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The Republic of Cameroon

five regions. These schools charge fees that are five to ten times those levied by state schools. Nevertheless, they offer short professional-training programmes in areas such as accounting, management, journalism, and Internet technologies, so they are popular with students.  Health · The quality of health care is generally low · Outside the major cities, facilities are often dirty and poorly equipped. · Endemic diseases include dengue fever, filariasis, leishmaniasis, malaria, meningitis, schistosomiasis, and sleeping sickness · The HIV/AIDS seroprevalencerate is estimated at 5.4% for those aged 15­49, although a strong stigma against the illness keeps the number of reported cases artificially low  Geography and climate · At 475,442 square kilometers, Cameroon is the world's 53rd-largest country.It is comparable in size to Papua New Guinea and somewhat larger than the U.S. state of California