From administrative hospital management to performancebased management: Paradigm shift at the Yaoundé Gynaeco-Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital, Cameroon.

The Yaoundé Gynaeco-Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital (YGOPH) faced challenges of high debts and sub-optimal care delivery. Performance-Based-Management (PBM) provides an environment of checks and balances, increased transparency, competition and autonomy, thereby improving clinical as well as financial indicators. We describe the transition from resource-based to PBM at the YGOPH over a seven-year period.

Prevalence and factors associated with hypertension in primary school children, in the centre region of Cameroon.

Background: There has been a progressive increase in hypertension among children and adolescents over the years. Hypertension in childhood is influenced by various risk factors including; childhood obesity, lifestyle and hereditary factors. This study is aimed at assessing the prevalence of hypertension and elevated blood pressure (BP); as well as the associated factors to hypertension among primary school children in a rural setting in the, Centre Region of Cameroon.

Use of a social media network to reduce early neonatal mortality: a preliminary report from a quality improvement project in Yaoundé, Cameroon.

Background: Perinatal networks have yielded substantial contribution in decreasing the neonatal mortality rate. We present here the process of implementation of a perinatal network in Yaoundé (Cameroon) based on the WhatsApp messenger application as well as some preliminary results and achievements.

Methods: In December 2016, the Yaoundé Perinatal Network was launched, regrouping a multidisciplinary team of health professionals dealing with perinatal care in Yaoundé, Cameroon.

Risk factors for premature births: a cross-sectional analysis of hospital records in a Cameroonian health facility.

The aim of this study was to investigate the risk factors for preterm births in the Yaounde Gynaeco-Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital in Cameroon, and to describe their outcomes. We conducted a cross-sectional analytical study of hospital records over eight years. The incidence of prematurity was 26.

Disseminated leishmaniasis in a four-year-old child in Yaoundé, Cameroon.

Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by a protozoan parasite of the genus leishmania with worldwide distribution and is transmitted to man by phlebotomine sand flies. The clinical presentation could range from a single cutaneous ulcer to disseminated leishmaniasis. We report the case of a four-year-old boy admitted to our hospital with ulcers, wasting, progressively distending abdomen, and fatigue evolving for about two months.