Angola News

National Health Policy Would focus on the sustainable development of the health sector

Luanda, 9 February 2006 -- A team of international experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) is currently in Angola for a ten-day mission aimed at supporting the country in the process of elaboration of its National Health Policy. A special request in this regard has been made by the Ministry of Health which is willing to finalize a National Health Policy in the next two months, with the technical support of WHO.

Luanda, 19 April 2006 -- As part of periodic consultations with the Angolan Government, the WHO Representative, Dr Fatoumata Diallo, met with the Angolan Prime Minister, Mr. Fernando da Piedade Dias Dos Santos, on Wednesday 19th April 2006 to review intersectoral actions to be taken in order to address some important health issues.

WHO and other UN Agencies support Angola and Namibia in the prevention and control of common communicable diseases along their bordersOshakati, 23 October 2006 -- The health authorities from Angola and Namibia have elaborated a joint plan of action to reactivate the prevention and control of the common communicable diseases and other issues along their borders, on specially Malaria, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Polio, Epidemiological surveillance and social mobilization. This decision has been taken at the end of a meeting held in Oshakati, Namibia, from 17th to 19th October 2006.

Luanda, 7 April 2009 -- In the past three years, Angola has witnessed a sharp decrease in rainfall as a result of climate change at the global level. During the rainy season last year, 16 of the 18 Provinces of Angola were affected by floods. Consequently, 23 407 families had no shelter and 11 401 houses and 23 facilities including health centres and hospitals were destroyed. 

The celebration in Angola of the World AIDS Day on 1st December 2010 was an opportunity for the Government of Angola and partners to continue to raise awareness to the Angolan population about HIV/AIDS, it´s social and economic impact and improve solidarity face this pandemic.

The event is one of the most visible and gives the opportunity to increase public and private partnership in Angola to expand awareness about the status of the pandemic and encouraging progress in the HIV/AIDS Prevention, treatment and care interventions.

26th January 2011 Luanda -- Partners from the international polio coalition unanimously reaffirmed their full commitment to support the efforts of the Angolan government aiming at intensifying eradication of this dreadful disease within the country.

Luanda, 7 April 2011 -- The Angolan Minister of Health, Dr. José Van-Dunem, and the Minister of Health and Social Services of Namibia, Dr. Richard Kamwi, on Tuesday 5th April 2011 signed a joint statement in which they committed themselves to coordinating and improving health interventions along the borders between the two countries.

Luanda, 10 August 2012 - Today, Angola marks a year without a new wild poliovirus case, moving the world a step closer to the final global goal of eradicating this contagious crippling disease forever. After a concerted effort to stop polio transmission the number of polio cases dropped from 33 in 2010 to five in 2011 and no cases registered in 2012.  Laboratory results have confirmed that the last case of wild poliovirus was a 14 month old child from  Uige Province in the country's north west in July 2011. 

Wednesday, 24th of April ANGOLA. A media conference was held on the third day of the African Vaccination Week in Angola to inform the national media on AVW activities in Angola.

The conference was organized into four sessions. The first session, in attendance of the National Director of Public Health, one Representative of the National Pediatrics Association, and WHO and UNICEF Representative in Angola and the WHO Official for Immunization, was directed to the main news channels of the National Radio of Angola.

Viana (Luanda/Angola), 30 March 2015 - A vaccination campaign against rabies in animals was launched on 27 March by Angolan authorities in Viana. The campaign is aiming to immunize 235 638 dogs, cats and monkeys targeting to control the current outbreak of this deadly disease that is affecting the province of Luanda, the most populous city of Angola with about 6.7 million inhabitants.