Health in Cameroon

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The Human Rights Measurement Initiative^[1] finds that Cameroon is fulfilling 61.0% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of income.^[2] When looking at the right to health with respect to children, Cameroon achieves 81.7% of what is expected based on its current income.^[2] In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves only 70.5% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income.^[2] Cameroon falls into the "very bad" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health because the nation is fulfilling only 30.9% of what the nation is expected to achieve based on the resources (income) it has available.^[2]

The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic brought more light to the deplorable healthcare system and saw the country venturing into Health technology.

There is also a shortage in professional medical staff, partially caused by public service hiring quotas. Therefore the staff that works is badly paid and has too much work to do, which makes it difficult to treat patients adequately. Many doctors and nurses which were trained in Cameroon emigrate to Europe – but also to South Africa and Asia – for that reason.^[3]