La planification du développement de l’Afrique : entre stratégies nationales, sous-régionales, régionales, et internationales
Par Annette Mogoum, MA Le développement de l’Afrique, une aspiration légitime et projetée C’est presque une lapalissade de dire que l’Afrique a besoin de réaliser son développement. Bien que nantis d’abondantes ressources naturelles et humaines, les Etats africains ont de nombreux défis à relever aux plans politique, économique, socioculturel et scientifique pour franchir le cap de l’émergence. Cette dernière est une aspiration profonde, récurrente dans les discours et dans les fora internationaux préparant l’Afrique à un glorieux futur. L’un des plus récents de ces fora, le Rebranding Africa Forum, a vu présenté un guide proposant 50 idées clés pour l’émergence [...]
What Kind of Media for Development in Sub Saharan Africa? – a post-symposium reflection
By Yungong Theo Jong, Contributor Overview On November 30th 2015, the Cameroon Cultural Center played host to a Denis & Lenora Foretia Foundation symposium on “Media and Development in Cameroon”. Its distinguished group of panelists dwelt on the role of media in development, media and sustainable development, media’s civic and social responsibilities and media and rural development. Cutting across all sub themes, were expansive views on the role of the media in enhancing development processes and outcomes in Cameroon and the wider Sub Saharan Africa (SSA). This article suggests that a more forward-looking perspective will be to consider “what kind [...]
Drug Resistance: A Nightmare For The Fight Against Tuberculosis in Cameroon
By Kareen Atekem, MPH [dropcap type="circle" color="#FFFFFF" background="#8C212A"]T[/dropcap]uberculosis (TB), a disease caused by the organism Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and transmitted through infectious droplets, remains one of the world’s deadliest communicable diseases. According to the latest WHO data on TB published in May 2014, Cameroon was ranked 25th in the world, with TB related deaths reaching 2.89%, or 6,267 in total. According to the Cameroon National Tuberculosis Strategic Plan for 2010-2014, the population aged fifteen to forty-four years (the economically active group) is the one most affected by TB. Per WHO guidelines, treatment of TB requires a period of six months whereby [...]
La résistance aux médicaments: un obstacle à la lutte contre la tuberculose au Cameroun
Par Kareen Atekem, MPH [dropcap type="circle" color="#FFFFFF" background="#8C212A"]L[/dropcap]a tuberculose (TB), une maladie causée par l'organisme Mycobacterium tuberculosis, et transmise par des gouttelettes infectieuses, demeure l'une des plus meurtrières maladies transmissibles dans le monde. Selon les dernières données de l'OMS sur la tuberculose publiées en mai 2014, le Cameroun a été classé 25ème dans le monde, avec une mortalité spécifique atteignant 2,89%, soit 6267 décès au total. Selon le Plan stratégique national de lutte contre la tuberculeuse au Cameroun pour la période 2010-2014, la population âgée de 15 à 40 ans (tranche d’âge active de la population) est la plus touchée [...]
Conséquences sanitaires et sociales des attaques de Boko Haram pour le Cameroun
Par Julienne Stéphanie Nouetchognou, MPH [dropcap type="circle" color="#FFFFFF" background="#8C212A"]D[/dropcap]epuis les cinq dernières années, le Nigeria fait face au groupe terroriste Boko Haram, qui a jusqu'ici été responsable de nombreux attentats meurtriers. Depuis le début de l’année 2014, ces attaques ont été particulièrement vicieuses, en ciblant les lieux publics et stratégiques tels que les marchés, les hôpitaux, les casernes, les écoles des pays situés dans le bassin du lac Tchad. Cela a entraîné le déplacement massif de milliers de civils dans tout le Nigeria et dans les pays voisins. L'insurrection de Boko Haram est associée à des questions telles que l’alimentation, [...]
Boko Haram Insurgency: Health and social implications for Cameroon
By Julienne Stéphanie Nouetchognou, MPH [dropcap type="circle" color="#FFFFFF" background="#8C212A"]F[/dropcap]or the past five years, Nigeria has struggled with the Boko Haram group, which has so far been responsible for many deadly attacks. Since early 2014, such attacks have been particularly vicious, targeting public and strategic places such as markets, hospitals, army barracks, and schools in countries located along the Lake Chad Basin. This has resulted in the massive displacement of thousands of civilians throughout Nigeria and into neighboring countries. The Boko Haram insurgency goes hand in hand with issues such as access to food, water, shelter, and other basic rights. By [...]
Meet Clinton Achale – An Extraordinary Young Cameroonian
By Denis A. Foretia, MD.MPH.MBA., [dropcap type="circle" color="#FFFFFF" background="#8C212A"]A[/dropcap] few months ago, I received an email that nearly brought me to tears. This email touched me not because the situation appeared helpless, but because I could vividly see how a brilliant and extremely gifted young man was about to lose his dreams. Mr. Ajong had written to the foundation to tell us about Clinton Achale, a young man from the tiny village of Etam near Kumba in the South West Region of Cameroon. Etam, like many of the villages in Cameroon, has no tap water and no electricity. Its only secondary [...]
Rencontrer Clinton Achale – Un jeune Camerounais extraordinaire
[dropcap type="circle" color="#ffffff" background="#8C212A"]Il[/dropcap] ya quelques mois, j’ai reçu un courriel qui m'a presque fait pleurer. Ce courriel était touchant pas parce que la situation était déplorable, mais parce que je pouvais clairement voir comment un jeune homme brillant et extrêmement doué allait perdre ses rêves. M. Ajong avait écrit à la fondation Foretia pour nous parler de Clinton Achale, un jeune homme du petit village « Etam », près de Kumba dans la région Sud-Ouest du Cameroun. Etam, comme la plupart des villages du Cameroun, ne dispose pas d’eau courante, pas d'électricité. La seule école secondaire n’a que très peu d'enseignants [...]
Exploring Cameroon’s Natural Resource Potential in Achieving the Dream of an Emergent Economy
By Annette MOGOUM * (version en français) Natural assets for a clear emergence [dropcap type="circle" color="#FFFFFF" background="#8C212A"]C[/dropcap]ameroon has always placed socio-economic development at the core of its national policy. In its current vision, Cameroon is making development efforts with the goal of becoming an emerging country by 2035. Emergence is considered to be the intermediate stage between development and underdevelopment. It has an economic dimension, as well as a social and political one. Thus, emerging countries are those that are able to increase their economic growth and where the country's standard of living and its political structures converge to be [...]
The Silent Epidemic: Non-communicable diseases in Cameroon
By Julienne Stéphanie Nouetchognou, MPH - Health Policy Analyst [dropcap type="circle" color="#FFFFFF" background="#8C212A"]C[/dropcap]ardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes and other chronic diseases are often thought to be public health problems of significance only in developed countries. In reality, however, only 20 percent of chronic disease deaths occur in these countries, while 80 percent occur in developing countries where the vast majority of the world’s population lives. Cameroon, like other developing countries, is now experiencing the double burden of infectious and chronic, non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The burden of infectious diseases is largely driven by malaria, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis. Yet, at the same time, [...]
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