The exhibition of Cameroon-Belgium cooperation hit a high note on Thursday the 2^nd of March 2017 at the Cameroon Embassy when Head of Mission H.E. Daniel Evina Abe’e along with close collaborators held discussions with a combined delegation of medical personalities. The latter were made up of the Leuven University Medical Cooperation and Solidarity (LUMOS), on the one hand, and medical authorities of three Cameroon health institutions, namely Saint Martin de Porres Hospital, Njinikom; Saint Joseph Children’s and Adults Home and Medical Centre, Bafut; and Saint Elizabeth Catholic Hospital, the School for Nurses and Lab Technicians, and the Cardiac Centre in Shisong.

Thanks to ongoing cooperation between the two, launched way back in 2001, a lot has so far been accomplished. In addition to the yearly training of students in Belgium, specialists from Belgium travel to Cameroon yearly to work with local experts and staff on cases requiring special intervention. Besides, once or twice a year, members of LUMOS join hands and hearts to send containers to Cameroon. As of date, and as an example, up to 249 beds have been sent to the three hospitals.

The twenty something Embassy guests included Sandy Groeninck, Coordinator of LUMOS, Ruth Jamaels, Management Assistant of LUMOS; Bernard Spitz, Assistant Vice-Rector International Development Cooperation; An Sermon, President of LUMOS Cameroon; Sister Renata Bila Deputy Director of Shishong hospital; Sister Petra Muso, Coordinator Rehabilitation Centre, Bafut; Sister Olive-Marie Nga, Administrator Njinikom Hospital; Sister Kathleen Shela, ICT Coordinator, Shishong; Sister Mediatrix Libu Wirba, Councillor for Education of the Tertiary Sisters of Saint Francis.