Cameroon-USA : Great Health, Security Partners

Cameroon and the United States of America have long standing bilateral friendly cooperation ties in several domains with the security and health domains featuring prominently. President Paul Biya and the outgoing Ambassador of the United States of America to Cameroon, Peter Henry Barlerin used the Unity Palace farewell discussions on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 to explore ways of deepening the relations.
In earlier farewell meetings, the Ambassador has been exalting the excellent relations. During his audience with the Minister of External Relations, Lejeune Mbella Mbella on July 9, 2020, Peter Henry Barlerin said they reviewed the excellent relations the two countries have been having for the past years. He singled out cooperation in the health domain. He said the United States of America has been assisting Cameroon tackle HIV/AIDS, Malaria and now the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic which is affecting Cameroon as well as the United States of America. The US government also funded the construction of the FCFA 2 billion Public Health Emergency Centre in Yaounde that was inaugurated in 2018.  The Centre coordinates all kinds of risks and has come to increase Cameroon’s ability to detect and respond to public health emergencies as well as provide health assistance.
The partnership between Cameroon and the USA in security and military domain continuous to grow. Worthy of note is the assistance of the US to Cameroon to achieve mutual goals in maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea and countering violent extremism in the Northern part of Cameroon. For instance, in the he...