Tourningal women now regularly serve “five-star” or enriched pap to their babies.

Managing Malnutrition : Tourningal Keeps Up Pioneering, Leading Role

A big health centre with five smaller ones under its oversight authority, Tourningal was the first to introduce nutrition care 10 years ago in a portion of Ngaoundere Rural Health District in Adamawa Region.
With a population of 22,065 people - second only to Belel Integrated Health Centre that caters for 27,000 people –...
“Good diet is like a house that is made up of different parts - the foundation, walls and roof.”

Child Care Best Practices : Tello Adopts Exclusive Breastfeeding, Enriched Diet

The locality in Vina Division of Adamawa Region sees the high participation of both men and women at enriched pap demonstration exercises.
Unlike many communities in the country, most of the 5,000 inhabitants of Tello village, located 110 km from Ngaoundere, headquart...
Today, Abdoul Bagui is steadily coming out of Severe Acute.

Abdoul Bagi : Another Chance To Live Again

The 20-month-old on two occasions almost lost his life because the mother was sick during and after his birth, resulting in the non-flow of breast milk. But today, the baby is steadily coming out of Severe Acute Malnutrition.
Abdoul Bagui is only 20 months old, but his story is literally that of the proverbial cat with 9 lives. Son to 33-year-old Assaitou Oumou...
Nourra is today healthy because she has been receiving micronutrients to prevent malnutrition.

Management Malnutrition : A Tale Of Two Village Success Stories

Two of Martap’s nursing mothers heeded Fadimatou Falmata’s timely nutrition counsel and saved the lives of their children.
Djeinabou prevented her baby from becoming malnourished, while Mariama got hers out of Severe Acute Malnutrition...
Fadimatou Falmata: “I love my work because it enables me to regularly meet and assist people.”

Fadimatou Falmata : “My Work Demands Unusual Patience”

According to the 31-year-old Community Health Volunteer with Martap Integrated Health Centre in Adamawa Region, offering priceless counsel to nursing mothers sometimes requires several home visits before they adopt the needed behaviour change.
Fadimatou Falmata, 31, has seen it all in 11 years of volunteering for five different national health programmes under ...
Maladie des yeux : la cataracte dans le viseur

Maladie des yeux : la cataracte dans le viseur

Une campagne de dépistage gratuit de quatre jours est organisée depuis mardi à l’Hôpital gynéco-obstétrique de Yaoundé en faveur des personnes âgées.
A l’Hôpital gynéco-obstétrique de Yaoundé, ça ne grouille pas de monde ce mardi ...