Christine Robichon lays Foundation Stone For Nine French Funded Health Projects
French Ambassador to Cameroon, Christine Robichon was in
Bamenda on September 28 2015 and laid a foundation stone for the construction
of an ultramodern Baptist Maternity Health Center in Nkwen. This symbolic
laying of a foundation stone marked a kick start of nine French funded projects
under the Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Board (CBCHB) aimed at providing
quality health services to millions of patients nationwide.
According to the French Ambassador, the 60 year old CBCHB has
been providing health care to millions and last year alone Nkwen Health Center
received over 100.000 patients warranting a bigger facility to host such a
number in the future. The French government through French Development Agency
(afd) in partnership with Cameroon government to assist in providing quality
health services to Cameroonians. The main objective to put in place a quality
Health maternity center is to curb the rampant infant/maternal mortality rate
given that 15000 children die at birth. To enable so many babies to be safely
born in future, since 2006 the French government has been working with the
Cameroon government to scale up access to health care has plough in over 60
billion either directly or indirectly through civil society such as the CBCHB. She
remarked that from every indication the private sector is providing enormous
health care and CBCHB is providing what the best civil society can offer
reasons why France is teaming with CBCHB to provide adequate health facilities.
Christine Robichon told authorities of CBCHB headed by Prof Tih Pius that their
dedication to the realization of this projects is an inspiration to the French
government.
On his part Prof Tih Pius expressed his gratitude to the
French government for the wonderful gesture which is the fruits of the May 9,
2014 partnership agreement with French Development Agency and the projects were
launched on March 17, 2015 with much already accomplished. To him the projects
are in line with their vision of providing quality health care to all hoping
that when all the projects would have been realized CBCHB will be able to
quality health care to 100.000 more Cameroonians annually. The elated Director
of CBCHB painted a vivid picture of the 60 year old Health board which a
department under the Cameroon Baptist Convention CBC. CBCHB has made enormous contribution
to address both clinical and public health problems affecting individuals,
families and communities in Cameroon. CBCHB runs 7 hospitals, 29 integrated
health centers, 50 Primary health care center, a Pharmaceutical production and
distribution department, a training school for health personnel, residency
training programs in general surgery and internal medicine, services for people
with disabilities, a comprehensive AIDS care and prevention program. Presently
he said the CBC Health Services operates in 6 of the 10 region of Cameroon.
French Ambassador also took time off the next day to visit the out patient
department in Mbingo still under construction.
The projects funded by French Development Agency under the
strategic Nine Projects package with five under construction by a time tested
Bamenda based KENDELY Construction company are; Mbingo Baptist Hospital OPD,
Nkwen Baptist Maternity Health Center(cost FCFA 400million), Bafoussam Baptist Health
Center, Kumba Baptist Health Center, Ekounou Baptist Health Center, and Baptist
Hospital Mutengene. The CBC Central Pharmacy in Mutengene will also be upgraded
with the acquisition of some modern machines.
By Ignatius Nji (with pic from the Eye)
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