Table 2 Competent authorities at POEs and competency areas in Cameroon, 2020

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