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For the four cases of AH1N1 registered in Cameroon, the health boss said there is no room for panic as the patients are out of danger. Measures are being taken to curb the spread of the virus which is contagious and spreads from human to human.

Since August 11 some 1469 cases of AH1N1 have been recorded in Africa with three deaths. Statistics indicate that since last Sunday August 23, the number has increased to 3843 cases in the continent with total deaths of 11 people. The minister said within 12 days, some 2374 new cases of the 2009 AH1N1 virus were recorded in Africa.

An outbreak of the African swine flu has hit the far North Region of Cameroon. A release issued recently by the Senior Divisional Officer of Diamare Division in the Far North Region, Nassiri Paul Bea, warns of the outbreak.
Although the release states that the disease has been detected specifically in the Diamare Division, measures have been taken to contain it from spreading to neighbouring regions. To this effect the selling and slaughtering of pigs has been banned, movement of pigs in and out of Diamare Divison has also been prohibited.

Meanwhile, all pigs within the infected zone are expected to be killed.

The decision stresses that these preventive measures shall be lifted 40 days after the disappearance of the last case and disinfection of infected premises and objects.

Cameroon: 75 cases of H1N1, country "free" vaccination
YAOUNDE - A campaign "free" vaccine against H1N1 will be launched October 26 in Cameroon, where 75 cases were registered, said Thursday the Minister of Public Health, Andre Mama Fouda.

"In Cameroon, we note (August 2010) 75 cases of influenza A (H1N1) confirmed the Centre Pasteur in Yaounde and the University of Buea (southwest)," said Mama Fouda, during any a press conference in Yaounde.

"We noted no deaths," he said.

"A national campaign against the disease free" will be held in Cameroon from 26 to 30 October, he announced.

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The Cameroon H1N1 vaccine against influenza .
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 2:21 p.m. CONGOPLUS

Douala (Cameroon) The campaign of vaccination against influenza H1N1 in Cameroon was launched Tuesday across the country in order to protect the vulnerable and most exposed to influenza and its complications by Department of Public Health (MINSANTE) which controls the operation.

During a week of vaccination teams will travel the country, health officials stress the importance of vaccination to guard against contamination of the disease.

In 2010, sixty-five cases of H1N1 were confirmed in Cameroon based on samples taken by the Centre Pasteur in Yaounde.

Health authorities believe, however, that this number should "certainly be higher, due to a lack of information."

"Our goal is to vaccinate as many people as possible because it is a difficult disease with a severe complication rate of about 2 percent to 3 percent similar to seasonal flu," explains source close to the regional delegation of the Ministry of Public Health in Douala.

"It is important to underline that only medical personnel will conduct the vaccination because it is a question for us to make sure everything works well," said the source.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has made available the vaccines to Cameroon to cover the target population, namely, women and children, especially those aged five to fifteen years.