Cameroon's bold response to the COVID-19 pandemic during the first and second waves

doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00388-1

. 2021 Aug;21(8):1064-1065.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00388-1.

Cameroon's bold response to the COVID-19 pandemic during the first and second waves

Linda Esso¹, Emilienne Epée², Chanceline Bilounga¹, Aristide Abah¹, Achta Hamadou³, Elisabeth Dibongue¹, Yannick Kamga¹, Sandrine Belinga⁴, Sara Eyangoh³, Marie-Claire Okomo⁵, Christian Mounagué¹, Christie Tiwoda⁴, Nadia Mandeng⁴, Thadée Onana¹, Patricia Mendjime⁶, Fanne Mahamat⁷, Georges Alain Etoundi Mballa², Yap Boum⁸

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¹ Public Health Emergency Operations Coordination Centre, Yaoundé, Cameroon; Department for the Control of Disease, Epidemics, and Pandemics, Ministry of Public Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
² Public Health Emergency Operations Coordination Centre, Yaoundé, Cameroon; Department for the Control of Disease, Epidemics, and Pandemics, Ministry of Public Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon; Faculty of Medicine, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
³ Public Health Emergency Operations Coordination Centre, Yaoundé, Cameroon; Centre Pasteur du Cameroun, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
⁴ Public Health Emergency Operations Coordination Centre, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
⁵ Faculty of Medicine, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon; National Public Health Laboratory, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
⁶ Department for the Control of Disease, Epidemics, and Pandemics, Ministry of Public Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
⁷ Public Health Emergency Operations Coordination Centre, Yaoundé, Cameroon; Department of Health Promotion, Ministry of Public Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon; National Public Health Laboratory, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
⁸ Public Health Emergency Operations Coordination Centre, Yaoundé, Cameroon; Faculty of Medicine, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon; Epicentre, Yaoundé, Cameroon. Electronic address: yap.boum@epicentre.msf.org.

PMID: 34331876
PMCID: PMC8318523
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00388-1

Cameroon's bold response to the COVID-19 pandemic during the first and second waves

Linda Esso et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2021 Aug.

. 2021 Aug;21(8):1064-1065.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00388-1.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Public Health Emergency Operations Coordination Centre, Yaoundé, Cameroon; Department for the Control of Disease, Epidemics, and Pandemics, Ministry of Public Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
² Public Health Emergency Operations Coordination Centre, Yaoundé, Cameroon; Department for the Control of Disease, Epidemics, and Pandemics, Ministry of Public Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon; Faculty of Medicine, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
³ Public Health Emergency Operations Coordination Centre, Yaoundé, Cameroon; Centre Pasteur du Cameroun, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
⁴ Public Health Emergency Operations Coordination Centre, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
⁵ Faculty of Medicine, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon; National Public Health Laboratory, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
⁶ Department for the Control of Disease, Epidemics, and Pandemics, Ministry of Public Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
⁷ Public Health Emergency Operations Coordination Centre, Yaoundé, Cameroon; Department of Health Promotion, Ministry of Public Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon; National Public Health Laboratory, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
⁸ Public Health Emergency Operations Coordination Centre, Yaoundé, Cameroon; Faculty of Medicine, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon; Epicentre, Yaoundé, Cameroon. Electronic address: yap.boum@epicentre.msf.org.

PMID: 34331876
PMCID: PMC8318523
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00388-1

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