History

The Ngaoundere Protestant Hospital, which is certainly the reference Hospital of all the Health Facility in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Cameroon, (OSEELC) is part of this Church. It was called a different group of Health centers which the first of them was created since the 30th 1936. So far, called the Health Facility, he becomes now Health System since 1994. The designation of Health Center was adopted since the advent of a Primary Health Care. In fact, the Health System was not going to do only the curative Health, but also the Promotional Health System between others, according to the Bamako initiative. He’s transformation in Health System is also the consequences reasoned of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Cameroon Independence, which happened in 1975. Before this date, the EELC was under the supervision of the Norwegian Missionary Society (NMS) and the American Mission (SM). It was the beginning of the camerounization of the responsibilities. Their By-Law was adopted the 10th of March 1994 and for his personals the 18th of April 1994.

The Regions

OSEELC is then the association of three Hospitals which are Districts Hospitals of (DH) and 17 Integrated Health Centers (IHC). They are pared in groups of three Regions Health Facilities around which gravitate the Health Centers Satellites:

Northern Health Region

1. Ngaoundere Protestant Hospital
2. The Balkossa Integrated Health Center
3. The Tcholliré Health Center
4. The Mbé Health Center
5. The Gadjiwan Integrated Health Center
6. The Bayara Integrated Health Center
7. The Dang Integrated Health Center

West Health Region

1. The Ngaoubéla Protestant Hospital
2. The Bankim Protestant Health Center
3. The Banyo Integrated Health Center
4. The Galim-Tignere integrated Health center
5. The Ngatt integrated Health center

East Health Region

1. The Garoua-Boula Protestant Hospital
2. The Integrated Health Center of Bertoua
3. The Integrated Health Center of Woumbou
4. The Integrated Health Center of Gbatoua-Godolé
5. The Integrated Health Center of Meiganga
6. The Integrated Health Center of Fada

Sides structures

Beside these Health Centers , OSEELC disposed the annex structures which are:

• The Foubarka Leprosies (Mbé)
• The Ngaoundere Dental Clinic
• The Ngaoundere Lutheran Eye Clinic (CLON)

Direction's services

The OSEELC Direction (DOSEELC) is based in the state level of the Ngaoundere OSEELC. Dr. Daniel SALPOU is the actual Director. OSEELC Direction is composed by services which are:

• The Divisional of Hospital Affairs
• The Divisional of Communication service
• The Divisional of Human Resources (DHR)
• The Divisional of Financial service
• The Divisional of Project Management
• The Divisional of Pharmaceutical Service
• The Chief of Information Technology
• The Divisional Chief of Biomedical Service

Partners

OSEELC is working with the collaboration of Partners as follows:

• A Representative from the Ministry of Health Public
• A Representative from the Norwegian Mission Society (NMS)
• A Representative from the American Mission Society (ELCA)
• A Representative from CEVAA
• A Representative from the Germany Medical Faculty University of Greifswald
• A Representative from Medical and Biomedical Sciences University of Yaoundé 1
• A Representative of Medical and Biomedical Science Faculty of University of Banganté Cameroon
• A Representative of Duluth University of Minnesota USA
• A representative of Saint Mary’s Clinic Duluth (SMDC)
• A representative of Tromso University
• A representative of Stord/Haugesund nurse University (Norway)
• A representative of Colureom
• A representative of Ecumenical Pharmaceutical Network (EPN)
• A representative of Pacanet
• A representative of Pan African Academy of Christian Surgeons (PAACS)
• A representative of Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Board (CBCHB)
• A representative of Global Health Ministries
• A representative of ALES