COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EDUCATION
We bring essential health information, community outreach and pathways to care closer to people in underserved and crisis-affected communities—while strengthening local capacity to protect health and well-being.
The need for community health action is visible at every level: in Cameroon’s crisis-affected regions, across sub-Saharan Africa and around the world. Preventable illness becomes life-threatening when health services are distant, disrupted or unaffordable.
More than 210 facilities were reported no longer functional because of destruction or abandonment by health personnel in the North-West and South-West. The 2024 Humanitarian Needs Overview also reported that only 31% of women gave birth in a health facility in these two regions.
Source: Cameroon Humanitarian Needs Overview 2024 ↗WHO’s Cameroon maternal-health scorecard reports a maternal mortality ratio of 258 per 100,000 live births in 2023. Timely antenatal care, skilled delivery, postnatal follow-up and referral can help prevent avoidable deaths.
Source: WHO Africa maternal-health scorecard ↗Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 58% of all under-five deaths worldwide in 2024. Its under-five mortality rate was 71.6 deaths per 1,000 live births—nearly 14 times the rate in Europe and Northern America.
Source: WHO, Child mortality under five years (2026) ↗WHO estimates that around 4.6 billion people were not fully covered by essential health services in 2023. In 2022, 2.1 billion people experienced financial hardship from out-of-pocket health spending.
Source: WHO, Universal Health Coverage (2025) ↗UNICEF reported that 3.3 million people in Cameroon needed humanitarian assistance in 2025, including 1.7 million children. Insecurity and attacks on health and education services continued to restrict access in the North-West and South-West. For families facing displacement, disrupted livelihoods and unsafe journeys, community outreach, health education and reliable referral pathways are essential links to care.
H4BF brings health information and outreach closer to households, supports community health workers, connects people with local health facilities and strengthens prevention, maternal and child health engagement, psychosocial support and referral pathways.
We connect practical health services with trusted local relationships, so people can access information, identify health concerns earlier and navigate available care.
Community sessions and household engagement on malaria prevention, sanitation, maternal and child health, nutrition and other priority health concerns.
Working alongside local health facilities and community health workers to connect households with services, follow-up and appropriate referral pathways.
Taking health information and essential outreach closer to underserved communities, while supporting people affected by displacement, stress and adversity.
Selected programme results from H4BF community health activities, across Mezam and Donga Mantung Divisions in the North-West Region, and Noun Division in the West Region.
H4BF works with communities and local health structures across the North-West and West Regions of Cameroon, bringing health information, outreach and referral support closer to underserved households.
Community health outreach, education and engagement with local health structures to improve access to information and services.
Community-based health activities that connect households with prevention information, local health workers and available referral pathways.
Community health engagement and outreach supporting underserved communities and strengthening links with local services.
Within this wider geographic footprint, H4BF has implemented Global Fund GC7 community-led interventions in Ndu Health District. The work includes community mobilisation, malaria prevention and treatment linkages, maternal-health engagement, household visits and health education.
Community health workers help connect households with local health services, share practical information and encourage timely care-seeking.
H4BF works with development partners, health actors, community organisations and local structures to strengthen access to health information, outreach and essential services.
H4BF also mobilises support through crowdfunding, inviting individuals, families, diaspora communities and friends of H4BF to contribute to community health outreach, health education, mobile clinic activities and support for underserved households.
Support a community health campaign ↗H4BF’s work brings together community participation, local health structures and practical support for people who face the greatest barriers to care.
Extend outreach and health information to communities that are distant from routine services.
Support informed decisions on malaria, maternal and child health, hygiene and disease prevention.
Build stronger links between community health workers, households and local health facilities.
Promote inclusive, people-centred support for individuals and families affected by crisis and displacement.
Work with H4BF to expand community health outreach, health education and access to essential services.
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