A working clinic, set up where there isn’t one
An AFCA medical campaign is not a talk or a leaflet drop. It is a temporary but complete clinic, assembled in a community for as long as it takes to see everyone who comes.
We arrive with licensed clinicians, diagnostic equipment and medication. We set up in a school, town hall, place of worship or local health centre. Patients register, are triaged, see a doctor, are tested where necessary, and collect their medicines — without paying anything at any stage.
- Registration and triage on arrival
- Consultation with a licensed doctor
- On-site screening and basic laboratory testing
- Free medication dispensed the same day
- Referral for anyone needing further care
What every campaign delivers
Each campaign is staffed according to what the community needs, but these services form the core of every outreach.
General consultations
Every patient is examined by a licensed doctor with time to describe their symptoms and receive a clear diagnosis and explanation.
Free medication
Prescribed medicines are dispensed on the day from our own pharmacy table, with dosage explained in the language the patient understands best.
Screening and testing
Blood pressure, blood sugar, malaria testing, body mass index and other basic checks that catch serious conditions before they become emergencies.
Maternal and child health
Antenatal advice, child health checks, nutrition guidance and counselling for mothers, with referral for anyone needing supervised delivery.
Health education
Practical group sessions on malaria prevention, hygiene and sanitation, nutrition, family planning and the warning signs of chronic disease.
Referral and follow-up
Patients needing surgery, imaging or specialist attention are documented and linked to partner hospitals and district health facilities.
From first contact to follow-up
Outreach only works when it is planned with a community rather than dropped on it. Every AFCA campaign moves through the same stages.
Identifying the community
We look for places where the distance to care is greatest — villages far from a functioning facility, districts with few clinicians, or neighbourhoods where cost keeps people away. Requests from community leaders and councils feed directly into this.
Assessment and planning
We work with local leaders and health authorities to understand what people are actually presenting with, how many to expect, and what the community can contribute in venue and mobilisation.
Recruiting the team
Volunteer doctors, nurses, midwives, pharmacists and laboratory scientists are recruited for the date. Non-clinical volunteers handle registration, crowd management and logistics.
Sourcing medication and consumables
Medicines, test kits and consumables are procured or donated in advance, matched to the conditions we expect to treat.
Outreach day
Registration, triage, consultation, testing, treatment and the pharmacy all run on site. We work until the last patient who arrived has been seen.
Referral and follow-up
Cases needing further care are referred to partner facilities with documentation. The community is left with clear health guidance to continue with.
Foumban, Noun Division, West Region
Our most recent medical campaign took the AFCA volunteer team to Foumban, the historic seat of the Bamoun people in the Noun Division of Cameroon’s West Region.
Working alongside community leaders, our doctors, nurses and pharmacists set up a temporary clinic and opened it to everyone who came. Residents received free consultations with a licensed doctor, free screening for conditions such as raised blood pressure, high blood sugar and malaria, and free medication dispensed on the spot. Patients whose condition needed further attention were referred on to health facilities in the district.
Where we run campaigns
AFCA is a national organisation. We are not confined to one town or region — we go where the distance to care is greatest and the need is clearest, from the Grassfields of the West to rural settlements in the North, and from peri-urban neighbourhoods to villages that see a doctor only when one is brought to them.
Communities, councils, chiefdoms and health districts can ask us to come. Requests are assessed against need, access and the capacity of our volunteer team.
Regions of Cameroon we serve
Outreach is planned region by region, based on need and on partnership with local health authorities.
Behind every free consultation
Nothing about an outreach is free to run — it is free to the patient because someone else covered it. These are the things a campaign depends on.
Medication and consumables
The single largest cost. Antimalarials, antibiotics, analgesics, antihypertensives, dressings, gloves and test kits, matched to what we expect to treat.
Diagnostic capacity
Blood pressure monitors, glucometers, rapid test kits and the reagents to run them. Screening is what turns a consultation into early detection.
Clinical volunteers
Doctors, nurses, midwives, pharmacists and laboratory scientists giving their time. The care itself is donated — but only if enough people volunteer.
Transport and logistics
Moving a team, equipment and medication to a community that is hard to reach, and back again.
Venue and set-up
Usually contributed by the host community — a school, town hall, place of worship or health centre, with tables, chairs and space for privacy.
Mobilisation
Getting word out in advance so the people who most need care actually know we are coming, and turn up.
Help make the next campaign happen
Fund the medication, join the clinical team, or bring an AFCA outreach to your own community.