L'Effort Camerounais (English Version)

ANOUNCEMENT! ANOUNCEMENT! ANOUNCEMENT!

The management of St. John of God Hospital Nguti informs the public that a team of experienced orthopedic experts from Italy will be working in the hospital from the 14/02/12 to the 08/03/12. They will consult in other centres of the national territory as follow:

Shisong Cardiac Centre celebrates second anniversary

By Emmanuel Verdzeka

Shisong Cardiac Centre, the lone cardiac centre in the Central African Sub Region, is now two years old. Activities marking the centre’s second anniversary were recently organised in Shisong, Kumbo, to among other things, showcase the centre’s successes, highlight some challenges it has to address and explore ways to better manage the centre in future.

BEPHA to recruit more managers and decentralise operations

By Jude Abanseka

An evaluation meeting of Bamenda Ecclesiastical Province Health Assistance, BEPHA, scheme, has held in Bamenda to examine how dioceses are implementing some resolutions adopted six months ago.

No Kumbo resident should have a cardiac problem since we are here

By Sr. Budzee Appolonia, TSSF

Aerobic exercises reduce Cardio-Vascular risks

The World Heart Day, celebrated under the theme, "One world, one home, one heart" offered an opportunity to sensitise the population to the preventive measures against cardiovascular diseases. It was an event St. Elizabeth Cardiac Centre and Archbishop Paul Verdzekov Memorial Heart Foundation, Shisong, jointly organised.

BEPHA Bamenda elects board members

By Jude Abanseka

Newly Elected BEPHA Board Members and Auxiliary Bishop

The Bamenda Ecclesiastical Province Health Assistance, BEPHA,  elected and re-elected its board members on Saturday, September 24, at the close of BEPHA Bamenda Archdiocese fourth General Assembly which held in the CATUC hall.

Eat right, eat variety!

Dr. Oliver Verbe Birnso, MD

Stay healthy, eat variety!

There is no single food that will provide all the nutrients that your body needs. The solution to getting the best out of food is to eat variety.

Cameroonian and Nigerian researchers develop West and Central Africa sub-region specific candidate HIV vaccine

Culled from the August 2011 PLoS One scientific journal                                                            

Dr. Joseph forbi

Cameroonian and Nigerian researchers, Dr. Joseph Forbi and Dr. Simon Agwale, and their colleagues  have developed an experimental HIV-1 vaccine, tailored specifically to help fight 
HIV/AIDS in their native Cameroon and Nigeria. 

Dr. Simon Agwale

CATUC hosts first International Sickle Cell Conference

By Percy Afuh

The first international conference on sickle cell and the launching of Fr. John Kolkman Sickle Cell Foundation have taken place at the Catholic University of Cameroon (CATUC), Bamenda.

Integrated Diocesan AIDS Project donates motorcycle to Bali Parish

By Jude Abanseka

 

The Health Coordination Service of Bamenda Archdiocese has donated a new motorcycle to Bali Parish AIDS/Health Commission. It was donated on Saturday, June 25, 2011, within the framework of the Integrated Diocesan AIDS Project better known by its acronym, IDAP.

Exploring the multi-faceted dimension of consuming alcohol

By Dr Oliver Verbe Birnso, MD

Alcohol is produced regularly, in small quantities, in our body, through fermentation by micro-organisms in our intestines. It is an alternative source of energy but it lacks vitamins and trace metals or micro-nutrients, found in whole foods.