Virtual event
SEPTEMBER
5

Invesst to Protect: Non Communicable Diseases and Financing in Cameroon

The Cameroon Ministry of Public Health, in collaboration with the Cameroon NCD Alliance, are working together to raise the priority accorded to NCDs by organizing a Webinar to present the case for NCDs and the need for action, mainly investing in NCDs at all levels of the health system. This webinar aims to announce the government's steps in its national NCD response and encourage actors to increase the priority of NCDs. It will also examine current intervention packages, including possible ways of financing for NCDs to achieve and help bridge the financial gap in the action to preserve lives from avoidable deaths from NCDs in Cameroon.

We will also organize 05 Advocacy visits to the authorities to finance tobacco control in Cameroon and for the integration of NCDs into universal health coverage. We will Carry out 04 media interventions in radio stations in Yaoundé, Douala and Bamenda to raise awareness of NCDs and challenge decision-makers on the need for sustainable financing of tobacco control in Cameroon, and Organize a media dialogue with journalists about the funding of tobacco and other NCD control in Cameroon. Our team will also hold one (1) Information and sensitization meeting with CSOs on the link between smoking and NCDs and adequate financing mechanisms for tobacco control in Cameroon.

The secretariat will Issue a Press Statement on NCD financing, participate in the ACTonNCDs Webinars by NCD Alliance and Africa NCDs Network, and engage in Voices of Change with the National Youth NCD Action Network.

Flyer of the Joint Webinar by MoH and CACSNA for the Week for Action on NCDs in Cameroon