Cameroon’s Critical Shortage of Incubators Puts Thousands of Newborns at Risk

Cameroon’s Critical Shortage of Incubators Puts Thousands of Newborns at Risk

Cameroon loses nearly 10,000 newborns every year due to a severe lack of incubators and trained paediatric staff. The problem is especially acute in conflict-affected regions like the Northwest, where hospitals such as Bamenda Regional Hospital operate far below required capacity—only six incubators for nearly 20 babies, many of whom are pre-term and vulnerable to infections when forced to share equipment. Mission hospitals face similar shortage…