The absence of timely medical treatment will likely spur a dramatic increase in obstetric fistula, a serious childbirth injury resulting from prolonged, obstructed labour.  Poor women and girls in rural areas are especially at risk. The disproportionate incidence among the poor of this debilitating and sometimes life-threatening condition is a reflection of social and economic inequities and of unequal enjoyment of...

Hand washing device used by IDP woman during Digity Kit distribution. Photo/ 2020 About 329 Dignity Kits were handed over to internally displaced and vulnerable women and girls in hard-to-reach communities of...

Interview with Dr.Yaneu Junie at the frontline of deliveries under COVID19 With the first case of Coronavirus declared in Cameroon on the 6th March 2020, the pandemic has been on the rise to about 2074 cases today. Since then, the government of Cameroon has taken a series of measures among which the creation of treatment and isolation centres within existing hospitals and sites around the country. The Yaounde Cent...