Establishment of the Railway station in Ngaoundéré (Adamawa-Cameroon) and its side effects: Case study of the spread of sexually transmitted infections (HIV/AIDS) from 1988 to 2004
- Country : Cameroon
- Subject : History
Keywords : Collateral damages, Dissemination, HIV/AIDS, Implantation, resurgence, Sexually Transmittable Diseases.
Abstract
Ngaoundéré was a land formerly occupied by the Mboum people. However this modest village was turned into an Islamo-Fulani city, because of Ardo Ndjobdji’s “talibés” religious quest around 1835 and carried out later on by his son Ardo Issa. The developmental dynamics impulsed in Cameroon at that time did not spare Ngaoundéré from the social realities. Thus, the inauguration of Ngaoundéré’s Railway station by the United Republic of Cameroon first President, His Excellency Elhadj Amadou Ahidjo on December 10th, 1974 led to a new pole of attraction in this cosmopolitan and crossroads city. Ngaoundéré should henceforth be the center or be the crossroads city, linking the cities of Southern Cameroon to the Northern ones on one hand, but also with neighboring countries such as Nigeria, Chad and the Central African Republic on the other. The railway station therefore facilitates mobility, as well as exchanges of all kinds. Between cultural mix, commerce, sexual practices and the spread of diseases, Ngaoundéré is now a vast in vitro laboratory where behaviors are varied. This study therefore aims at unveiling the impact of the presence of a railway station on health, by highlighting the spread and resurgence of diseases caused by sexual practices of all kinds in this city of Cameroon.
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