HIV viral load suppression amongst the incarcerated populations in Cameroon.

Introduction: Despite increased national and international funding to combat the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pandemic, prison health services remain underfunded, resulting in poor HIV management among inmates. This study assessed viral suppression rates among HIV-positive inmates across four central prisons in Cameroon to evaluate the effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in these settings.

Methodology: This cross-sectional study included four central prisons-prisons A, B, C, and D-each located in different regions of Cameroon.

Ownership, coverage, utilisation and maintenance of long-lasting insecticidal bed nets in three Health Districts in Cameroon: a cross-sectional study.

Introduction: the Bamenda, Santa and Tiko Health Districts are in the highest malaria transmission strata of Cameroon. The purpose of this study was to explore the indicators of ownership and utilisation as well as maintenance of Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) in three health districts in Cameroon.

Methods: a cross-sectional household survey involving 1,251 households was conducted in the Tiko Health District (THD) in June and July 2017 and in Bamenda and Santa Health Districts in March to May 2018.

Face mask ownership/utilisation and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy amongst patients recovering from COVID-19 in Cameroon: A cross-sectional study.

Introduction: This study aimed to establish pre-/post Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) diagnosis/treatment symptoms, ownership/utilisation of face masks (FMs), as well as vaccine hesitancy (VH) amongst patients recovering from COVID-19.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted from April - October 2021. Data was collected with structured self-administered questionnaires.