About
About the Town Hall
A volunteer forum of Cameroonian health professionals, meeting since the first months of COVID-19.
Our story
Born in a pandemic, built to last
In 2020, health professionals in Cameroon and the diaspora came together to support the country’s COVID-19 response. The forum outlived the emergency.
Today it meets every other Saturday on Zoom: one expert, one theme and open questions from the floor. Each session is recorded, and its minutes and policy brief are published here.
Milestones
Six years at a glance
- 2020Founded during the first months of COVID-19.
- 2021Settles into a fortnightly schedule with a new theme each session.
- 2022The Minister of Public Health joins for the first time, in December.
- 2023The Ministry’s diaspora working group holds its first meeting.
- 2024 to 2026The 100th session in May 2024, then sessions on global health funding cuts, the Lusaka Agenda and cancer screening.
The team
One collective, many voices
The Town Hall belongs to its members. These volunteers chair, moderate in English and French, and document every session.
Dr. Munoh Kenne Foma
Internist, haematologist and medical oncologist, United States
Elvis N. Ndansi
Public health leader and founder, Unite for Health Foundation, New York
Dr. Alison Wiyeh
Clinical epidemiologist, Seattle
Dr. Bryan Tegomoh
Physician-epidemiologist, health AI and biosecurity
Dr. Jean Claude Njabou Katte
Public health physician and diabetes researcher, Exeter, UK
Dr. Christelle Jouego Tagne
TB and HIV physician, Yaoundé
Dr. Marthe-Sandrine Mpollo
Life scientist and co-founder of NaYa, Montreal
Dr. Louisa Viban
Family physician, Canada