CNLS

The National AIDS Control Committee (CNLS) is the body responsible for the coordination and management of the National AIDS Control Program throughout the national territory in collaboration with administrations and national and international partners. The main mission of the CNLS is to provide a national framework for interventions, to broaden the national response to the epidemic and to coordinate the implementation of activities to combat AIDS.

Historical

AIDS control activities started in Cameroon in 1986 with the creation of a National AIDS Control Program (PNLS)

A National AIDS Control Committee was created in 1998 for the coordination, monitoring and management of the National AIDS Control Program. The main mission of the CNLS is to provide a national framework for interventions, to broaden the national response to the epidemic and to coordinate the implementation of activities to combat AIDS.

CNLS missions

The CNLS's mission is to define the general policy for the fight against AIDS in Cameroon, and to ensure its application.

These include, among others:

• coordinating the management of the National AIDS Control Program;
• coordinating the management of the National AIDS Control Program;
• coordinating the management of the National AIDS Control Program;
• technical support to partners involved in the sector response;
• coordinating the national communication strategy of the National AIDS Control Committee;
• coordinating epidemiological and behavioral surveillance activities;
• monitoring and evaluation of the activities carried out.