WHO and University of Katyavala Bwila Partner to Enhance Health Initiatives in Angola

WHO and UKB with the signed MoU

Benguela, Angola, July 9, 2024 — The World Health Organization (WHO) and the University of Katyavala Bwila (UKB) in Benguela celebrated a significant milestone today with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at enhancing health research, organising capacity-building health activities, and improving strategic decision-making through better information sharing.

A survivor's life after Ebola

An Ebola survivor walks to the survivors' clinic in Kassanda

Shafiq, a motorbike rider for over ten years, almost lost his life to the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) just over a year ago. He used to go deep into villages to pick up and drop off passengers.

Since recovering from Ebola virus disease, his life has changed as he can no longer ride long distances. He feels tired most of the time, a common symptom that has been reported by many Ebola virus disease survivors.

Enhancing results-based reporting and operational planning: WHO Sierra Leone and the Ministry of Health conduct a successful joint planning and GPW14 prioritization retreat

Cross section of participants

WHO Sierra Leone boosted its results-based management (RBM) practice and is geared to be one of the leading countries in implementing results-based management (RBM) on practical ways to ensure a learning culture is deepened in WHO program management.  WHO Sierra Leone successfully conducted a planning workshop from July 2

Strengthening Partnerships to Promote an HIV/AIDS-Free Angola

missao Lunda HIV

Angola faces a generalized Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic, with sexual transmission being key to its spread. According to the Demographic Health Indicators Survey (2015/16), the HIV prevalence rate in the general population 15-49 years is 2% and is higher amongst women. 

Strengthening Surveillance to Maintain Namibia’s Polio-Free Status

Strengthening Polio Surveillance in Namibia

Poliovirus surveillance is one of the key pillars of the global poliovirus eradication effort. The primary system to detect poliovirus transmission is surveillance for polio cases among individuals with acute flaccid paralysis (AFP), supplemented by environmental surveillance (ES).

In October 2008, Namibia was certified polio free and continued to maintain its polio free status since then. However, the country remains at high risk of importations of vaccine derived polio viruses (VDPVs) and other vaccine preventable diseases due to sub-optimal immunization coverage.