Cameroon
Recipient government agency: National Program for Control of Schistosomiasis and Intestinal Helminthiasis, Ministry of Public Health
STH prevalence: Baseline surveys between 1985 and 1987 indicated overall prevalence of Ascaris, Trichuris and hookworm in Cameroon's school-age children was 42.6%, 53.4% and 14.7%, respectively
Year of first mebendazole donation: 2007
Number of SAC targeted in 2010: 4 million (80% of at-risk SAC population)
In the Lobéké area of Cameroon, CWW is collaborating with the Population-Health-Environment (PHE) Program of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), a program that applies all four components of the WASHED Framework to reduce the cycle of STH re-infection.
This area, in the southeast of Cameroon, is home to the Baka hunter-gatherer communities and Bantu people. The World Wildlife Fund works with the local communities to increase awareness of the importance of hygiene, water treatment options, and good health practices. Funds provided by Johnson & Johnson are used to produce educational materials, construct latrines, and protect natural springs from contamination.
Learn more about the work of the PHE Program of the WWF in the May 2010 edition of the Quarterly Dose newsletter.
