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Purpose: Our study aims at analyzing the factors associated with maternal mortality that occurred at the Gyneco-Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital of Yaounde (YGOPH) from the 1st January 2018 to the 31st December 2021. Problem: WHO and UNICEF estimate that around half millions of women die every year, that is more than one woman die every minute from complications of pregnancy and delivery; almost 99% of these deaths occurred in developing countries [1]. Their statistics reveals that, the average risk for a woman of dying from complications linked to pregnancy and delivery is 300 times higher in developing countries than those in developed countries [1]. Out of Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa is the region of the world which scores the high rates of maternal deaths. These staggering figures show that maternal mortality is an urgent problem of public health in developing countries. Cameroon is one of the developing country who moved forwards in the fight against maternal deaths, but he still so far in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which stipulate that the global maternal mortality ratio should be less than 70 per 100000 live births by 2030. For instance, the maternal mortality rate has dropped by 40% after 7 years, that was from 782 /100000 live births in 2011 to 406/100000 live births in 2018 [2]. Looking onto it, we realize unfortunately that 8 years are remaining to reach 2030, but yet the mortality rate is still far away to reach this target. Moreover, a rapid evaluation of epidemiological progress in the Center region, specifically at YGOPH, a tertiary hospital and a reference center for maternal and child care showed a sudden rise in the maternal mortality ratio, that is from 6/100000 live births in 2018 to 7/100000 live births in 2021. This prompted the researcher to investigate on the situation in this heath institution. Methods: We conducted an analytical case control study with a retrospective data collection, using medical files of 21

Purpose: Our study aims at analyzing the factors associated with maternal mortality that occurred at the Gyneco-Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital of Yaounde (YGOPH) from the 1st January 2018 to the 31st December 2021. Problem: WHO and UNICEF estimate that around half millions of women die every year, that is more than one woman die every minute from complications of pregnancy and delivery; almost 99% of these deaths occurred in developing countries [1]. Their statistics reveals that, the average risk for a woman of dying from complications linked to pregnancy and delivery is 300 times higher in developing countries than those in developed countries [1]. Out of Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa is the region of the world which scores the high rates of maternal deaths. These staggering figures show that maternal mortality is an urgent problem of public health in developing countries. Cameroon is one of the developing country who moved forwards in the fight against maternal deaths, but he still so far in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which stipulate that the global maternal mortality ratio should be less than 70 per 100000 live births by 2030. For instance, the maternal mortality rate has dropped by 40% after 7 years, that was from 782 /100000 live births in 2011 to 406/100000 live births in 2018 [2]. Looking onto it, we realize unfortunately that 8 years are remaining to reach 2030, but yet the mortality rate is still far away to reach this target. Moreover, a rapid evaluation of epidemiological progress in the Center region, specifically at YGOPH, a tertiary hospital and a reference center for maternal and child care showed a sudden rise in the maternal mortality ratio, that is from 6/100000 live births in 2018 to 7/100000 live births in 2021. This prompted the researcher to investigate on the situation in this heath institution. Methods:  We conducted an analytical case control study from the 06 April to the 06 June 2022 with a retrospective

Purpose: Our study aims at analyzing the factors associated with maternal mortality that occurred at the Gyneco-Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital of Yaounde (YGOPH) from the 1st January 2018 to the 31st December 2021. Problem: WHO and UNICEF estimate that around half millions of women die every year, that is more than one woman die every minute from complications of pregnancy and delivery; almost 99% of these deaths occurred in developing countries [1]. Their statistics reveals that, the average risk for a woman of dying from complications linked to pregnancy and delivery is 300 times higher in developing countries than those in developed countries [1]. Out of Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa is the region of the world which scores the high rates of maternal deaths. These staggering figures show that maternal mortality is an urgent problem of public health in developing countries. Cameroon is one of the developing country who moved forwards in the fight against maternal deaths, but he still so far in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which stipulate that the global maternal mortality ratio should be less than 70 per 100000 live births by 2030. For instance, the maternal mortality rate has dropped by 40% after 7 years, that was from 782 /100000 live births in 2011 to 406/100000 live births in 2018 [2]. Looking onto it, we realize unfortunately that 8 years are remaining to reach 2030, but yet the mortality rate is still far away to reach this target. Moreover, a rapid evaluation of epidemiological progress in the Center region, specifically at YGOPH, a tertiary hospital and a reference center for maternal and child care showed a sudden rise in the maternal mortality ratio, that is from 6/100000 live births in 2018 to 7/100000 live births in 2021. This prompted the researcher to investigate on the situation in this heath institution. Methods: We conducted an analytical case control study with a retrospective data collection, using medical files of 21

Purpose: Our study aims at analyzing the factors associated with maternal mortality that occurred at the Gyneco-Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital of Yaounde (YGOPH) from the 1st January 2018 to the 31st December 2021. Problem: WHO and UNICEF estimate that around half millions of women die every year, that is more than one woman die every minute from complications of pregnancy and delivery; almost 99% of these deaths occurred in developing countries [1]. Their statistics reveals that, the average risk for a woman of dying from complications linked to pregnancy and delivery is 300 times higher in developing countries than those in developed countries [1]. Out of Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa is the region of the world which scores the high rates of maternal deaths. These staggering figures show that maternal mortality is an urgent problem of public health in developing countries. Cameroon is one of the developing country who moved forwards in the fight against maternal deaths, but he still so far in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which stipulate that the global maternal mortality ratio should be less than 70 per 100000 live births by 2030. For instance, the maternal mortality rate has dropped by 40% after 7 years, that was from 782 /100000 live births in 2011 to 406/100000 live births in 2018 [2]. Looking onto it, we realize unfortunately that 8 years are remaining to reach 2030, but yet the mortality rate is still far away to reach this target. Moreover, a rapid evaluation of epidemiological progress in the Center region, specifically at YGOPH, a tertiary hospital and a reference center for maternal and child care showed a sudden rise in the maternal mortality ratio, that is from 6/100000 live births in 2018 to 7/100000 live births in 2021. This prompted the researcher to investigate on the situation in this heath institution. Methods: We conducted an analytical case control study with a retrospective data collection, using medical files of 21

Purpose: The aim of this study is to identify the socio-demographic and clinical determinants of adherence to Covid-19 vaccination among health personnel of the Cite-verte health district. Problem: With daunting health challenges caused by the Covid-19 pandemic disease, it is surprising to see that many health personnel have not adhered to a preventive therapy that will assist in reducing its spread. Despite strategies put in place by the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Public Health of Cameroon in making available vaccines, the population seem not to adhere. Methods: We used a quantitative cross-sectional prospective study for descriptive purposes from April to November 2021. Data was collected among 247 health personnel using structured questionnaires. Results: Analysis revealed that the mean age of health personnel in our study was 36.76 years and a median of 37.00 ± 1.009 years. 12.6% are completely vaccinated, 14.6% incompletely vaccinated and 72.8% are not vaccinated. Also, age and religion influences adherence levels to Covid-19 vaccination at the 5% confidence level. Everything else being equal, health personnel aged 50 years and more are 12.33 [95%, 1.89-30.49, P-value=0.009] times more likely to be fully vaccinated than not vaccinated, compared to their 30–39-year-old counterparts. This chance decreases to 8.66 [95%, 1.38-24.22, P-value=0.021] times when comparing incompletely vaccinated to unvaccinated cases. Also, health personnel following other religions (Pentecostal, Atheist and Jehovah witness), are 95% less likely to be fully vaccinated than their Christian counterparts [RR=0.05; 0.002-0.89; P-value=0.042]. To add, clinical determinants such as history of respiratory problems, and comorbidities did not influence adherence levels to Covid-19 vaccination as the plus value was 0.558 (fully vaccinated) and 0.987 (incompletely vaccinated). Conclusion: We can conclude that health personnel are aware of the necessity of vaccination, but age a

Purpose: The aim of this study is to identify the socio-demographic and clinical determinants of adherence to Covid-19 vaccination among health personnel of the Cite-verte health district. Problem: With daunting health challenges caused by the Covid-19 pandemic disease, it is surprising to see that many health personnel have not adhered to a preventive therapy that will assist in reducing its spread. Despite strategies put in place by the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Public Health of Cameroon in making available vaccines, the population seem not to adhere. Methods: We used a quantitative cross-sectional prospective study for descriptive purposes from April to November 2021. Data was collected among 247 health personnel using structured questionnaires. Results: Analysis revealed that the mean age of health personnel in our study was 36.76 years and a median of 37.00 ± 1.009 years. 12.6% are completely vaccinated, 14.6% incompletely vaccinated and 72.8% are not vaccinated. Also, age and religion influences adherence levels to Covid-19 vaccination at the 5% confidence level. Everything else being equal, health personnel aged 50 years and more are 12.33 [95%, 1.89-30.49, P-value=0.009] times more likely to be fully vaccinated than not vaccinated, compared to their 30–39-year-old counterparts. This chance decreases to 8.66 [95%, 1.38-24.22, P-value=0.021] times when comparing incompletely vaccinated to unvaccinated cases. Also, health personnel following other religions (Pentecostal, Atheist and Jehovah witness), are 95% less likely to be fully vaccinated than their Christian counterparts [RR=0.05; 0.002-0.89; P-value=0.042]. To add, clinical determinants such as history of respiratory problems, and comorbidities did not influence adherence levels to Covid-19 vaccination as the plus value was 0.558 (fully vaccinated) and 0.987 (incompletely vaccinated). Conclusion: We can conclude that health personnel are aware of the necessity of vaccination, but age a

Purpose: The aim of this study is to identify the socio-demographic and clinical determinants of adherence to Covid-19 vaccination among health personnel of the Cite-verte health district. Problem: With daunting health challenges caused by the Covid-19 pandemic disease, it is surprising to see that many health personnel have not adhered to a preventive therapy that will assist in reducing its spread. Despite strategies put in place by the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Public Health of Cameroon in making available vaccines, the population seem not to adhere. Methods: We used a quantitative cross-sectional prospective study for descriptive purposes from April to November 2021. Data was collected among 247 health personnel using structured questionnaires. Results: Analysis revealed that the mean age of health personnel in our study was 36.76 years and a median of 37.00 ± 1.009 years. 12.6% are completely vaccinated, 14.6% incompletely vaccinated and 72.8% are not vaccinated. Also, age and religion influences adherence levels to Covid-19 vaccination at the 5% confidence level. Everything else being equal, health personnel aged 50 years and more are 12.33 [95%, 1.89-30.49, P-value=0.009] times more likely to be fully vaccinated than not vaccinated, compared to their 30–39-year-old counterparts. This chance decreases to 8.66 [95%, 1.38-24.22, P-value=0.021] times when comparing incompletely vaccinated to unvaccinated cases. Also, health personnel following other religions (Pentecostal, Atheist and Jehovah witness), are 95% less likely to be fully vaccinated than their Christian counterparts [RR=0.05; 0.002-0.89; P-value=0.042]. To add, clinical determinants such as history of respiratory problems, and comorbidities did not influence adherence levels to Covid-19 vaccination as the plus value was 0.558 (fully vaccinated) and 0.987 (incompletely vaccinated). Conclusion: We can conclude that health personnel are aware of the necessity of vaccination, but age a

Purpose: The aim of this study is to identify the socio-demographic and clinical determinants of adherence to Covid-19 vaccination among health personnel of the Cite-verte health district. Problem: With daunting health challenges caused by the Covid-19 pandemic disease, it is surprising to see that many health personnel have not adhered to a preventive therapy that will assist in reducing its spread. Despite strategies put in place by the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Public Health of Cameroon in making available vaccines, the population seem not to adhere. Methods: We used a quantitative cross-sectional prospective study for descriptive purposes from April to November 2021. Data was collected among 247 health personnel using structured questionnaires. Results: Analysis revealed that the mean age of health personnel in our study was 36.76 years and a median of 37.00 ± 1.009 years. 12.6% are completely vaccinated, 14.6% incompletely vaccinated and 72.8% are not vaccinated. Also, age and religion influences adherence levels to Covid-19 vaccination at the 5% confidence level. Everything else being equal, health personnel aged 50 years and more are 12.33 [95%, 1.89-30.49, P-value=0.009] times more likely to be fully vaccinated than not vaccinated, compared to their 30–39-year-old counterparts. This chance decreases to 8.66 [95%, 1.38-24.22, P-value=0.021] times when comparing incompletely vaccinated to unvaccinated cases. Also, health personnel following other religions (Pentecostal, Atheist and Jehovah witness), are 95% less likely to be fully vaccinated than their Christian counterparts [RR=0.05; 0.002-0.89; P-value=0.042]. To add, clinical determinants such as history of respiratory problems, and comorbidities did not influence adherence levels to Covid-19 vaccination as the plus value was 0.558 (fully vaccinated) and 0.987 (incompletely vaccinated). Conclusion: We can conclude that health personnel are aware of the necessity of vaccination, but age a