AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoChild Nutrition Response: UNICEF and Cameroon’s MINSANTE have deployed emergency, high-mobility pickup trucks to reach hard-to-access areas in Adamawa and Far North, aiming to spot and treat severe acute malnutrition faster with mobile teams, therapeutic foods, vitamins and follow-up monitoring. Medicine Safety Regulation: India has moved cough syrups and other syrup-based medicines to prescription-only, tightening rules after child deaths linked to contaminated products and raising concerns about misuse and unsafe self-medication. HIV Prevention Funding: UNAIDS reports major funding cuts have reduced access to HIV prevention medicines (PrEP) across 62 countries, including Cameroon, with nearly 1.2 million fewer people receiving PrEP in 2025 than in 2024. Local Health Care Access: A Cameroonian patient successfully underwent aortic valve replacement surgery in Mangaluru, India, after many hospitals declined her due to Jehovah’s Witness beliefs about blood transfusions; she is recovering and expected to return home soon. Health & Society: Catholic priests in DR Congo condemned rising attacks on parishes and sacred sites, urging stronger state protection and transparent investigations.
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