The Health Centre is situated 55 km north of Bamenda town in the North-west Province. It was set up by the Francisca Sisters in 1987 and serves a population of around 14,702. It has 68 beds with 18 staff including a resident doctor and is on the way to becoming a community hospital in scope, with a laboratory and dental unit. The maternal and child-health clinics are supplemented by monthly visits to three out-stations, and the HIV/Aids activities include prevention of mother-to-child transmission, and education and community home-based care programmes.