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Cameroon

Cameroon
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CONTACT INFORMATION

Madame le Représentant de l'OMS
Bastos (face Sonel-Nlongkak)
Boîte postale 155
Yaoundé
Country office web site

regafro@afro.who.int
http://www.afro.who.int/


OVERVIEW

- Country profile on regional site
- International travel and health

OUTBREAKS AND CRISES

- Disease outbreaks

MORTALITY AND BURDEN OF DISEASE

- Mortality profile
- HIV/AIDS treatment
- Tuberculosis
- TB prevalence and incidence
- HIV/AIDS epidemiological fact sheet
- HIV prevalence

HEALTH SERVICE COVERAGE

- Immunization profile
- Skilled birth attendance

RISK FACTORS

- Chronic diseases
- Anaemia
- Child malnutrition
- Undernutrition and overweight
- Access to water, sanitation
- Alcohol, tobacco consumption

HEALTH SYSTEMS

- Health workforce
- Health financing

INEQUITIES IN CHILD HEALTH (DIFFERENTIALS)

- Child mortality
- Basic immunization statistics
- Child undernutrition

Statistics:

Total population: 18,175,000

Gross national income per capita (PPP international $): 2,060

Life expectancy at birth m/f (years): 50/52

Healthy life expectancy at birth m/f (years, 2003): 41/42

Probability of dying under five (per 1 000 live births): 149

Probability of dying between 15 and 60 years m/f (per 1 000 population): 451/422

Total expenditure on health per capita (Intl $, 2005): 78

Total expenditure on health as % of GDP (2005): 5.2

Figures are for 2006 unless indicated. Source: World Health Statistics 2008