Akem Olives Nkwain

Twitter: @akem_nkwain

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

What does ‘hard-to-reach’ really mean? In one of Cameroon’s least-vaccinated areas, Akem Olives Nkwain finds out.

15 Apr 2025

4 min read

Zero-dose children

Cameroon's health workers are going the extra mile to administer vaccines in Eyomunjock. Credit: Courtesy of Ghangha

Displaying 1 - 5 of 5

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

Health worker heroes Hepatitis

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

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

HPV Health 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

Zero-dose children Vaccine 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

Zero-dose children Routine immunisation Conflict & humanitarian

Get the latest VaccinesWork news

Subscribe to Global Health Notes, our weekly LinkedIn newsletter, to get the latest VaccinesWork news and features.