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Cameroon - Health: Our death is also in our dishes we Prepare.

Foods promote the growth and maintenance of the body, but are also the cause of several deaths.
It's a fact. The human being, whatever it is, needs to eat to live. However, according to the medical profession, to be healthy, it is important to reassure not only the quality of food consumed, but especially to the safety of these. Unfortunately in the city of Yaoundé, many are consumed or to consume the other, the "anything". Maco is called partire of these people. This lady is shopping at Eton Nkol-market. It sells "Watafufu to Eru", a dish Southwest Cameroon, popular in the area.
This April 7, it is a little over 12 hours. She has just arrived at his usual place of sale, which is none other than the entry of a refreshment bar. As soon as she has filed its various coolers containing the food in question, several customers already flock to

it. Each places his order. Any transpiring, it immediately begins to serve its customers. Beside her, two girls come to her aid. While a charge to bring the meal to customers, the other two basins installed in front of water, washing and rinsing dishes that arrive as and metrs. After 10 minutes, the water, the base was colorless, now has a yellowish color and full of small vegetable sheets.
Curiously, another 10 minutes later, the same water is still used for washing and rinsing dishes are served in which customers continue to flow. In addition, the cloth used to wipe the dishes, is also used by Maco to dry hands from time to time. This is unhealthy and sue for everyone. If some decide to turn back, others against, remain major subscribers. "It is true that it is not very clean in his service, but I like eating Eru and I have no one who can prepare it for me. In addition, it vendmoins chèr some restaurants. In any case, we say that dirt does not kill the black man, so I fear nothing, "said a smiling every client.

2 million deaths per year
In fact, there are many men, women and children of the political capital to push this kind of talk when it comes to justify their dubious food consumption, increasingly sold in intersections. And yet, according to estimates from the Oms these unhealthy foods are causing 2 million deaths per year. Children being the most affected. Also, according to this non-governmental organization, foods containing bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemicals are responsible for more than 200 diseases, ranging from diarrhea to cancer.
"New threats to food safety are constantly emerging. The changes involved in the production, distribution and consumption of food ... pose as many problems of national food safety systems (...) We have the case of epidemics such as Ebola, in some African countries and Cholera in 2010 in the Far North and North Cameroon. To end these epidemics, the public authority must work for a healthy diet of the population, "said Dr. Charlotte Faty Ndiaye Who, the representative of Oms in Cameroon, on the occasion of the World Day celebrated health This April 7th.
André Mama Fouda, Minister of Health, Food Safety is a worrying situation for all, and therefore, he says, everyone has at his level by the rules of hygiene.

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