AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoFlood Response in Limbe: Limbe City Mayor Dr Paul Efome Ngale toured areas hit by Wednesday’s torrential rains and landslides, after three family members died when a building collapsed in Mbende Quarter, Mokeba Farms; officials say the Limbe Zoological Centre’s walls were damaged but animals were secured and no animals were injured. Health System Support: Cameroon’s National Assembly Speaker Théodore Datouo delivered 40 million FCFA to the Bafoussam Regional Hospital Hemodialysis Center to help meet rising kidney-failure demand. Cardiovascular Risk Watch: A global study in JAMA reports the number of adults with elevated LDL rose from 2.5 billion (1990) to 4.6 billion (2023), with the LDL burden shifting toward more middle-income countries even as LDL-related deaths declined. Leadership Vacuum Concerns: With President Paul Biya reportedly absent for about two months abroad, opposition and analysts are again raising health and governance “autopilot” questions, while government insists there is no power vacuum. Security & Public Health Context: Cameroon’s military leadership was reshuffled during Biya’s absence, as the country continues to face insecurity and health threats in the region.
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