Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of health personnel in the management of diarrhea: case of the Logone and Chari Department, Far North Cameroon.

Introduction: management of diarrheal diseases is presented in the Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) document, but is not standardized in adults. The objective of this study is to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of healthcare personnel with regard to the management of diarrhea.

Methods: a descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among health care givers in health facilities in four (4) health districts (HDs) of Logone and Chari Department of Far North Cameroon in 2016.

Assessment of breast cancer awareness and detection of asymptomatic cases in Ngaoundere, Adamawa region of Cameroon.

Introduction: In Cameroon and most African countries, breast cancer (BC) is mainly diagnosed at an advanced stage, leading to worse prognosis and disease consequences. This is partly due to the delayed presentation of patients, which constitutes a significant barrier to the effective management of the disease. The aim of this descriptive, cross-sectional study is to identify the level of awareness of breast cancer and screening practice among women and health professionals in the city of Ngaoundere, Cameroon.

Long-Lasting Insecticidal Net Ownership and Use in Mogode Health District, Cameroon.

Background: Cameroon is a malaria-endemic country. Many control strategies including long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLIN) have been proposed to reduce the burden of malaria. The World Health Organization aims to achieve at least 80% of people sleeping under a LLIN.

Mapping water sources and access to drinking water in the Lake Chad region of Cameroon: a cross-sectional study.

Introduction: people's access to quality water resources significantly improves their health. In Cameroon, access to drinking water is still limited and unequally distributed over the national territory with alarming figures in the northern part of the country. This study aimed to assess the distribution of water points and characterise water storage and treatment practices in households of the Lake Chad region of Cameroon.

Cervical Precancerous Lesions and Associated Factors Among Women Screened in Two Hospitals in the City of Douala, Cameroon.

Introduction: Cervical cancer remains the second leading cause of death among women in Cameroon despite the new strategies put in place. This study was conducted in order to determine the prevalence of precancerous cervical lesions and its associated factors in Douala (Cameroon).

Methods:  A cross-sectional study was conducted over a period of nine months in two hospitals of the city of Douala, Cameroon (Laquintinie Hospital and Gyneco-Ostetric and Pediatric Hospital).

Tracking Demographic Movements and Immunization Status to Improve Children's Access to Immunization: Field-Based Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Countries' Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) contribute to the reduction of mortality and morbidity, but access to these vaccines remains limited in most low-income countries.

Objective: We aim to assess whether involving community volunteers (CVs) to track children's vaccination status and demographic movements and using recorded data to plan catch-up immunization sessions can improve children's vaccination timeliness, completeness, and coverage.

Methods: This was a field-based randomized controlled trial and communities of the Foumban health district in West Cameroon were allocated to intervention or control groups.

Awareness of Breast Cancer Screening among the Medical and General Population of the North Region of Cameroon.

Breast cancer has become a real public health problem in Cameroon, particularly in rural areas due to late diagnosis, resulting partly from the absence of national screening programs. This work is aimed at assessing breast cancer awareness in the North Region of Cameroon. Participants were selected in six health centers surrounding the rural area of Garoua, North Region, Cameroon, and administered a questionnaire aimed at assessing their awareness about breast cancer risk factors and screening.

Breast cancer awareness and screening practice amongst health personnel and general population of the littoral region of Cameroon.

Introduction: Late diagnosis has been observed as the hallmark of breast cancer in Cameroonian women where over 70% of patients report with either stage III or IV of the disease, with high mortality and dire socioeconomic consequences. The present study was undertaken to assess the awareness of breast cancer, warning signs and screening methods among Health professionals and general population of Douala.

Methods: Participants included in this study were health practitioners and women randomly selected and enrolled in six health facilities in the city of Douala, Littoral Region, Cameroon.

Tracking Demographic Movements and Immunization Status to Improve Children's Access to Immunization (TDM-IAI): Protocol for a Field-Based Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: In Cameroon, the coverage, completeness, and timeliness of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) vaccines administration in children have remained heterogeneous and below the national and districts targets in several districts. In an effort to solve this problem, many interventions have been tested but none has shown significant improvement of the situation.

Objective: This trial aims to test whether involving Community Volunteers to assess children vaccination status and demographic movements and using recorded data to plan catch-up immunization sessions can improve children vaccination timeliness, completeness and coverage.

Histo-epidemiological aspects of gynecological and breast cancers at the University Teaching Hospital of Yaoundé.

Introduction: Cancer is a public health problem that affect women more than men. The aim of the study was to describe the epidemiological and histopathological features of gynecological malignancies in the city of Yaoundé, Cameroon.

Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study of histologically proven gynecological cancers over a 10-year period (2008-2017) in the Gynecology and Pathological Anatomy Departments of the University Teaching Hospital of Yaoundé.

Integrating Cervical Cancer Screening with HIV Care in Cameroon: Comparative Risk Analysis of Cervical Disease in HIV-Infected Women Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy to Women in the General Population.

Background: While the effect of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) on natural history of cervical lesions remains controversial, resource limited countries need to understand the relevance of their own data to their settings. We compared the risk of cervical disease in HAART-experienced women with that in women in the general population of Cameroon.

Methods: A retrospective cross sectional survey of women aged 35 years and above, attending a voluntary screening campaign for cervical cancer at the Nkongsamba Regional Hospital in Cameroon between February and May 2014.

A rare tumour of the vulva: a case report of a vulva angioneurofibroma hamartoma in a Cameroonian woman.

We present the case of a rare vulva tumour, in a 33 years Cameroonian old woman and managed in Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit of Yaoundé Central Hospital in Cameroon. It was a painless pedunculated vulva tumour which developed over a period of six months. This gigantic rapidly growing tumour, was treated with simple surgical resection.

Carcinosarcoma of the corpus uteri (Malignant Müllerian Mixed Tumor): a case report in Yaoundé (Cameroon).

Carcinosarcoma of the uterus is a rare tumor representing 2-4% of uterine malignancies. Its prognosis is poor with a 5 years survival rate of 10-30%. We report a first documented case of carcinosarcoma occurring in a 62 years old woman who presented with postmenopausal vaginal bleeding for one year.

Mixed medullary-papillary carcinoma of the thyroid: report of a case and review of the literature.

Background: Mixed medullary-follicular thyroid carcinoma denotes a rare and heterogeneous group of tumors displaying morphological and immunophenotypical features of both origins within the same lesion.

Method: We report a case of a 41-year-old woman with a lump in the right side of the neck, increasing in pain and size over several weeks. Serum levels of calcitonine (1140 ng/L) and carcinoembryonic antigen (288 microg/L) were very high.