CAM-HERO
2024
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
is now CLOSED
Email: camhero2021@gmail.com
Tel: +237 681631178
CAM-HERO 2022:
A Resounding Success
The 2022 edition of the Cameroon HIV/AIDS Operational Research Forum (CAM-HERO) was a resounding success. Held from December 1-3 in Kribi, the conference brought together government officials and research representatives to discuss “Research for Health Care and Policy on HIV/AIDS”.
We received 65 abstracts, with 16 selected for oral presentations, 16 for poster presentations, and 3 as late-breaking abstracts. The three-day event included research methodology training, engaging sessions, and insightful discussions, all under the guidance of the Ministry of Public Health.
OUTCOMES OF CAM-HERO 2021
The second Cameroon HIV Research forum (CAM-HERO) conference was held in Kribi on the 18th and 19th October 2021. The theme of this conference was “Research for Policy and Care”. At the 2021 event, the research priorities for accelerating the achievement of three 95 HIV goals in Cameroon were unveiled. Out of the more than 80 abstracts received, 16 were selected for oral presentation, 12 for poster presentations and 3 as late breaking abstracts. There was a wide range of discussions, ranging from ethics, administrative procedures, capacity building to ways to enhance effective collaboration. Of special note was the discussion on the way forward on the definition of a national HIV/AIDS research agenda.
About CAM-HERO
CAM-HERO aims to improve and optimize the pertinence, performance, and impact on decision making of HIV research in Cameroon
SPECIFIC GOALS
Dissemination of research findings and facilitate translation into policy
- Share HIV research findings in a national forum.
- Share with policy makers our research findings and implications for HIV research, care and policy
- Share our research plans and ensure its alignment with national HIV research priorities
Operational research collaboration
- Facilitate collaboration among research organizations, including mutuallization of research infrastructures when and wherever possible to accelerate implementation of collaborative research
- Minimize research implementation cost while maximizing research data resources through effective collaboration.
Capacity building
- Create a research environment that increase the competitiveness of research application form Cameroon for international fundings.
- Facilitate linkage of junior investigators interested in HIV with potential mentors while offering them the possibility to leverage the existing research infrastructure of CAM-HERO members for their own research
- Serve as a more or less formal platform to support and mentor junior investigators
Identification of new research questions
- Improve collaboration with the Ministry of Health in the identification and answering of new HIV research priority questions
- Share information on research grants and coordinate joint applications whenever possible
FIRST CAM-HERO MEETING, KRIBI – 2020
The first meeting of CAM-HERO took place on the 10th and 11th December, 2020 at Hôtel Résidence Jully, Kribi. The event was chaired by the Director of the Division of Health Operational Research (DROS), of the Ministry of Public Health, Prof. Anne Cecile Bissek. The meeting focused on issues related to ethics and HIV research, impact of COVID-19 on ART programs, Cameroon’s HIV research priorities, and opportunities for HIV research collaboration.
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