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Our Cancer Screening and Awareness Project officially took off in Maroua with a major sensitisation campaign on 24 October 2026.

Free screening for breast and cervical cancers began on 26 October at the Maroua Regional Hospital, with strong turnout from women in the community. Screening continues through 31 October, while prostate and colorectal cancer screening will run from 9–14 November at the Maroua Reference Hospital.

Today, CAMCHEV members joined the team at the Regional Hospital to encourage participants and urge them to help spread the message within their communities. Sensitisation was also interpreted into Fulfulde to improve accessibility and reach.

Training for health personnel follows tomorrow, alongside further media sensitisation, including an appearance on CRTV.

The impact is already taking shape, with more women accessing free screening and cancer-awareness information.

On Tuesday August 11th 2026, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland through the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development office and the Cameroon Chevening Alumni Association (CAMCHEV) signed an accountable grant agreement at the residence of the British High Commissioner in Cameroon.

Acting on behalf of the two entities, H.E Matts Wood, British High Commissioner to Cameroon and Barrister Olivia Mah Tamon, President of the Cameroon Chevening Alumni Association, the two officials signed this agreement in view of the implementation of the project titled : “Strengthening Cancer screening and awareness in Cameroon”, conceived and initiated by Dr Mbako Robinson Ateh, a 2022 Chevening Alumnus.

In the coming months, CAMCHEV will implement this project in two selected regions of Cameroon (Maroua in the Far North region and Bamenda in the North West region) personnel in the medical field, media professionals and community actors in these regions will engage in physical and media sensitization, screening and support to persons suffering from this deadly disease in the two regions with prospects of extending it to the other regions in the future. This is part of the given back concept adopted by Cheveners after their studies in the UK.