Limbe Clinic is located in the South West of Cameroon. We are a faith-based health facility under the Presbyterian Church of Cameroon (PCC). We see thousands of patients every year with various conditions; from pregnant mothers to the elderly with infectious diseases, Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and emergency cases of all kinds. In the recent past, we realized that the number of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in our patients had increased – a trend in Africa that is raising concern.
Specifically, we noted that we needed to address hypertension and diabetes. With the collaboration of EPN, our facility began a proactive Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) program where we created special clinics to address hypertension and diabetes. This enabled better tracking and concentrated care. This was quite an achievement. EPN came in and trained our staff on NCD management and we later began holding the NCDs Clinics. We started conducting monthly NCD specific clinics. The first clinic drew over 30 people. We recently held our 6th clinic and over 50 people attended.
During the NCD clinics, the doctor provides the patients with information about their disease in an interactive way. With the help of IEC materials provided by the International Diabetes Federation, patients are learning more about their conditions and how to manage their daily lives. Further, the pharmacy is looped in to ensure all necessary medicines are well stocked before the clinic starts. All patients are seen on clinic day by a qualified doctor.
As an outreach effort to increase knowledge on the management of NCDs, we conduct NCD campaigns in nearby 
churches where we screen potential patients. Due to this effort, we have found several new cases of Diabetes Mellitus type II who have begun treatment. The Presbyterian Church of Cameroon (PCC) has really supported us. They have appointed a NCD focal point to support the continuation of the project. Patients are very grateful as NCD care is now closer and readily available to them.
Further, patients that come to the NCD clinics tend to bring other family members and friends to get screened and for other health services too. Therefore, the NCD clinics also generate much-needed income with the increase of patients to the facility. Our vision is that the PCC NCD Focal Point Person will assist in the scale up the project to more PCC facilities. Other PCC facilities can only benefit. It’s a win-win situation.
