POLITICAL STATE OF CAMEROON

Cameroon is a country of diversity, the beauties from the entire African continent come together in one country.

But Cameroon is also a country of turmoil. While economic progress can be seen in the main centers of Yaoundé and Douala, the rural population does not benefit from it in any way. On the contrary, the people outside the metropolises live largely on the fringes of their existence. If these people need medical help, the nearest doctor is usually many hours and kilometers away. In addition, these people simply do not have the financial resources for medical help.

Rich Cameroonians prefer to get medical help in Europe (often also in Switzerland). This is also a sign of the inner turmoil in this wonderful country. At the beginning of the 1980s, the Swiss Federal Council approved two substantial loans that stimulated trade with Cameroon. Various Swiss companies from the chemical, food, construction, logistics and machine industries gained a foothold in the country. However, there was no success and cooperation between Switzerland and Cameroon came to an end. This reduction in technical cooperation between Switzerland and Cameroon, as well as various political and economic crises that lasted until the end of the last century, led to a decline or standstill in trade.

Important political concerns were left untouched and corruption took over. Medical care in Cameroon came to a standstill. The victims are of course the ordinary people of Cameroon. Children, the elderly and the sick, and of course the people living in rural areas, who make up 90% of the population. The effects are depressing: Without basic medical care, the foundation of a society is missing, education, work, social development, but also the economy is falling apart.

THE OUTSTANDING WIN-WIN SITUATION

Medical students, junior doctors and all interested medical and scientific professionals, as well as nursing staff from Switzerland and Europe, are to be given the opportunity to contribute their specialist knowledge in Cameroon. At the same time, these specialists will gain completely new experiences with diseases and injuries that do not, no longer or not yet exist in the western world. A unique exchange of experience and medical know-how at eye level, the effects of which will be of incalculable value to Cameroon's population and at the same time enrich medical knowledge in Switzerland.

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