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Fozao Vaniela Open Discussion With Participants Increasing the enrollment of learners with disabilities in schools and how it can be achieved were top on the agenda at a brief orientation meeting organized by the Communuity Based Rehabilitation (CBR) center of the Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services (CBCHS). The meeting that brought together the Media, religious leaders, CBR field workers amongst others was to brainstorm on how best, messages geared towards encouraging school enrollment for children with disabilities in schools during the 2022/2023 academic year can better be disseminated.     Training Session On Disability and Forms It was revealed during the orientation meeting that many schools in Mezam Divison have shown interest in Inclusive Education and those that were operating as mainstream learning centers will begin this academic year as inclusive schools. As pointed out by the project coordinator, Ndintek Kennedy Nonki, Radio stations, CBR field workers, Church ...

 Fozao Vaniela CBC Staff/ Student Journalists Students of the Department of Communication and Development Studies (CADS) of the University of Bamenda (UBa) have expressed their satisfaction after undergoing a one month internship program at the Cameroon Baptist Convention Radio, CBC Radio. During the Attestation Award ceremony organized by the station manager of CBC Radio, Emmanuel Bah Tokoh at the Immaculate Conception Arena at Up Station, Bamenda I Sub Division recently, the students say the one month they spent there was enriching, Attestation Ceremony "I had the opportunity to present news brief, major programs and announcements and was as well schooled on news production, gathering, recording, delivery and presentation. A journalist must be objective, unbias, truthful, fair, balanced and never accept bribe. This helped me because learning these makes me avoid mistakes",Fonyuy Anne - Valiene, one of the interns said. She furthers that, "The internship enabled us to d...

Fozao Vaniela NANG App Registration  Youth 2 Youth Cameroon, a non governmental organization advocating for adolescent and youth health care in Cameroon with special focus on those in the North West Region has instituted a Mobile application to cater for the sexual and reproductive health needs of young people.  The App known as NANG depicted as the "game- changer solution for young people's Sexual and Reproductive Health in Cameroon  was brought to the lamplight on Saturday August 6,2022 at the epic event center with over 400 youths in attendance.  View of participants As denoted by the main lead of Youth2Youth Cameroon, Dr. Jacqueline N. Fonkwo , NANG will enable youths have access to enhanced health education at the comfort of their handsets, Dr Jacqueline Fonkwo "The Nang App will henceforth enable youths have access to healthier sexual and reproductive health education at the comfort of their mobile phones. They will also be exposed to information that is accura...

Fozao Vaniela Source: World breastfeeding week.org Khinghang Berenice, a nutritionist and head of Nutrition Improvement Program at Nkwen Baptist Hospital in Bamenda say, nursing mothers must take action on the best suckling practices in other to have healthy children. She made the call Tuesday August 2,2022 which was day two of  this year's World Breastfeeding Week to wrap up on the 7 of August with the theme: "Step up for breastfeeding ,educate and support,". The nutritionist said early initiation is the best practice as far as breastfeeding is concerned, " This means initiating breastfeeding within an hour after putting to birth. This should be followed by exclusive breastfeeding, a process to last for six months followed by complementary feeding. This means giving babies other liquid or semi liquid food alongside breast milk when they are six months old, " she said. She further stated that the last best practice is giving the child breast milk for two years a...

 Fozao Vaniela The Center for Clinical Pastoral Education and Social Services (CECPES)  has graduated her 10th batch of social workers, Tuesday August 2,2022. 10th Batch of Graduating Students During the graduation rituals that took place at the Baptist Center in Nkwen Bamenda, the 38  graduates promised to reach out to those in need and help solve their problems, "As a community agent thanks to the knowledge from (CECPES), I intend to reach out to distress persons in the community and provide psychosocial support, counseling and other forms of Humanitarian action," Abass Sahabu, one of the graduates said. Tanjong Mirian who was one of the 38 students armed with the very much needed skills to serve the communities celebrated the quality of the training she acquired from (CECPES), "The training was enriching and served as an eye opener for me.A lot of persons have potentials they are unaware of. The coaching helped us to know whom we are and better fight our battles, Tanj...

 Fozao Vaniela  The population of Bamenda and the North West Region as a whole have been advised to get vaccinated against Hepatitis in order to guard against the disease. Vaccination Campaign The call came from Mr. Simon Njoya, a Microbiologist at the Regional Hospital in Bamenda during activities to commemorate the 2022 edition of World Hepatitis Day, July 28 2022 with the theme: Bringing Hepatitis Care Closer To Everyone. "All those who have been recently screened are advised to come back and get vaccinated in order to stay safe," Mr Njoya said. Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver which has a wide range of causes. It can be caused by bacteria or fungi. The non- infectious hepatitis can be caused by alcohol and  drug abuse, antibiotics, traditional medicine and toxins.  Findings have revealed that Hepatitis B and C are the leading causes of chronic hepatitis and it can lead to liver disease. As pointed out by Mr. Njoya, Hepatitis B is 90% transmitted through ...