Joint-QA Project : University experts and partners from Africa and Europe chart a course
Cameroon, Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire will soon have a harmonized quality assurance system that will govern university education in these countries and beyond. University experts, quality assurance officials from these countries, Europe and technical and financial partners met in Yaounde to outline details of the project, known as the Joint-QA project. The project is […]
Adolescent Health : Experts Seek Solutions to Challenges at First Congress
Health experts in Cameroon and partners are seeking solutions to adolescent health challenges at the first congress of the Cameroonian Society of Adolescent Health that opened in Yaounde on 14th May 2024. Discussions at two-day event are focused on the theme “Adolescents and Globalization : Health Challenges in Resource Limited Setting”. The maiden […]
Disability inclusion : Persons with Disabilities to receive better health care
Some heads of Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) have lauded the spin offs of a project instituted to promote their rights. The project was jointly carried out by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights, the United Nations Population Fund in collaboration with the Ministry […]
CRID : The Centre Advancing Health Care in Africa via Quality research gets inaugurated
The Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases (CRID), a Cameroonian-based research institution committed to advancing research in infectious diseases has been inaugurated. Dr. Etoundi Mballa Georges, personal representative of the Minister of Public Health inaugurated the centre on 8th May, 2024 in Yaounde. Over 150 guests comprising health experts, researchers, interns from the Universities of […]
Neurology : Epilepsy treatment among priorities of first congress
The first Scientific Congress of the Cameroon Academy of Neurosurgeons opened in Yaounde on 2nd May on the theme “Functional and congenital pathologies”. Organizers of the congress say the maiden edition is dedicated to fine-tuning and promo medical advancements in epilepsy treatment. Congenital malformations of the nervous system in children and vascular neurosurgery were […]
2024/2025 Academic Year : New workbooks to be introduced in classes 1-4
The school year is slowing drawing to an end, paving a way for the 2024/2025 academic year which will witness the introduction of new textbooks in the French and English sub-systems of education. French, Maths and English workbooks will be introduced in classes 1-4 of the English sub-system, and SIL, CP,CE1, and CE2 in the […]
Disability Inclusion: Persons with intellectual disabilities acquire knowledge on political participation
Junior Lango, a person with intellectual disability has just been equipped with knowledge on his rights to participate in decision-making as an active citizen of Cameroon. He is among 30 persons with intellectual disabilities and representatives of support groups who took part in a three-day training on the political participation of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) […]
International News Round up
Polish man arrested for allegedly plotting assassination of Ukrainian President A Polish man named Pawel K, has been arrested over an alleged Russian plan to facilitate the assassination the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky. According to Polish prosecutors, the man whose arrest was made on the basis of Ukrainian intelligence had been allegedly assigned to […]
Professional Training : 350 professionals ready to create jobs in diverse disciplines
A total of 350 fresh graduates from IFA Cameroon, a professional training institution in Yaounde are now ready to create jobs, and employ qualified young Cameroonians. The graduates received end-of-course certificates during a graduation ceremony at the Yaounde Multipurpose Sports Complex on April 17, 2023. The graduates were trained in hotel management, transport and Logistics, […]
