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Maternal Mental Health: Breaking the Silence to Save Lives

2026-06-01T08:24:46Z

On the occasion of World Maternal Mental Health Day, celebrated under the theme "Together for Health. Stand with Science," it is essential to remember that caring for the minds of mothers means protecting life itself. Behind the joy of pregnancy and childbirth, many women silently carry stress, anxiety, and even depression, realities that are common yet too often overlooked. Maternal mental health refers to a woman's emotional, psychological, and social well-being during pregnancy, (…)

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Breast Ironing: Protection or Silent Danger for Young Girls?

2026-06-01T08:24:43Z

What if a practice meant to protect was actually exposing girls to invisible but profound risks? In Cameroon, breast ironing continues to spark debate and raise difficult questions. A tradition for some, a form of violence for others, this centuries-old practice still affects many young girls aged 8 to 17, particularly in the Centre, East, West, and Littoral regions. Behind this gesture, passed down through generations, lies an intention often framed as protective. Flattening the breasts is (…)

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Ongoing operational research project on "breast ironing, breastfeeding & infant mortality in Cameroon”

KOL — 2022-03-15T14:51:04Z

Within the framework of operational research, IRESCO and the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan are conducting, with the collaboration of RENATA, an operational research project on "breast ironing, breastfeeding & infant mortality in Cameroon”. Indeed, ironing the breasts of young girls (08-17 years old) is a practice strongly observed in Cameroon, and mainly in the Centre, East, Littoral and West regions. According to medical experts, this practice could contribute to (…)

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"Performance Based Fundings" Project (PBF)

Lewebmestre — 2021-09-15T13:05:13Z

The World Bank and the Ministry of Public Health have agreed to experiment in Cameroon, the health financing strategy based on results / performance through the Support Project for Investment in the Health Sector (PAISS). To this end, the MoPH established a number of contracts with Performance Purchasing Agencies (PAAs), including the IRESCO-AEDES consortium, to provide technical support for the implementation of the system.
The objective of this project was to set up a funding mechanism (…)

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Study on the practice of breast ironing in Cameroon

Lewebmestre — 2021-09-15T13:04:51Z

In the area of monitoring and evaluation, IRESCO carried out a monitoring study on the practice of breast ironing in Cameroon on behalf of the GIZ. This study took place in a context where the practice of breast modeling in Cameroon had been sharply criticized thanks to the action of various NGOs and associations, including the National Network of Aunties Associations (RENATA), which then appealed to the GIZ on this practice which consists in using heated objects to massage the breasts of (…)

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Project " Achieve and Maintain Universal Coverage of Interventions to fight Malaria for Long-term Impact" (AMCUID)

Lewebmestre — 2021-09-15T13:00:21Z

The fight started within the framework of the "Scaling up Malaria control for impact in Cameroon" project implemented from 2011 to 2014, continued within the framework of the New Funding Model of the Global Fund as from January 2015.
As such, following readjustments structures that took place at the start of the project "Achieve and Maintain Universal Coverage of Interventions to fight Malaria for Long-term Impact ", IRESCO was renewed as Sub-recipient of the Ministry of Public Health, (…)

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