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 operational research (DROS) at Cameroon’s Ministry of Health
- Elizabeth Glacer pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF)
- Cameroon National Ethics Committee for Human Health Research (CNERSH)
- PEDIACAM
- Limbe Regional Hospital, Bamenda Regional Hospital
- Yaounde Jamot Hospital
Specific objectives:
- To have a general overview of the IeDEA project implementation in Cameroon
- To discuss the challenges and successes of the IeDEA project over the past years
- To discuss potential collaborations and opportunities for scientific productivity within the IeDEA project
- To discuss Ca-IeDEA stakeholders involvement and role in driving the IeDEA agenda forward
- To present Ca-IeDEA 2018 to 2021 strategic plan and integrate stakeholders perspective of the plan in terms of long and short-term research priorities
Picture 1: Preparing to go for coffee-break after excellent presentations by key facilitators

Prof. Anastose Kathryn, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA. Prof Dzudie Anastase, Chair/CRENC and PI/Cameroon IeDEA. Prof Adebola, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA. Rogers Ajeh, Director of research, CRENC/IeDEA Cameroon.
Picture 2: Family Picture

Partners and stakeholders at the closure of the one-day CRENC/IeDEA Cameroon stakeholders’ meeting organized under the patronage of Cameroon’s ministry of health through the Directorate of Operational Research under the leadership of Prof. Ann Ceci Bisseck.
Picture 3: Cameroon IeDEA team in Rwanda, Kigali (2017)

Cameroon IeDEA team in Rwanda, Kigali (2017) under the leadership of Prof. Dzudie Anastase (Cameroon IeDEA PI) for the All-Africa IeDEA Regional Meeting.
Picture 4: Limbe Regional Hospital IeDEA team

Limbe Regional Hospital (LRH) IeDEA team during a coordination meeting with IeDEA site investigator of the LRH, Dr Denis Nsame (Director of the LRH).
Picture 5: Bamenda Regional Hospital IeDEA team

Bamenda Regional Hospital (BRH) IeDEA team during a coordination with the IeDEA site supervisor for the BRH, Dr. Kinge Thompson (Director of the BRH) and the IeDEA supervision team from CRENC and USA.
Picture 6: Yaounde Jamot Hospital IeDEA team

Yaounde Jamot Hospital (YJH) IeDEA team after a coordination meeting with the IeDEA site supervisor for the YJH, Prof. Eric Pefura (Medical adviser of the YJH) and the IeDEA supervision team from CRENC and USA.
Picture 7: Limbe Regional Hospital IeDEA team

Limbe Regional Hospital IeDEA team with the Cameroon IeDEA project Coordinator after a two-day seminar on research ethics and good clinical practice.
Picture 8: IeDEA/CRENC cervical cancer screening study team in LRH

IeDEA/CRENC cervical cancer screening study team in the Limbe Regional Hospital.