The report “Tracking 100 Core Health Indicators for Cameroon in 2017” was drafted on the basis of official reports and documents of the health and related sectors. It provides information on the evolution of the values of the 100 basic health indicators retained in 2016 by WHO and international partners and adopted by Cameroon in 2017, for the monitoring of the health of populations and the evaluation of the impact of health strategies and policies implemented. The report sets out to indicate the evolution of these health indicators in the
country over the past years. After document review, the data was analysed and presented on graphs, grouped under 04 major headings, with specifications when possible on sex, place of residence and regional distribution. With specifications,when possible, based on sex, place of residence, and a regional distribution.

Health status Indicators 

In about 20 years, the mortality rate of children under five has gone from 144.1 in 1999 to 103 per 1000 live births in 2014. In 2015, it was estimated at 87.9 per1000 live births. In the meantime, the rate of neonatal mortality was estimated at 25.7 deaths per 1000 live births, whereas it stood at 33 per 1000 in 1991. Though maternal mortality seriously increased between 1991 and 2011, going from 511 to 782 deaths per 100,000 live births, it was estimated at 596 maternal deaths per 100,000 live birthsin 2015. Cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronical respiratory diseases and diabetes were responsible for 22.4% deaths in Cameroon in 2015. The proportional (institutional) mortality of malaria dropped between 2013 and 2017 from 4351 to 3195 deaths, meaning a drop of 27. WHO estimated the suicide rate in Cameroon at 11.9 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2015 and the mortality rate from road traffic injuries at 27.6 per 100,000 in 2013. On another note, the prevalence of viral hepatitis B was at 11.9% in 2011, and AIDS affected about 660,000 people.