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Akem Olives Nkwain

Twitter: @akem_nkwain

"Meningitis was a death sentence": Cameroon's health workers look back on the pre-vaccine era

It’s been 14 years since MenAfriVac “transformed” life on the frontlines for nurses Nfor Emmanuel and Fumbui née Kuo Helen.

13 Aug 2025
5 min read
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MeningitisSpotlight on meningitis
Health worker Nfor Emmanuel prepares a syringe at a hospital in Northwest Cameroon. Credit: Wifa J. Nde
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Cameroon's health workers are going the extra mile to administer vaccines in Eyomunjock. Credit: Courtesy of Ghangha

In Cameroon’s rugged Eyumojock, reaching the unimmunised is an uphill battle

15 Apr 2025
4 min read
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Zero-dose children
6 month old Fiona waits for a vaccine at a clinic in Soa District, Cameroon. Doctors say childhood immunisation, beginning with a birth dose, against hepatitis B needs to be scaled up to knock back the liver-damaging virus. Credit: The Global Fund/Vincent Becker

Meet the medic championing Cameroon’s fight against viral hepatitis

26 Jul 2024
5 min read
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Health worker heroesHepatitis
Communication materials inform the public about the importance and availability of the malaria vaccine at the Soa Vaccination Centre. Credit: Akem Olives Nkwain

Cameroon’s malaria vaccination roll-out finds an enthusiastic reception

13 Feb 2024
5 min read
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Malaria
Florence Manju, Nurse ready to reach the last mile with HPV Vaccines. Credit: Akem Olives Nkwain

“We need to go viral”: the Cameroonian nurse campaigning against cancer

25 Jan 2024
6 min read
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HPVHealth worker heroes
Supportive supervsion play great role in scaling up vaccination services in hard-to-reach communities. Credit: Dr. Sangwe Clovis Nchinjoh

Navigating rough waters: reaching the zero-dose children of Manoka Island

23 Jan 2023
7 min read
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Zero-dose childrenVaccine campaigns
Mothers wait to have their babies vaccinated in Nkwen, Bamenda. Credit: Akem Olives Nkwain

Cameroon maps out strategy to reach zero-dose children with immunisation

21 Sep 2022
3 min read
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Zero-dose childrenRoutine immunisationConflict & humanitarian
 
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