2005 to 2012

Celebrating Seven Successful Years

Give people a fish and they eat for a day. Teach them to fish and they will never go hungry.

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Founder and President Dr. Rolande R. Hodel

Your donations of money, material, and time are making a big difference and are more than appreciated.

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Cameroon Government, Office of the Prime Minister

Prime Minister Philemon Yang pledged his support to AIDSfreeAFRICA. Today we are enjoying a close and fruitful relationship with the PM and government ministries.

AIDSfreeAFRICA received non-profit status and is registered as NGO in Cameroon.

Dr. Hodel becomes a permanent resident of Cameroon.

Cameroon Government, Ministry of Public Health

The initial meeting was organized by the US Embassy Cameroon Business Development Department, namely Dr. Christopher Ekom.

The meeting with the Minister of Public Health André Mama Fouda, Secretary General Dr Angwafor Fru and thirteen heads of departments at the Ministry of Public Health was followed by the signing of a document of collaboration.

AIDSfreeAFRICA obtains license to import and sell “Miconazole muco-adhesive tablets” for the treatment of oral thrush, a opportunistic infection of HIV/AIDS.

Supporting the efforts of the Minister of Public Health, AIDSfreeAFRICA offers to consult and train staff on issues of maximizing and retaining Global Fund money.

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Cameroon Pharmaceutical Industry, Cinpharm

Cinpharm is a 24 million US dollar high tech production facility owned and operated by Cameroonians, CEO Mr. Celestin Tawamba. The factory went into production of 40 essential drugs and IV fluids with high capacity output.

AIDSfreeAFRICA delivered analytical equipment worth ½ million $US. The used equipment was donated by US Pharmaceutical companies, collected and crated by Dr. Paul Winslow, head of a New Jersy based non-profit called “Students 2 Science”. Cinpharm signs collaboration agreement with AIDSfreeAFRICA

In addition to equipment, the company seeks to hire highly trained managerial and scientific personnel, is looking for reliable cost efficient sources for raw materials and support with maintenance and trouble shooting.

AIDSfreeAFRICA is reaching out to the Cameroonian diasporas working in US as Pharmacists to return to Cameroon. We are also collaborating with the American Chemical Society and the Federation of African Societies of Chemistry to attract qualified personal.

Done deal, Dr. Issa Hamadjoda, Senior Pharmacist/Production and Dr. Rolande Hodel line up for a photo shoot.

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Cameroon Academia, University of Buea

Bringing people together, bringing resources, networking within Cameroon and across continents, is what Dr. Hodel enjoys most. Opening the Cinpharm doors, literally, by introducing Dr. Hamadjoda and Prof. Efange Simon from the University of Buea. The University benefited from the shipment by receiving UV-vis photo spectrometer, rotor evaporators, water purification

units, glassware and more. Amazingly, whatever was not useful to industry was highly sought after by the University. Nothing went to waste, even the optical microscope, it went to a small medical place up north.

The American Chemical Society donated many volumes of the Merck Index and other science related teaching books. AIDSfreeAFRICA is working on bringing together Cameroon and American Universities to increase and encourage teaching opportunities and exchanges. Universities: Yaounde, Douala, Buea

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Cameroon Drug Import and Distribution In Collaboration with Cameroon drug distribution company Laborex, AIDSfreeAFRICA sells imported drugs from the Belgium company Tibotec, a subsidiary of USA based pharmaceutical Johnson & Johnson. Miconazole muco-adhesive treats oral thrush, a fungus infection of the mouth and esophagus.

US based non-profit organization called Vitamin Angels donates large quantities of multi vitamins for pregnant and nursing mothers. They also give worm medicine for kids below five and vitamin A. Ossining CVS Pharmacy donates vitamins to AIDSfreeAFRICA for older children, condoms, and low dose aspirin. AIDSfreeAFRICA has imported drugs from the German organization action medeor e.V. for distribution in revolving drug funds.

Delivering medicine, Dr. Hodel meets with AIDSfreeAFRICA’s country representative Mr. Polycarp Nji at the clinic. In Cameroon clinics such as this small outfit in Limbe increase their capacity to treat patience at least ten fold when AIDSfreeAFRICA starts to provide medicine via a revolving drug fund. That means AIDSfreeAFRICA initially finances the purchase of medicine. The clinic puts money back into the bank that is used to re-stock supplies.

Most Cameroonians can afford needed medicine, but half of the time the drugs are not available in the pharmacy – this is called stock-out and it is rather the norm than the exception.

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Cameroon, Esu: 40,000 people village without a medical doctor When AIDSfreeAFRICA founder Dr. Hodel first made the strenuous trip Esu, the village had no electricity, no internet, no fish and little vegetable, no running water, no toilette, no licensed pharmacy, no medical doctor, but one nurse.

Esu lacks much, but their biggest asset is HRH Fon Albert (third standing from left). He came to Ossining New York, with his entourage to meet AIDSfreeAFRICA board of directors and volunteers. The Fon signs agreement of accountability and responsibility for all of AIDSfreeAFRICA’s projects in the village. Thus, we went to work.

AIDSfreeAFRICA send a volunteer medical doctor, Dr. Ildikó Turóczi.

Today, there is a small consulting place that struggles to be able to stay open 24/7.

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Today, there is an ongoing AIDS testing program, with the help of Immuno Science saliva based AIDS test. Today, there is the Esu Family health Association comprised of 68 HIV positive Esu people. They are now collectively taken care of by Chief of Post Christian, a wonderful young man from Wum, who was send to Esu by the Minister of Public Health.

Today there is the Youth Association, founded by AIDSfreeAFRICA to establish income generating activities for boys and girls, such as the “turn mosquito nets into window screens” income generating activity with mosquito nets donated by producer Olyset. Because Esu now has electricity, people are sitting with open windows in the light that attracts mosquitoes.

There is the “Kick it to Cameroon” campaign of New Yorkers who are collecting soccer shoes and jerseys for the girls to play European foot ball, to learn leadership and to experience team spirit, winning and loosing with grace. At the same time, they are staying away from unprotected, unhealthy activities.