CCAM is the Cameroonian affiliate of the Malaria Consortium, based in London. It is non-political, non governmental, and not for profit. It is an advocacy association that fights for the control and prevention of malaria in Cameroon in collaboration with the National Malaria Control Program. The head office of CCAM is located in Yaoundé.
NEWS
En quoi le paludisme de l'enfant est différent de celui de l'adulte ?
La deuxième édition du Magazine « ABOUT MALARIA » (N° 002, janvier 2009 de la Coalition Camerounaise Contre du Paludisme, CCAM) se focalise sur le lourd tribut économique et social payé au paludisme au Cameroun. Le défunt Pr. Félix TIETCHE qui est mort regrettablement le 16 mai 2009, avait rédigé un article portant sur la différence qui existe entre le paludisme de l’enfant et celui de l’adulte. Dans sa passion d’écrire sur les maladies liées aux enfants, il évoque certains aspects qui rendent les enfants plus vulnérables au paludisme que les adultes. Il explique pourquoi l’enfant présente une grande sensibilité à ce fléau, les formes de paludisme qui les menacent et dans quelle situation ; il parle de leur prise en charge par les parents à domicile et de la prévention contre la maladie. On estime cet article comme un véritable hommage au décédé pendant la Journée Mondiale de l’Enfant Africain 2009.
Douze gestionnaires des télécentres au carrefour d’expériences
Du 09 au 11 Juin 2009, le Réseau des télécentres communautaires du Congo et AZUR Développement ont organisé un atelier de formation à Brazzaville au Congo.
Redigé par Mbengou Roméo, AZUR Développment-Congo Brazzaville
Cameroon joins the world in the second World Malaria Day
On Saturday, 25 April 2009, Cameroon joined the rest of the world to celebrate the second edition of the World Malaria Day. In the nation’s capital, the occasion was graced with much pump and pageantry as the Minister of Public Health, André Marie Fouda championed a solidarity march to “count malaria out” of Cameroon that kicked off from the city’s 20th May Boulevard. A mammoth crowd accompanied the Minister alongside partner organizations of the National Malaria Control Programme to add their voices to the chorus of a Cameroon free of malaria. This was a prelude to a maiden Malaria Exhibition, which held at the Yaounde Hilton from 10 am till 2 pm.
European Parliamentary Forum Malaria Study Tour to Cameroon
As a member of the European Alliance Against Malaria (EAAM), EPF organised a week-long study tour to Cameroon held from 28 March – 04 April 2009 that focused on following-up the country’s efforts at combating malaria. The study tour was hosted by the Cameroon Coalition Against Malaria (CCAM), the Cameroon Affiliate of Malaria Consortium based in the UK which works at reducing deaths and suffering due to malaria in Cameroon by increasing mobilisation efforts to secure a comprehensive and sustained response to malaria. The study tour offered a deep insight into malaria burden, and enabled the Delegation to assess the progress, the needs and remaining challenges in the fight against malaria. The study tour provided an invaluable experience on the new methods and strategies in place to tackle the disease and enabled participating Parliamentarians to gain first-hand experience of the reality of the situation in a developing country.
MEDIA
Information: a veritable “mosquitocide”
Information we are told, is power, and good information lays the foundation for successful advocacy. The journalist can only help lay the solid foundation for advocacy in the case of malaria if he gets close to the scientists or researchers to dig out credible information that documents the severity of the malaria burden and the effectiveness of the proposed solutions. Without such credible information it becomes difficult to start and sustain an advocacy campaign. Wain Paul Ngam reports.
Malaria: The ACT Alternative
The fight against malaria, that hoodoo whose multi-faceted adverse effects cut across the globe and constitute a bane of progress to humanity, is not up for negotiation.
MALARIA, DISEASE OF AND CAUSE OF POVERTY
It is a general African belief that malaria and poverty are intimate bed fellows. This alone constitutes a major obstacle against the malaria fight. Interestingly, money that ought to be used to foster economic growth in Africa is spent to combat the killer disease. Besides, many a household cannot afford money for medication or to procure insecticide treated mosquito nets and so they suffer and die in penury. The sad story of the untimely death of Hawadak only goes a long way to show how devastating malaria is.
