Gabriel Mabou and Larissa Mbah Summary The Central Africa – International Epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (CA-IeDEA) is an initiative aimed at improving the health of Central Africa People Living with HIV (CA-PLWH) through high-quality implementation and clinical research. The objectives of the CA-IeDEA Regional Meeting this year were to
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CRENC-IeDEA team attends Population Health training in Kigali
From September 18th to 29th, 2023, the Central Africa International Epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (CA-IeDEA) organised an intensive, 10-day training program held at Lemigo Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda. The program saw attendance from 20 researchers, representing organizations including CRENC, RD Rwanda, Rwanda Military Hospital (RMH), and Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC)
Cameroon Burden of Headache (CAMBOH) Study
Headache disorders, especially migraine and tension-type headache, are real and often lifelong illnesses. They are highly prevalent throughout the world, affecting people of all geographical areas, races, ages and income levels. Collectively they are the second highest cause of disability in the world, and they impose a very considerable socioeconomic
May Measurement Month (MMM) 2018 in Cameroon
Cardiovascular disease is the largest epidemic Mankind has seen yet and raised blood pressure continues to be the biggest contributor to the global burden of disease, causing 9.4 million deaths each year. However, awareness, treatment and control rates remain low; 46.5%, 40.6% and 13.2% as reported by the PURE study.
PACE 4 LIFE: One Pacemaker, One Life Saved
Cardiovascular diseases are constantly increasing worldwide, and particularly in low-income countries. Amongst cardiovascular diseases, bradyarrhythmia is a true burden to the health care system due to its increasing prevalence with age and the cost of pacemaker implantation. As limited data is available on this subject in Cameroon, we conducted a
CRENC – IeDEA: Leadership and Scientific Writing Training
Scientific productivity and research in Africa for Africa is limited and unequally distributed across the continent. Capacity strengthening, developing skills in scientific writing and leadership training , have been postulated to mitigate this trend. It is on this premise that the Clinical Research Education, Networking and Consultancy (CRENC) through Pr.
50th Ten-Day International Teaching Seminar on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention
The 50thTen-Day International Teaching Seminar on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention held in Goa, India from June 17 to June 29 2018. CRENC was represented at this prestigious 10 days teaching seminar by Dr. Sih Colette. Dr. Sih is a fourth year resident in Internal Medicine at the Baptist Institute of
GCHF CAMEROON UPDATE- 24TH JULY 2018
As at this date Cameroon has recruited 1301 patients out of the 17 411 patients already recruited into the Global Congestive Heart Failure Registry worldwide. This is remarkable as Cameroon is the leading African country in the GCHF. Recruitment into the main study has officially been closed for Cameroon since
IeDEA Stakeholders’ Meeting: Mbalmayo, Yaounde
Purpose: To provide the Cameroon IeDEA stakeholders with an overview of the IeDEA study implementation in Cameroon as well as present the Cameroon IeDEA study 4-year strategic plan. Present at the meeting were representatives from: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA Clinical Research Education Networking and Consultancy (CRENC) Directorate of
Global Congestive Heart Failure Registry (GCHF) in Cameroon
Heart failure (HF) is a rapidly increasing disease worldwide and results in major morbidity, mortality and costs. No global HF study has been performed that documents demographics, socioeconomic and clinical factors, diagnostic and management patterns, etiology, biomarkers, co-morbidities, treatments, quality of life, barriers to care and outcomes in all parts
