Douglas Fountain, Executive Director of Christian Connections for International Health (CCIH) has affected a 2-day visit to the Cameroon Baptist Convention (CBCHS), which is a local partner organization to CCIH. The purpose of the Executive Director’s visit to Cameroon was to assess the health situation and the funding environment of partner organizations in the country.

The CEO of CCIH was received in Mutengene, SW region, Tuesday, June 23, 2026 by the Director of Health Services (DHS), Samuel Ngum who led his august guest to visit some key CBCHS facilities in that region namely: Central Pharmacy, the Reference Laboratory at the Health Services Complex, Baptist Hospital Mutengene and the Rehabilitation Training Center of Excellence, RTCE, Ombe.

Wednesday, June 24 in Bamenda, the Executive Director of Christian Connections for International Health (CCIH) visited key departments of Nkwen Baptist Hospital, made courtesy call on all the departments of the CBC Central Administration before settling down in the DHS Conference Hall to receive a presentation of an overview of the CBCHS aptly done by the Executive Officer for Operations and Development in the Director of Health Services’ Office.

At each point, the Executive Director of Christian Connections for International Health (CCIH) asked critical questions, which answers provided a platform for the leaders to think on how to improve either on their services or on the partnerships with other departments and organizations. For instance, the Director of Evangelism and Missions, Rev. Dr. Paul Mokake was stimulated to share how valuable a recent workshop organised by the Ecumenical Pharmaceutical Network (EPN) and the CBCHS reflected the synergy between health and the church in the area of humanitarian response.

Amazed with the expanse of the CBCHS covering all 10 regions of Cameroon, Douglas Fountain described the CBCHS as a robust and forward-looking health system. The CEO of CCIH said, the CBCHS is a voice to trust and a leader in the international scene that cannot be ignored. He applauded the strategic leadership of the CBCHS and challenged them to venture into those activities that seem like failure.

Quizzed on what stroke him the most throughout the visit, the Executive Director of Christian Connections for International Health (CCIH) named the manufacturing of Hesco Water and IV fluids at the Central Pharmacy. He confessed that in all his travels in Africa, organizations claim to manufacture but he has never witnessed example that he saw in CP Mutengene.

Douglas Fountain returns to CCIH, the global health network based in the USA with a catalogue of challenges facing the CBCHS as enumerated by the DHS, Samuel Ngum and corroborated by Mr. Warri Denis, Deputy Director of Health Services for Administration and Finance (DDAF). How CCIH intends to support the CBCHS to overcome these challenges would constitute the basis of the future of this great partnership.