Information on HIV and AIDS

Part of the community development program that HINT runs is HIV and AIDS awareness and education. As part of this campaign of awareness we have dedicated this section of our website to information on HIV. Many basic topics surrounding HIV will be covered giving you a basic overview. There are many myths surrounding HIV look [...]

Heather Talbot Completes her first HIV Seminar

[simage=811,288,y,right]HIV/AIDS in Cameroon in 2005 Adults aged 15-49 with HIV/AIDS = 470,000 New HIV infections, 2006 and Adult HIV prevalence (%) = 5.4 Women age 15-49 with HIV/AIDS = 290,000 Children with HIV/AIDS = 43,000 AIDS orphans (ages 0-17) = 240,000 AIDS deaths = 46,000 Source: unaids.org Part of our mission at HINT is to [...]

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Community Health Centres

Making it possible for the local community to have access to affordable health care. Through our Health Centre at Bonduma in Buea, we are providing health counseling, free consultation, free medication (some sold at very low cost) to people from about three villages, Wotolo, Lower Bonduma, Upper Bonduma The commencement of the Health Centre was [...]

HIV & AIDS Education & Prevention

Sensitisation, Prevention, Counseling, Training Community Educators. We have been involved extensively in HIV/AIDS work for the past 3 years. Several dozens of Community Leaders have been trained as HIV Educators through our free seminars. The training is targeted at equiping them to become effective HIV Educators within their Communities. Here are some photos of our [...]

Ekona Medical Outreach assists over 2000 people

[simage=1184,200,y,left]The Medical Outreach that was recently conducted in Ekona by Helps International (HINT), reached over 2000 people with life-saving information on HIV/AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Basic Hygiene and Sanitation. A total of 756 diagnosis were made as follows: Malaria 311, General Body Pains 65 Hypertension 45, Diabetes 44, Typhoid 38, Rheumatic Arthritis/Fever 31, Urinary [...]

Over 1000 people sensitised on HIV/AIDS on February 11, 2008

[simage=1153,200,y,left]As Cameroonians celebrated the11th of February 2008 as the youth day, HINT, HINT HED, Elizabeth Embry and Rachelle Clune, both volunteers from the U.S.A used the occasion to sensitize the youths on the dangers of STD’S and AIDS. Over 1000 people were sensitized and a good number went home with flyers, male and female condoms [...]

Helen completes last HIV Seminar

Helen Savage ran her last HIV Educators Seminar this week. She is due to return to England this Friday after volunteering with HINT for over 3 months. While here Helen donated so much of her business and medical skills to HINT and the Buea community as a whole. She spent time researching strengths and weaknesses [...]

HINT-HED educates over 200 people on HIV/AIDS at Mile 16

On August 1, 2007, HINT-HED (HINT HIV Educators Group) educated more than 200 people at Mile 16 during an outreach organized by Commonwealth Students Union at the University of Buea. Led by Helen Savage from the UK volunteer the group, at the LEFEM hall at mile 16 carried out a PowerPoint projection on HIV/AIDS followed [...]