Public health information and communication in cameroon: a diagnostic of the situation

Prevention is the corner stone of any public health strategy. Health communication and marketing is all about exchanging health information, delivering products and services to correct people behaviors and ameliorate public health outcomes. The communication system in Cameroon is fast growing and provides numerous tools to reach the target audience. Unfortunately, these tools are still underexploited by public health professionals. Noodles experience in spreading information around potential health effects of Bisphenol A baby bottles in Cameroon revealed some difficulties to carry out communication campaign through mass media. Despite these difficulties, communication environment remain conducive and more effort should be done to take appropriate actions for effective health preventive activities….

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