Recruiting a critical mass of qualified nutrition personnel

From 2026 to 2030, the Government of Cameroon is committed to recruiting a critical mass of qualified nutrition personnel at the level of the public service and Decentralized Territorial Authorities (DTCs), in line with the priorities relating to Nutrition in Cameroon. This commitment will be accompanied by a coherence of training programs by level of qualified nutrition personnel. The various actions to be carried out will focus on revitalizing the process of mobilizing human resources in nutrition, ensuring the coherence of training programs by level for qualified nutrition personnel in the Civil Service and Decentralized Local Authorities, and on-site continuing training or various training courses. This commitment made by the government will be supported by the Ministry of Higher Education, supported by the SUN Academic & Research platform. All the sectoral users of this critical mass of qualified personnel will be involved, in particular health, agriculture, livestock, local development, the promotion of women and the family, and social affairs. The Civil Service, which is responsible for recruiting staff, will be strongly involved in this exercise, as well as the Prime Minister's Office, which is responsible for government coordination. The objective is to recruit 340 qualified personnel by 2030, in accordance with the recruitment plan adopted in the Multisectoral Plan for the Development of Nutrition in Cameroon. Monitoring will be carried out every year through the number of qualified nutrition personnel recruited/integrated at the level of the public service and Decentralized Local Authorities.