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Living conditions

Health and safety

Health precautions

A certificate of vaccination against yellow fever is required for all travelers aged more than one year. The risk of of malaria, principally under the malignant form of P. falciparum exists throughout the year in the country. It is resistant to chloroquine and sulfadoxinepyrimethamine. Preventive medicine recommended: MEF.

For further information on sanitary conditions

Specialized website on health, city by city, for travelers.

For further information on safety conditions

Recommendations from the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Canada
Recommendations from the American State Department

Contacter votre ambassade

Embassy of Tunisia in Cameroon
Rue 1811 de Rotary Bastos
BP 6074 Yonder
Phone: +237 203 368
Fax: +237 210 507

Emergency numbers

Police	117
Police Station	113
Fire Brigade	118
Emergency hospitalization	119

Time difference and climate

Time and time difference

It is %T:%M %A in Yaounde (GMT+1 )

Summer time period

There is a 1 hour time-lag in summer. No time-lag in winter.

Map of the time zone

Type of climate

Sahelian in the North while it is tropical and humid in the South, thus a lot of climatic differences depending on the region. Frequent rains in the South (except in December - March and June - August) which are rarer as one travels northwards. January - February is a good period to visit. Take light clothes and something to protect from the rain in the rainy season. It is advised to wear a woolens at high altitude places.

For further information

National Meteorology of Cameroon

Average annual temperatures and rainfall

Useful resources

To find an accommodation

Directory of real-estate agencies in Cameroon

To find an apartment

NDS Immobilier. RICHARD NDEMBA ESSOUNGOU.
BLVD NLONGKAK FACE POSTE YAOUNDE
187 Yaounde
La Nouvelle Immobiliere SARL (Public Limited Compnay). 
ANNE  MARIE NTAP
Bp 7619. 2711 Douala

Renting of different types of apartments in Cameroon.

To find a job

Transport and Logistic jobs in Cameroon
Offers and applications for employment in Cameroon
Offers and applications for employment in Central  Africa

Communications

Telephone codes

To call in Cameroon from Tunisia, dial 00 (ou +) +237.
To call Tunisia from Cameroon, dial 00 (ou +) 216.

Mobile telephone standards

Cameroon is the most expensive African country with respect to mobile telephony. There is a big craze for this technology among Cameroonians.

Internet suffix

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Last updates: February 2012