We are delighted to announce that The CEO of RADA, Ferdinant M. Sonyuy was elected and officially assumed the role of Secretary General of the Cameroon Civil Society NCD Alliance (CACSNA), on July 31, 2020 after an Elective General Assembly.
Ferdinant has served as the Interim Secretary General since the creation of the alliance, and was appreciated by the Caretaker Chair, Prof. J.C Mbanya for his leadership. CACSNA is the Cameroon Civil Society NCD Alliance, whose mission is to ensure a collective voice for NCD prevention and Control in Cameroon. It was started in 2018 after several efforts since 2013.
Eleven (11) organizations came together to initiate this move following a Diabetes and Non Communicable Disease Conference which took place at the Yaounde Hilton Hotel, Cameroon, organized by the World Diabetes Foundation (WDF) in partnership with the Health of Populations in Transition (HoPiT) Research Group, and in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health.
The Alliance has since received technical support from the Global NCD Alliance which has spearheaded NCD advocacy globally for over 10 years.
The Interim role was lifted by a unanimous 100% vote as the Care Taker Executive mandate ended and the new executive mandated by over 14 delegates from 9 organizations working on chronic NCDs in Cameroon.
Prof. Jean Claude Mbanya, who was the Care Taker Chair, was re-elected as Chair, Dr. Flore Ndembiyembe of the Cameroon Coalition to Counter Tobacco was elected as Chair Elect, and other Board members were also elected.
This mandate will require the leadership team to forge an advocacy agenda to ensure a collective voice for NCD prevention and control in Cameroon for civil society. This comes at a time when persons living with chronic NCDs have greatest risk of dying from COVID-19. This is their first challenge.
We say Congratulations! 🎊🎊🎆
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RADA is a civil society organization with mission to promote community development by building bridges to sustainable solutions in the domains of peace, health, education, agriculture and technology”.
Each of these domains are equally important towards reaching our vision and mission to see sustainable development in our communities. You can know more about our work on NCDs by visiting our website HERE
