Cabo Verde News

Praia 31/05/2017 – Cabo Verde is raising more attention towards tobacco control and joined the rest of the World to remind us that “Tobacco is a threat to development", the theme of this year’s celebrations. Several activities, organized by the Ministry of Health and Social Security and the World Health Organization, took place all over the capital.

These actions were aimed at strengthening the fight against tobacco consumption, highlighting the associated health risks and raising awareness of the need to protect present and future generations.

Sequencing of the virus in Cabo Verde by Institut Pasteur, Dakar confirms that the Zika virus currently circulating in Cabo Verde is the same as the one circulating in the Americas - the Asian type- and was most likely imported from Brazil. This is the first time that the Zika strain responsible for the outbreaks linked to neurological disorders and microcephaly has been detected in Africa.

On the 23rd of November 2014 a volcanic eruption occurred on the island of Fogo in the archipelago of Cabo Verde. During the early hours of the eruption, critical infra-structure such as roads and telecommunications where immediately destroyed by a massive torrent of lava flow that also covered a substantial area of arable land. However, considering the slow movement of magma, the population had sufficient time to be evacuated out of the affected area. 

To mark World Aids Day 2015, the Ministry of Health, through the CCS-AIDS (Coordinating Committee for the Combat against AIDS), held the main event of the day at the National Assembly in order to discuss the HIV –AIDS pandemic both on the global level and national level.

Praia 02 December 2016 - On the 24th of November 2016, Cabo Verde was officially declared free of Poliomyelitis.

Following the declaration made in by the ARCC (Africa Regional Certification Commission for Polio Eradication), the Minister of Health and Social Security of Cabo Verde, Dr. Arlindo do Rosário, organized  a press conference on the 2nd of December  to share this important achievement with the whole nation.