By Steeves Winner

The level of homophobia in Cameroon is often an obstacle that LGBTI people encounter when they need health care. An additional challenge for many LGBTI patients is treatment for genital warts or tears in the anal margin.

That is on top of the major problem of HIV / AIDS. Nationwide, the prevalence of HIV infections is 3.4% in the general population, but 25.7% among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Douala and 45% among MSM in Yaoundé. According to health surveys, painful urination affects 12% of the MSM population while genital and anal lesions affect 9.0%.

To confront these challenges, Alternatives-Cameroon organized training sessions for doctors who work in community health centers with a particular focus on proctology care for MSM patients. Read more via 76 Crimes