Government Primary School Nkolbisson. The launched was attended by stakeholders and partners such as: the Secretary of State of Public Health; WHO Representative to Cameroon; and the Permanent Secretary for the National Programme for the Control of Schistosomiasis and STH, Helen Keller International, Sight Savers, Perspectives and International