In April 2017, the House of Lords Select Committee on the Long-Term Sustainability of the NHS concluded that the biggest internal threat to the sustainability of the NHS is the lack of a comprehensive national strategy to secure the NHS and care system the workforce it needs. This briefing, and its two s...
The Ministry of Public Health convened a deliberative forum in March 18, 2011 Merina Hotel in Yaounde, on "Improving Governance for Health District Development in Cameroon." Twenty governance actors were in attendance including officials from ministries and specialized agencies, regional and district med...
The poor governance in Cameroonian health districts stems from a lack of clear and consistent operating procedures for district governing bodies and health services, power imbalance between district managers and community representatives, and insufficient knowledge of the existing legal and regulatory fr...
In the early 1990s, Cameroon implemented a decentralised health system in accordance with the
health district and primary healthcare frameworks recommended by the Africa Regional Office of
the World Health Organization (AFRO-WHO). To enhance both responsiveness and equity and to
foster participation in t...
