Toward Universal Health Coverage in Cameroon: The Strategic Role of Private Health Insurance
In the wake of the United Nations' publication of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and later the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), African countries have...
Mobilizing Political Will for Health: The Role of Political Participation in improving Health Systems...
Over the past few decades, African countries have been actively committed to reducing health inequalities by mobilizing development partners and stakeholders, in implementing health...
The Nexus Between Elections and Public Health
Elections, as democratic processes, are fundamental to good governance . The year 2024 in Africa is filled with several elections, ranging from presidential to...
A Matter of Life and Death: “Why Universal Health Coverage is Vital for Road...
On May 25th, 2024, we marked yet another Global Surgery Day. Because Global Surgery is a fundamental component of health care delivery, recognizing the...
Breaking barriers to increase subscription to health insurance in Cameroon
Introduction
In Cameroon, unequal access to quality health care services at an affordable cost to all strata of society remains a major challenge to government....
Deadly poisons in our plates: Curbing the Use of Unsafe Chemicals in Cameroonian Food...
Introduction
Food safety is paramount to the well-being of individuals and communities. However, deadly poisons such as pesticides, herbicides, and additives are extensively used in...
Increasing access to cancer therapies: A window of hope for overcoming the disease in...
Introduction
The increasing burden of cancer in Africa has become a significant public health concern, with the region experiencing a growing crisis in cancer incidence...
Matters arising from the lack of comprehensive sexuality education in Africa
Introduction
Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) remains a sensitive topic in most parts of the world as parents, teachers, religious leaders, politicians and human rights defenders...
Choosing your coffin hopelessly before seeing a doctor: A policy response to mitigate the...
Introduction
The tenacious sale of caskets in front of public hospitals such as the Regional Hospital Buea and Laquintinie Hospital Douala, is a call for...
Tackling the double burden of malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa: A post COVID-19 perspective
The double burden of malnutrition (DBM) is conceptualized as the coexistence of undernutrition along with overweight, obesity or diet-related noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) . It...
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From the WTO MC14 to Action: Building Africa’s Productive Capacity through Trade, Digitalisation and...
Africa cannot rely on trade liberalization alone to achieve economic transformation; instead, it must pair AfCFTA integration with deliberate industrial, agricultural, and digital capacity-building...
Leveraging WTO MC14 Investment Facilitation for Development to Accelerate Structural Transformation in Cameroon
Investment inflows will generate the expected level of development impact in Cameroon if the country addresses persistent challenges like regulatory inefficiencies, institutional fragmentation, and...
Rethinking Commercial Leadership in Central Africa: Addressing the Challenges of Informality, Inequality, and Digital...
Informality, inequality, weak digital infrastructure, and limited productive financing continue to marginalize ECCAS economies, while calling for coordinated reforms to achieve inclusive and transformative...
From Market Expansion to Value Addition: Repositioning CEMAC’s Trade Strategy for Structural Transformation
Repositioning CEMAC’s trade strategy requires a decisive shift from commodity-based market participation toward value-driven production systems, where trade, industrial policy, and regional integration are...
The 14th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization in Yaoundé: a missed opportunity...
The 14th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization held in Yaoundé was not so successful due to failed negotiations on agriculture, e-commerce, and...
Editorial Note: Perspectives on the WTO Ministerial Conference in Cameroon
By Dr. Julienne Stéphanie Mesumbe
The 14th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO), held in Yaoundé, was an important milestone for Cameroon and...