Donnish Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences

September 2015 Vol. 2(6), pp. 078-085

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Original Research Paper

Availability of Resources for Infection Prevention and Control, Including Constraints, over Performance Levels in Bamenda Health District, Cameroon

Ndipowa James Attangeur Chimfutumba¹*, Yongabi Kenneth Anchang² and Dismas Ongore³

¹Department of Nursing, Cameroon Christian University, Bali, Cameroon.
²Phytobiotechnology Research Foundation Institute, Catholic University of Cameroon, Bamenda, Cameroon.
³School of Public Health, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.

Corresponding Author E-mail: ndipowajames@gmail.com

Accepted 19th August, 2015.

Abstract

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Infection prevention and control has been a very challenging problem to the public health sector in Cameroon in general and in the Bamenda health district in particular. This has led to an upsurge of many infectious diseases and epidemics. With the advent of the Ebola hemorrhagic disease and other existing epidemics such as Poliomyelitis, Cholera and Measles, health personnel ought to be very cautious and conversant with how syringes and needles, blood products and other body fluids and secretions are handled as well as how they carry out various medico-surgical procedures in the various health facilities and units. This research was aimed at determining the Availability of Resources for Infection Prevention and Control and health promotion, including constraints, and Levels of Performance in the Bamenda health district, Cameroon. It was found that various constraints contributed to the poor performance of tasks and procedures. This is very detrimental to infection prevention, control and health promotion. These, and other issues mentioned in the various responses constituted the background of the immediate-term, short-term and long-term recommendations as a way forward.

Keywords: Availability, Resources, Infection, Control, Prevention, Performance, Constraints, Conventional, Standards.

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Ndipowa James Attangeur Chimfutumba, Yongabi Kenneth Anchang and Dismas Ongore. Availability of Resources for Infection Prevention and Control, Including Constraints, over Performance Levels in Bamenda Health District, Cameroon. Donnish Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences 2(6) 2015 pp. 078-085.