Health Campaigns, Classes And Hospital Events
World AIDS Day 2026: Know Your Status
Overview: Free, confidential HIV testing and counselling, youth-friendly talks and information on protecting babies from HIV, at our HIV Care & Treatment Centre.
- Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2026
- Time: 08:00 – 15:00
Staff CPD: Emergency Obstetric & Newborn Care (EmONC) Refresher
Overview: A five-day refresher for our maternity and newborn teams on managing obstetric and neonatal emergencies, with hands-on drills and simulations.
- Date: November 23 – 27, 2026
- Time: 08:00 – 16:00
World Prematurity Day 2026
Overview: Join us in purple to celebrate premature babies and their families, learn about kangaroo mother care, and find out how to reduce the risk of preterm birth.
- Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2026
- Time: 09:00 – 13:00
Preparing for Birth: Monthly Antenatal Classes
Overview: A free monthly class for expectant mothers and their partners: signs of labour, danger signs, what to bring, breastfeeding and a visit of the maternity.
- Date: Saturday, October 3, 2026
- Time: 09:00 – 11:30
Octobre Rose 2026: Free Breast & Cervical Cancer Screening
Overview: Throughout October, come for a free clinical breast examination and VIA/VILI cervical screening, and learn breast self-examination with our midwives and gynaecologists.
- Date: October 1 – 31, 2026
- Time: 08:00 – 13:00 on screening days
YGOPH at 25: Silver Jubilee Celebrations
Overview: Twenty-five years after its inauguration, YGOPH celebrates its silver jubilee with free screening days, an open day, a scientific day and an official ceremony.
- Date: March 22 – 28, 2027
- Time: Programme across the week
Youth Week 2027: Adolescent Health Days
Overview: Ahead of Cameroon's National Youth Day, our teams take health education into schools and open our adolescent clinic for free consultations and talks.
- Date: February 1 – 5, 2027
- Time: 09:00 – 15:00
Breastfeeding & Newborn Care Workshop
Overview: A hands-on morning with our midwives and paediatric nurses: getting breastfeeding right, caring for your newborn, and recognising danger signs in the first weeks.
- Date: Saturday, January 16, 2027
- Time: 09:00 – 12:00
YGOPH’s 24th Anniversary
Overview: Twenty-four years after its inauguration, YGOPH celebrated with its staff, partners and patients, looking back at its milestones and ahead to its silver jubilee.
- Date: Saturday, March 28, 2026
- Time: 09:00 – 14:00
World AIDS Day 2025: Free HIV Testing & Counselling
Overview: Free, confidential HIV testing and counselling at the hospital and in the neighbourhood, with information on prevention and on protecting babies from HIV.
- Date: Monday, December 1, 2025
- Time: 08:00 – 15:00
World Prematurity Day 2025
Overview: We celebrated our tiny fighters and their families with talks on preventing preterm birth, kangaroo mother care demonstrations and stories from parents.
- Date: Monday, November 17, 2025
- Time: 09:00 – 13:00
Second Free Cleft Surgery Campaign of 2025
Overview: Our second free cleft lip and palate surgery campaign of the year gave more children the chance to eat, speak and smile with confidence.
- Date: October 20 – November 5, 2025
- Time: Weekdays, 07:30 – 15:30
Octobre Rose 2025: Breast & Cervical Cancer Screening Month
Overview: A month of awareness talks, breast self-examination teaching and free screening for breast and cervical cancer in our gynaecology department.
- Date: October 1 – 31, 2025
- Time: Weekdays, 08:00 – 14:00
Cervical Cancer Prevention Training with Geneva University Hospitals
Overview: YGOPH professionals joined an international training on the prevention, screening and treatment of cervical cancer, organised with Geneva University Hospitals and CHU de Yaoundé.
- Date: September 1 – 6, 2025
- Time: 08:00 – 17:00
50 Years of China–Cameroon Medical Cooperation: Shanxi Delegation Visit
Overview: YGOPH welcomed a delegation led by the Deputy Governor of Shanxi Province as China and Cameroon celebrated fifty years of medical cooperation.
- Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2025
- Time: 11:00 – 13:00
World Sickle Cell Day & Sickle Cell Week 2025
Overview: A week of free screening, family education and activities for children living with sickle cell disease, held around World Sickle Cell Day on 19 June.
- Date: June 16 – 20, 2025
- Time: 08:00 – 14:00
International Women’s Day 2025 at YGOPH
Overview: Our staff joined Cameroon's 40th celebration of International Women's Day, honouring the women who care for the country's mothers and children every day.
- Date: Saturday, March 8, 2025
- Time: 07:00 – 16:00
Free Cleft Lip & Palate Surgery Campaign
Overview: For over two weeks, our surgical teams repaired cleft lips and palates free of charge, in a campaign born of China–Cameroon cooperation.
- Date: February 12 – 28, 2025
- Time: Weekdays, 07:30 – 15:30
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YEARS IN MARCH 2027
Take Part In Our Activities
Throughout the year, YGOPH organises free screening campaigns, awareness days, antenatal classes, training workshops and institutional events. Most activities are free and open to the public, and dates are announced on this page and on our social networks.
- Octobre Rose cancer screening
- World Prematurity Day, 17 November
- Free cleft lip and palate surgery
- Antenatal and breastfeeding classes
- Training for health professionals
- Institutional events and anniversaries
NGOs, companies and associations can partner with YGOPH to organise screening or awareness campaigns in the hospital or in the community.
Health days and community campaigns
World AIDS Day 2026: Know Your Status
Overview: Free, confidential HIV testing and counselling, youth-friendly talks and information on protecting babies from HIV, at our HIV Care & Treatment Centre.
- Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2026
- Time: 08:00 – 15:00
World Prematurity Day 2026
Overview: Join us in purple to celebrate premature babies and their families, learn about kangaroo mother care, and find out how to reduce the risk of preterm birth.
- Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2026
- Time: 09:00 – 13:00
World Prematurity Day 2025
Overview: We celebrated our tiny fighters and their families with talks on preventing preterm birth, kangaroo mother care demonstrations and stories from parents.
- Date: Monday, November 17, 2025
- Time: 09:00 – 13:00
World Sickle Cell Day & Sickle Cell Week 2025
Overview: A week of free screening, family education and activities for children living with sickle cell disease, held around World Sickle Cell Day on 19 June.
- Date: June 16 – 20, 2025
- Time: 08:00 – 14:00
