AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoGender-based violence & femicides: Cameroon is gripped by fear as killings of women rise, with officials citing at least 50 deaths between January and April 2026 and a longer upward trend from 2023 to 2025; a September case in Yaoundé saw a 44-year-old stabbed in a hotel room, and a campaign roundtable at Sainte-Bernadette Medical Centre urged stronger social-media vigilance plus better health and legal support for victims. Digital health & immunisation: eHealth Africa says more than 23 million children were vaccinated against polio and other vaccine-preventable diseases in 15 Nigerian states in the first half of 2026, using digital mapping, geospatial tracking, renewable energy and strengthened lab and emergency-response systems. Health tech innovation: Cameroonian healthtech startup Waspito won the $250,000 Grand LEAP Award at LEAP 2026 in Riyadh, linking patients, doctors and healthcare providers and running a “Health Wallet” model plus an AI service via WhatsApp. Policy & implementation: The 2026 Central Africa Think Tank Forum in Yaoundé pushed policymakers to move from “evidence to action,” focusing on closing the research-to-implementation gap. Health system financing (regional): Cameroon’s Far North PSRDREN budget execution figures for 2025 differ between government reports, with a 4.8-point gap in reported financial execution rates and unclear calculation bases.
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