Cameroon: Malaria Control Programmes

The Minister of Health of Cameroon signed a declaration committing to provide stronger leadership and increased domestic funding for Malaria Control Programmes; to ensure further investment in data technology; to apply the latest technical guidance in Malaria control and elimination; and to enhance malaria control efforts at the national and sub-national levels. The Ministers further pledged to increase health sector investments to bolster infrastructure, personnel and programme implementation; to enhance multi-sectoral collaboration; and to build partnerships for funding, research and innovation. In signing the declaration, they expressed their “unwavering commitment to the accelerated reduction of Malaria mortality” and “to hold each other and our countries accountable for the commitments outlined in this declaration.”