Cameroon Clamps Down On Illicit Clinics

Yaounde — Cameroon is cracking down on more than a thousand illegal clinics and medical training institutions that have sprung up mainly in the capital, Yaoundé, and the coastal city of Douala.

Some clinics simply operate without a licence; others are run illegally from private homes. Some owners clandestinely use licences obtained under a so-called Common Initiative Group (CIG) - a government scheme to ease the establishment of not-for-profit self-help groups, which are exempt from taxation and need no proof of initial capital - to run clinics.

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