Cameroon NCD Alliance Publishes 1st Annual Report:

Since its establishment in 2018, the Alliance has progressed from being led by interim leadership with the charge of establishing it, to its first Board and leadership.

In 2020, the Cameroon NCD Alliance, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, carried out activities that introduce its presence in-country. This includes notably the study on how the Cameroon COVID-19 response considered NCDs and the ACTonNCDs Campaign in September 2020 organized by the global NCD Alliance.

The Alliance was awarded the Fuel Award by the Global NCD Alliance on their activities in the ACTonNCDs Campaign. This award will assist the Alliance to strengthen her activities in 2021, including putting up a permanent website and enhancing its functionality structure.

“The Alliance is poised to map out civil society working on NCDs in 2021 to expand its membership base and prepare for progress monitoring, in 2021” – Secretary Genera, CACSNA

More information about the Alliance’s activities in 2020 can be found on the Annual Report.

Mbiydzenyuy Ferdinant Sonyuy

Ferdinant is the President/CEO of the Reconciliation and Development Association, RADA, He started his career as a Finance Clerk with the Cameroon Baptist Convention (CBC) Health Services where he progressed to a Grants Writer, Administrative Assistant and became the pioneer Program Manager for the Non Communicable CBCHS Non Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control Program. The NCD Program was his flagship achievement at the institution besides other roles and initiatives. He has a bachelors degree in Biochemistry from the University of Buea, a Post Graduate Diploma in Health Promotion from the Public Health Foundation of India, an an SDG MPH student at New York University. Ferdinant is a Multi Fellow award winner including the US Department of State Community Solutions Fellow, Union for International Cancer Control Fellow and One Young World Ambassador. He has wide experience in programs and projects development and management and earned several academic certifications online and through in person trainings. He is the Secretary General of the Cameroon Civil Society NCD Alliance and Regional Civil Society Representative for Central Africa and Member of the Secretariat for the Africa NCD Network.

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