AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoHealth Financing Reform: In Yaoundé, the Nkafu Policy Institute pushed for ways to cut Cameroon’s out-of-pocket health costs and expand Universal Health Coverage, spotlighting Community-Based Health Insurance lessons and new steps for chronic disease coverage through private health insurance reforms. Chronic Disease Coverage: Experts urged urgent reforms using the WHO PEN-Plus approach to help people with non-communicable diseases access district hospital care without financial ruin. Climate & Health Risk: Global experts warn El Niño is strengthening and could bring heatwaves, floods and droughts across Eastern and Southern Africa, raising risks for food, nutrition, water, sanitation and health systems. Health Infrastructure: Cameroon formalized land transfer for the African Medical Centre of Excellence near Yaoundé-Nsimalen airport, supported by Afreximbank, aiming to modernize regional tertiary care. Regional Water Security: Cameroon presented a nearly $4bn Water Compact at the African Water Forum in Chad, seeking partner funding to improve safe water access. Animal Health & Food Security: Nigeria’s PPR (goat plague) control plan is being overhauled with stronger surveillance, vaccination and cross-border coordination—relevant to shared livestock corridors including Cameroon.
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