According to Dr. Leopold Zekeng, UN AIDS Deputy Director for West and Central Africa, there are over 600 000 adults and children living with HIV AIDS, 48 000 new infections, 8,000 babies born infected each year, and a little over 30 000 deaths . Cameroon is 2nd on the HIV infection rating in West and Central Africa after Nigeria. Dr Leopold Zekeng say, "Many efforts have been made in 2005. Today it is just over 165 000. So there are about 600 000 who need treatment. Between those who need treatment and those who do not yet need, there is a gap. And that gap is not insurmountable”.
The controversial Minister of Public Health, Andre Mama Fouda, representing the Government of Cameroon, has welcomed the new funding saying "Cameroon is pleased to celebrate today the confidence granted by an international institution such as the World Bank- a body whose major donors are the United States, France, Germany, Italy ... and that confidence translated today by a non-refundable amount of sixty billion CFA francs”.
This measure is contained in an information note on New Directions in the framework of the strategy against HIV/AIDS in Cameroon, released by the Government on June 22, 2016.
With the aim of improving the care of people living with HIV (PLHIV), new guidelines have just been taken, through circular letters and decisions.
This act, among other things “the Decision on systematic testing of any person on consultation in a health facility” of the country, said the note from the Minister of Public Health, Andre Mama Fouda.
This decision, like others in this circular, are part of the implementation of Antiretroviral Therapy Acceleration Plan and is in line with major international guidelines on HIV, including the new World Organization guidelines of Health and purpose “90-90-90” UNAIDS (United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS).
It aims to “systematically track anyone who comes to a health facility, regardless of the reason for the consultation.”
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