With the financial and technical support of the United Nations Population Fund all four pregnant Covid-19-positive cases received since the outbreak were successfully and safely delivered 2020 of Cameroon’s first case of the Coronavirus or Covid-19 meant quick action had to be taken by public health authorities to safeguard lives As they had to continuously guard against infection from the flow of patients whose Covid-19 status they knew nothing about And so the situation was not different with staff of Garoua Regional Hospital Maternity came in handy with financial and technical assistance “Our staff were trained on how to look out for suspected Coronavirus cases so that they could be screened they were isolated from all other patients and placed on treatment Our main concern was Covid-19-positive women coming to deliver and pregnant women not due delivery but who were Covid-19-positive,” explains Dr François Dadao Head of Garoua Regional Hospital Maternity UNFPA refurbished an individual isolation ward and other wards for Covid-19-positive cases And offered Covid-19 individual protective gear and delivery kits “The maternity later extended the training to other hospital workers in the region - still with support from UNFPA Garoua Regional Hospital Maternity has since March 2020 handled four Covid-19-positive pregnant women Who were safely and successfully delivered Just like the 10 Covid-19-positive pregnant women in the rest of North Region who also delivered safely Наслаждайтесь азартом на любом устройстве! Скачайте мобильное приложение Vavada kz и играйте без блокировок Начните с приветственного бонуса и открывайте для себя турниры Offer your company and your employees the best information Take advantage of our preferential rates reserved for professionals Discover our digital subscription offers to find Cameroon-Tribune at home Introduced as part of the EcoNorCam project located in and around Benue National Park in the North Region an increasing number of illiterate women are now changing the narrative “I didn’t know anything before Then FODER encouraged us to go for adult literacy classes explaining that without being able to read and write I took the challenge and enrolled last academic year but French has been my greatest challenge,” says Aissatou