In Angola, over 30,000 children with HIV do not receive treatment
UNAIDS, or the United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, shows that Angola has in excess of 340,000 people who live with HIV, unfortunately enough, 39,000 of them are children between the ages of 0-14 years. Further, data shows that out of these children, only 6,000 are receiving treatment, which shows...
Read moreAngola receives 1.2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from the USA
Earlier this week, the United States of America, in a partnership with Gavi, managed to deliver 1.2 million COVID-19 vaccination doses to the countries of Angola, Benin, Guinea as well as Lesotho. Of the 1.2 million vaccine doses, Angola received 418,860 doses of COVAX, while the rest of the doses...
Read moreAngolan President unveils new maternity unit in Luanda
The Angolan President, Joao Lourenco unveiled a child and maternal hospital in Luanda having a capacity of 220 beds. This hospital unit has been named “Dr. Manuel de Menezes” and is located in Camama in the Belas municipality. The new hospital has an area of 40,484 sqm with a...
Read moreAngola’s Huila province free from cholera and polio
The Angolan Health Minister, Silvia Lutucuta on Monday announced that the province of Huila has been successful in containing and wiping out the epidemics of cholera and polio. She said that there were no registered cases of these two viruses in the last two years. This is a commendable...
Read moreIn Angola, school after COVID-19 sees a lot of changes
As the COVID-19 improved, local school corporations loosened their rules in 2021/22. Each county in Angola handled COVID differently. As policies, distance, and lost activities improve, so have the pupils. In all schools, grades, enthusiasm, and attendance have improved. “I think students were glad to come back. Many said they liked being back...
Read moreAngola opens a Maternity and children’s Hospital in honor of Children’s Day
In honor of International Children’s Day, Angola marked the occasion with the launch of a new assisted maternity and children hospital with a reproduction facility in the area of Camama in Luanda, the capital of the country. The Dr. Pedro Azancot Menezes hospital based in southern Luanda was inaugurated by...
Read moreImportant Information for travellers to Angola
Here are the guidelines laid out by the government of Angola for travellers to the country. Ensure that you have taken all your COVID-19 vaccines before arriving in Angola. If you have not taken COVID-19 vaccines, do not travel to Angola.You may still be at risk of contracting the coronavirus in...
Read moreSleeping sickness tempts Angola
After coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-related disturbances endangered the establishment of control actions, progress toward the global eradication of treatment of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness, has been sustained. Gambiense and rhodesiense are the two main types of HAT. In 2021, the Gambiense type was reported in 11 endemic...
Read more14th Ebola Outbreak
A new Ebola outbreak in the Congo Democratic Republic has heightened fears about the virus’s potential for regional and international transmission. Since April 21, two people have died in this community in Mbandaka, northeastern DRC, as a result of the virus’s comeback. According to the Department Of Health (WHO), “267 interactions have...
Read moreDoctors on strike are penalized in Angola
Angola has halted payments to doctors who went on strike last week citing inadequate pay and medical supplies. “We’re just not going to pay the strikers’ wages,” Labour Minister Teresa Dias told a news conference. For the second time in four months, doctors began protesting on March 21. The most recent...
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