In collaboration with Hope Solidarity NGO, the campaign takes place from the 10th -12th December at the Ngog-Mapubi District Hospital.
In a bid to reinforce cooperation ties between Cameroon and Israel in the health domain, the Embassy of Israel in Cameroon, in collaboration with the Cameroon NGO, Hope Solidarity, and on the initiative of a parliamentarian, Honourable Jean Calvin Libock, from the 10th -12th of December organises a free medical campaign at the Ngog-Mapubi District Hospital in the Nyong and Kellé Division of the Centre Region. Prior to the campaign, the Israeli Ambassador to Cameroon, Michael Arbel, along side doctors from Hope Solidarity, organised a press launch at the Israeli Embassy in Yaounde on December 7, to throw more light on the free medical campaign which targets more than 5,000 people in the rural areas.
Ambassador Michael Arbel said joining Hope Solidarity in carrying out a free medical consultation in Cameroon is another unique opportunity to enable everybody enjoy the right to healthcare which is a fundamental Human Right that many lack. Besides government to government health assistance between Cameroon and Israel, the ambassador said the Israeli Embassy in Yaounde works on a people-to-people base by cooperating with credible NGOs such as Hope Solidarity to meet the health needs of the Cameroonian people. Although some FCFA 4.5 million has been disbursed from the Israeli government for the current medical campaign in Ngog-Mapubi, sources from Hope Solidarity indicate that other contributions by the Israeli government are quite enormous.
Dr Emmanuel Tatapong of Hope Solidarity said the Cameroon-based humanitarian NGO which was created in 2002, uses demystifying methods in handling patients; particularly those suffering from HIV or need surgical intervention. This is the third time Hope Solidarity is collaborating with the Israeli Embassy in Yaounde to solve some of the health problems of its compatriots. During the current campaign, the NGO hopes to operate over 100 patients with hernia, lipoma, cysts, screen over 500 people of HIV, 500 vaccinated against meningitis, some 300 person will benefit from adonto-stomatological services such as dental extractions, 300 people will receive ophthalmological consultations while women groups will receive lectures on mobilisation against HIV/AIDS.
