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Yaoundé to host African Hospital Forum in December

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Yaoundé Central Hospital will hold the African Hospital Forum from 8 to 10 December 2026, bringing together nearly 300 health sector stakeholders around hospital resilience. The facility is marking its 95th anniversary on the occasion, according to Journal du Cameroun.

Yaoundé Central Hospital will organise the African Hospital Forum from 8 to 10 December 2026 at the Yaoundé Conference Centre in Cameroon. The meeting, devoted to the resilience of African hospitals, is expected to bring together nearly 300 health sector stakeholders from Cameroon, other African countries and France, according to organisers cited by Journal du Cameroun.

The director of Yaoundé Central Hospital, Professor Pierre Ongolo Zogo, presented the forum as a platform for reflection on the evolution of African hospitals at a press conference on 12 November. The chairman of the scientific committee, Professor Elie Claude Ndam Ndjitoyap, cited hospital governance, infrastructure modernisation, digital transformation and improving the quality of care among the issues to be addressed at the meeting, according to Journal du Cameroun.

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