NICHE International’s programme manager Grace is now the Maternal and Child
Health Services supervisor for Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services, our
partner in Cameroon.
In this capacity she has been visiting various health centres to look at their newborn
care facilities and offer support if necessary.
Bonaberi is a district of Douala with a rapidly growing population and severe poverty.
Internally displaced people from the Cameroonian regions where there is civil unrest
have moved to Bonaberi and added to this problem.
In the health centre she visited in Bonaberi, she found a range of difficulties. On
reviewing neonatal deaths, she recognised the need for training particularly in
resuscitation of the newborn.
Grace and other instructors trained by NICHE International have just finished running
a training course in Douala and 5 staff from the Bonaberi Health Centre have
attended it to improve their skills.
Grace and her colleagues are now experienced Neonatal Care Course Instructors.
They can assess need and respond with appropriate training.
