Country |
CAMEROON |
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Yearly expected new RB |
54 |
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New RB cases welcomed in 2022 |
?? (Yaounde) + 11 (Douala) + ?? + 19 (Maroua) = 30 |
|
RB teams in the Country | Yaoundé: 1
Douala: 1 Mbingo: 1 Maroua: 1
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Hospital:
CME-FCB (Centre Mère Enfant Fondation Chantal Biya) Mboppi Baptist hospital Mbingo Baptist hospital Meskine Baptist hospital |
Available treatment modalities | Intravenous chemotherapy | Yes and Yes |
Enucleation | Yes and Yes | |
Eye salvage | No and implementing soon (Mboppi) | |
Intra-arterial chemotherapy | No and No | |
Teams members | Ophthalmologists trained on RB | - Elvis Kamdem
- Pius Kamsang - Foupoussi Nelly - Fokounang Lydia |
Ocular prosthetists | - None | |
Paediatric oncologists | - Angèle Pondy
- Francine Kouya |
|
Pathologists | - | |
Equipment available and functional | Laser Diode + Helmet | 0 + 1 (shipment ongoing for Mboppi) |
Operating microscope + Adapter | 0 + 0 | |
Fundus Camera | 0 + 0 | |
Cryo machine | 0 + 1 (shipment ongoing for Mboppi) | |
Surgical box (enucleation) | 0 + 0 (services already existed) | |
Indirect ophthalmoscope | 1 (services already existed) | |
Ocular prosthesis + consumables | 0 (services provided by private practice) | |
RB early diagnosis activities | Ocular primary healthcare | No |
Childhood primary healthcare | Yes + yes | |
General population | Yes + yes | |
RB Genetics | Laboratory : Non available | No |