The Season of Creation provided an opportune moment for CYNESA Cameroon team, led by Fr. Innocent Akum, MHM, to organize a clean-up activity in their community. After a series of sensitization programs, CYNESA Cameroon and parishioners of Archangel Raphael Parish, Bojongo, in the Catholic Archdiocese of Douala, turned up to rid their surroundings of litter. […]
By Tafara R. Dandadzi What is Antimicrobial Resistance? According to the Africa Union Center for Disease Control (AUCDC), Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) occurs when antimicrobials undergo genetic changes. Most microorganisms have used their survival mechanisms ( genetic changes) to resist the effect of Antimicrobials. The misuse, abuse and overuse of Antimicrobials in human health and animal […]
By Tafara R. Dandadzi* The World Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Week (WAAW) is set to take place, November 18th to 24th 2020. So what is Antimicrobial Resistance, and why should we be concerned about it, especially in a time that the world is dealing with a pandemic? Antimicrobial Resistance is the unfortunate situation when bacteria, viruses, […]
By Fr. Innocent Wefon Akum, MHM* Introduction There is a saying in Latin which goes thus: “verbum docet, exampla trahunt” (word teaches, examples draw). In our contemporary era, unlike any other eras in the history of mankind, the cry of the environment resounds loudly than ever. The environment laments of the devaluing attitudes and actions […]