Overview
In Cameroon, the Population Council has worked to improve young people’s knowledge and practices regarding sexual and reproductive health; reduce the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections; and improve maternal and child health services.
Currently Cameroon is one of 11 countries participating in the African Forum on Emergency Contraception, or ECafrique, a network that seeks to increase the availability of high-quality emergency contraception (EC) services in Africa.
Highlights of past and present work
- Supports research, advocacy, and service-delivery interventions at the country level as a member of ECafrique, a bilingual, international network of health care and business professionals from more than 200 institutions that seeks to increase the availability of high-quality emergency contraception (EC) services in Africa.
- Improved the quality of family planning, child survival, and reproductive health services by evaluating services and developing methods of evaluating maternal and children’s health program performance.
- Supported the Institute for Behavioral Studies and Research (IRESCO) that tested interventions to improve young people’s knowledge and practices regarding sexual and reproductive health and to reduce the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections.
Banner photo: © 2005 Rachel Hoy, courtesy of Photoshare
Projects
ECafrique (more)
The African Forum on Emergency Contraception, or ECafrique, is a bilingual, international network of health care and business professionals that seeks to increase the availability of high-quality emergency contraception (EC) services in Africa.
(1/2002 - ongoing)
Access to contraceptive methods
Resources
When girls' lives matter: Ending forced and early marriage in Cameroon (PDF)Amin,Sajeda; Lynch,Andrea
Quality/Calidad/Qualité (no. 20)
Publication date: 2011
Adolescent experience in-depth: Using data to identify and reach the most vulnerable young people (HTML)
Series of 51 data guides by country
Publication date: 2009
Adolescent experience in-depth: Using data to identify and reach the most vulnerable young people--Cameroon 2004 (PDF) (HTML)
Publication date: 2009
Marriage and childbirth as factors in school exit: An analysis of DHS data from sub-Saharan Africa (PDF)
Lloyd,Cynthia B.; Mensch,Barbara S.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 219)
Publication date: 2006
Selected DHS data on 10-14-year-olds (HTML)
Annexes by country to Facts about Adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey: Statistical Tables for Program Planning
Publication date: 2003
Selected DHS data on 10-14-year-olds: Cameroon (PDF) (HTML)
Annex to "Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey: Statistical tables for program planning"
Publication date: 2003
What factors affect the prevalence of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa? (PDF)
Population Briefs 8(1)
Publication date: 2002
Données sur les adolescents tirées de l'Enquête Démographique et de Santé-Tableaux statistiques aux fins de la préparation de programmes: Cameroun 1998 (PDF) (HTML)
Publication date: 2001
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey: Statistical tables for program planning (HTML)
Series of DHS data tables by country
Publication date: 2001
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey--Statistical tables for program planning: Cameroon 1998 (PDF) (HTML)
Publication date: 2001
Cameroon Fast Facts
| Population (millions) | 20.9 |
|---|---|
| Total fertility rate | 4.8 |
| Infant deaths per 1,000 live births | 62 |
| Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births | 600 |
| Girls aged 20-24 married by age 18 (%) | 47.2 |
| HIV/AIDS prevalence (%) | 5.3 |
| Living below US $2 per day (%) | 31 |
Country statistics from Demographic and Health Surveys, 1987–2011; UNAIDS and UNICEF websites (accessed 10/22/2012); "World Population Data Sheet" (Population Reference Bureau, 2012) | |
What's New
- "Sometimes, all that stands between a survivor and the help she needs are a few simple questions." The Council’s Chi-Chi Undie discusses intimate partner violence in Africa in a blog post on RH Reality Check. (offsite link)
- 31 January 2013 | Bixby fellowship application deadline: The Council’s Fred H. Bixby Fellowship Program expands training opportunities for social scientists and biomedical researchers in the health and population fields. The program is geared toward developing-country nationals in the early stages of their careers. (more)
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