Table 2.
Competent authorities at POEs and competency areas in Cameroon, 2020
| Competent authorities at POEs | Areas of competency |
|---|---|
| Ministry of Public Health |
Information of travelers about health risks, preventive measures and facilities for management, -Ensuring sanitary control of travelers, -Ensuring cross-border epidemiological surveillance, -Ensuring transfer and protection of sick travelers, -Implementation of sanitary measures in the POE (desinsectization, deratization), sanitary inspection of conveyances, containers and cargo, -Control of medicines and psychotropic drugs |
| Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Animal Industries |
-Sanitary inspection of livestock, animal or fish products and their derivatives unfit for consumption, -Quarantine of suspect animals, -Seizure/destruction of animal or fish products and their derivatives unfit for consumption, -Issuance of sanitary travel permits for livestock and animal products travelling -Cross-border epidemiological surveillance, -Sanitary inspection of conveyances, control of transport and storage conditions of veterinary products |
| Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife | Control of forestry and wildlife products |
| Ministry of agriculture and rural development: |
-Control of agricultural and phytosanitary products, -Issuing of travel permits for controlled products, -Verification of hygiene and safety of foodstuffs for cross-border movement |
| Ministry of Environment, Nature Protection and Sustainable Development | Environmental inspection of conveyances and cargo |
| Customs |
-Provide support to other sectors, especially in the enforcement of specific laws and regulations, -Control of radiological cargo |
| Ministry of Trade | Ensures compliance with the requirements of technical regulations or standards of goods |
| Ministry of Defense (fire brigade, army, air force, navy) | Ensures the respect of order and compliance by travelers and delimits the security areas |
| General Delegation of National Security |
-Control of identity, -Provide support to other sectors to ensure security and order, -Issue of "shore pass" or visa |