Why We Work in Cameroon
Situated along the Gulf of Guinea, Cameroon has one of the world’s highest maternal mortality rates — about 438 deaths per 100,000 live births. While this is partly due to the overburdened and understaffed health care system in the country, it is also a product of the high incidence of teenage mothers.
About 65% of the population has access to electricity and many people live in rural areas far from the nearest medical center. With an acute shortage of trained fistula surgeons and equipped operating theaters, Cameroon faces major challenges to providing adequate fistula repair services.
What You Help Us Do
We are investing in the following areas to build Cameroon’s in-country:
Meet Our Partners
We identify local surgical teams in Cameroon already successfully treating women with fistula—and then work to amplify their efforts.
- Mbingo Baptist Hospital
- Location: Baingo
- Partner since: 2024
Clinique Islamique Adamaoua (in partnership with Dr. Franklin Danki)
- Location: Ngaoundere
- Partner In: 2015
Women and Health Alliance International (WAHA International)
- Location: Yaoundé
- Partner In: 2010
Africa Mercy (in partnership with Dr. Charlotte Polle)
- Partner in: 2017-2018
How much funding have we granted?
Below are funding totals since the start of each partnership.
Current Partners
- Mbingo Baptist Hospital
- Location: Baingo
- Partner since: 2024
Past Partners
- Clinique Islamique Adamaoua (in partnership with Dr. Franklin Danki): $25,000
- Women and Health Alliance International (WAHA International): $57,000
- Africa Mercy (in partnership with Dr. Charlotte Polle): $4,340
- Mbingo Baptist Hospital: $86,187