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
Shooting beyond the skies: Cameroon celebrates WMD 2010 in grand style
The 2010 edition of the World Malaria Day (WMD) has come and gone with much to write home about. The celebration saw an increase in mobilising efforts and resources towards a malaria-free Cameroon. The government through the Ministry of Public Health and its National Malaria Control Programme in collaboration with partners put their hands on deck to continue combating the killer disease - in a bid to meet up with 2010 targets of the universal access to malaria commodities by stepping up country funding and resource utilisation. The Ministries of the Women’s Empowerment & the Family, Social Affairs, Sports & Physical Education, Higher Education and others joined in the celebration to commemorate the 3rd edition of the WMD and to contribute their own quota to the fight against malaria.
JOB VACANCY: CCAM seeks to recruit an Accountant
CCAM is seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, development-oriented and hard-working Cameroonian to fulfill the tasks as stipulated below. The Cameroon Coalition Against Malaria (CCAM) is the Cameroon Affiliate of Malaria Consortium based in the UK. It is a non political, non-governmental, and not-for-profit organization working in Cameroon since January 2007.
Press Release: CCAM launches "Practical Guide on Malaria Control"
In view of the 2010 World Malaria Day, CCAM shall on Monday, April 26, 2010 launch the French version of its first-ever "Practical Guide on Malaria Control" at the Yaoundé Hilton Hotel at 2 P.M. The official launching ceremony shall be chaired by the Minister of Public Health, Mr André MAMA FOUDA.
Cameroon launches the RBM Partnership Report
The Minister of Public Health (MOH), Mr André MAMA FOUDA on Friday, 19 March 2010, presided over the launching ceremony of the RBM Partnership Report at the conference hall of his ministry. The 96-page report that was launched was the first of a series of RBM Progress and Impact report that dwells on “Country Funding and Resource Utilisation”.
Benchmarking Progress, Disseminating Findings, Catalysing Action
The Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership recently launched the RBM Progress & Impact series, a strategic effort to secure high levels of commitment to malaria control among donor countries, international health organisations, and governments of endemic and epidemic countires. By benchmarking progress toward the RBM 2010 target (calling for universal coverage of malaria interventions), disseminating findings, and informing advocacy efforts to resolve implementation bottlenecks, this effort seeks to ensure a level of support that will result in sustained, long-term commitment and success toward ultimately ridding the world of malaria.
Malaria in pregnancy: research must be stepped up
Not enough research is being done on malaria and pregnancy. That’s the message from Rose Gana Fomban Leke, Professor of Immunology and Parasitology at the University of Yaoundé in Cameroon, who has spent the best part of her career looking at how malaria affects women.
Press release from UN
2001-2010 has been proclaimed the Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, particularly in Africa, by the General Assembly and that combating HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and other diseases is included in the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals.
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.
