Reports

Huambo - The minister of Health, Luis Gomes Sambo, last Tuesday in Londuimbali village, 94 kilometers off Huambo City, appealed to the citizens who still show resistance to the yellow fever vaccine to accept to be…

In late December of 2015 a patient in the dense urban area of Luanda, Angola presented with symptoms that could have been attributed to any number of tropical vector-borne diseases: a headache, body ache, fever, and…

By Marine Ronzi It is another busy day at the ’Quilômetro trinta’ market in Viana, a municipality [1] in Luanda Province. Considered as one of the country’s biggest market, ’kilometre 30’ is crowded and buzzing with activity.…

SUMMARY In Angola, as of 15 July 2016 a total of 3682 suspected cases have been reported, of which 877 are confirmed. The total number of reported deaths is 361, of which 117 were reported among confirmed…

Highlights Food insecurity is predicted to worsen from August onward; 400,000 people will be in need of food and non-food assistance. Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and global acute malnutrition (GAM) rates are still critical and expected to worsen…

· El Nino is having a devastating impact on children in the Southern Africa region forcing them into early marriage, child labour and out of school, reveals a World…

Luanda - The last phase of the vaccination campaign against yellow fever, dubbed "Last Round of combat Disease", was launched Friday in a ceremony chaired by Health Minister, Luis Gomes Sambo. The inauguration of campaign, held in…

Luanda - Angolan Government continues creating conditions to ensure that the entire population is vaccinated, said Friday in Luanda the Health minister, Luís Gomes Sambo. Luis Sambo said so at the opening of the last round of…

SUMMARY In Angola, as of 8 July 2016 a total of 3625 suspected cases have been reported, of which 876 are confirmed. The total number of reported deaths is 357, of which 117 were reported among confirmed…

The current epidemic of yellow fever, an acute viral haemorrhagic vector-borne disease, which has seen outbreaks in Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, highlights the risk of infection for unvaccinated travellers. There is also a…