Key points
U.S. CDC helped Cameroon respond to COVID-19 by strengthening the country's health systems. CDC supported the establishment and upgrade of the National Public Health Laboratory to distribute, process, and report the results of COVID-19 test kits to country leaders and the World Health Organization. CDC and Cameroon's partnership contributed to a regional COVID-19 preparedness plan with an impact extending beyond Cameroon's borders.
![A man preparing the COVID-19 test kits in the lab](/global-health/media/images/cameroon_covid19_response_photo_004.jpg)
Photo essay
![Photo of Cameroon Hospital](/global-health/media/images/cameroon_covid19_response_photo_001.jpg)
![CDC Staff in Cameroon having a conversation](/global-health/media/images/cameroon_covid19_response_photo_002.jpg)
![Lady looking at the computer screen](/global-health/media/images/cameroon_covid19_response_photo_003.jpg)
![A man wearing protective gear preparing the COVID-19 test kits in the lab](/global-health/media/images/cameroon_covid19_response_photo_004.jpg)
![Woman training residents of the Field Epidemiology Training Program in classroom setting](/global-health/media/images/cameroon_covid19_response_photo_005.jpg)
![The Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 response efforts at the national Emergency Operations Center (EOC)](/global-health/media/images/cameroon_covid19_response_photo_006.jpg)
![Two people at the CDC Cameroon set up call centers](/global-health/media/images/cameroon_covid19_response_photo_007.jpg)
![Group of people at the National Public Health Laboratory](/global-health/media/images/cameroon_covid19_response_photo_008.jpg)