Gov’t gets 8.7 billion FCFA grant to boost emergency medical services.

The Minister of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development, Alamine Ousmane Mey, signed on behalf of Cameroon while the Resident Representative of the Korean International Cooperation Agency, KOICA, Sangchul Kim, penned his signature on the document for his country.

This was in the presence of the Ministry of Public Health, Manaouda Malachie. The financial agreement between the two countries is within the framework of the “Project for the Strengthening of the Emergency Medical System in Cameroon”.

MINEPAT & KOICA officials after signing of convention

The grant aims at improving the quality and accessibility of the emergency medical services system in Cameroon, by strengthening governance and capacity of pre-hospital and hospital healthcare providers.

The Project to Strengthen the Emergency Medical System in Cameroon provides for the extension of the Yaounde Emergency Centre, CURY; the supply of medical equipment for CURY’s intensive medical care and emergency care units.

It will also cater for the construction of a training centre for emergency medical services and the introduction of a digital public service for pre-hospital services to users in Yaounde, amongst other services.

It was disclosed that the main components of the project include: the governance of the emergency medical services, capacity building programme for pre-hospital emergency services at the hospital level and an infrastructure of pre-hospital and hospital emergency medical services. 

Overall, the project aims to reduce the mortality rate of patients caused by the absence or poor pre-hospital care.