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Until now, reserved for civil servants and certain constituted bodies, health insurance will be extended to the entire Togolese population in January 2024. A major social reform promised by Faure Gnassingbé during the last presidential election.

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Cameroon and Gabon have stepped up border security after neighboring Equatorial Guinea confirmed a spreading Marburg virus has killed at least nine people. Despite the controls, people are still traveling across the porous borders, raising fears the virus that causes hemorrhagic fever could spread.

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The 2022 Success Story

According to the National Program for the Fight Against Tuberculosis (NPFT), 25,286 cases of all forms of Tuberculosis, were reported in Cameroon in 2022. This figure includes 5.3% pediatric TB, and 174 cases of multi-resistant TB.

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Dr. Joyce A. Akwe is an internist in Decatur, Georgia and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Piedmont Rockdale Hospital. She received her medical degree from University of Perugia Faculty of Medicine and has been in practice for more than 20 years.

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You could break into a sweat when your room feels warm or you've piled on too many blankets. But that's not what we're talking about. "Night sweats" refers to repeated drenching perspiration in the middle of the night that's likely to wake you, and sometimes so much that you need to change your sheets. It's usually related to a medical issue. Dealing with whatever that is may relieve the sweating.

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The Regional Hospital Bamenda played host to Cameroon's Minister of Public Health, Dr. Manaouda Malachie for the inauguration of a 32 slides CT Scan offered by his Ministry to the establishment.

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Meet Your Coach Dr. Joyce Akwe ... With a master's in public health and a medical doctor specialized in internal medicine with a focus on hospital medicine.

Dr. Joyce Akwe is the Chief of Hospital Medicine at the Atlanta VA Health Care System (Atlanta VAHCS), an Associate Professor of Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine and an Adjunct Faculty with Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta GA.

After Medical school Dr. Akwe worked for the World Health Organization and then decided to go back to clinical medicine. She completed her internal medicine residency and chief resident year at Morehouse School of Medicine. After that, she joined the Atlanta Veterans VAHCS Hospital Medicine team and has been caring for our nation’s Veterans since then.

Dr. Akwe has built her career in service and leadership at the Atlanta VA HealthCare System, but her influence has extended beyond your work at the Atlanta VA, Emory University, and Morehouse School of Medicine. She has mentored multiple young physicians and continuous to do so. She has previously been recognized by the Chapter for her community service (2010), teaching (as recipient of the 2014 J Willis Hurst Outstanding Bedside Teaching Award), and for your inspirational leadership to younger physicians (as recipient of the 2018 Mark Silverman Award). The Walter J. Moore Leadership Award is another laudable milestone in your car

Dr. Akwe teaches medical students, interns and residents. She particularly enjoys bedside teaching and Quality improvement in Health care which is aimed at improving patient care. Dr. Akwe received the distinguished physician award from Emory University School of medicine and the Nanette Wenger Award for leadership. She has published multiple papers on health care topics.