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Cameroon

Cameroon volunteer

Dates of implementation: 2019 - present

Settings: Rural

Context: Preparedness/ scale-up in emergencies

Data collection system: Started with paper reporting system and transitioned to Nyss in 2023

Partners: USAID, IFRC, French Red Cross, European Union

CBS in Cameroon

The Cameroon Red Cross is implementing community-based surveillance in the East and North regions through the Community Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness Programme (CP3), funded by USAID, and in the Far North region, as part of the Programmatic Partnership with the European Union.

 

Click hear to read a story about how a Cameroon Red Cross volunteer rapidly detected a cholera case in late 2024, which helped limit an epidemic.