Informes

Highlights Angola has been responding to a Yellow Fever epidemic outbreak since December 2015, As of May 2016 2,954 suspected cases had been recorded (819 confirmed cases -482 cases of Luanda and 337 cases in other provinces)…

I. Key Highlights WHO proposed the scale up of the response activities to yellow fever in Angola. This will include ensuring a permanent presence in high risk provinces,. Planning of scaling up is under way A progress review mission…

Luanda - The maternity ward of the Luanda General Hospital (HGL) will reopen on Friday after six years the health facility had been idle due to rehabilitation works. This was said to Angop by the director of…

Luanda, 5 June 2016 – Angola today kicked off global celebrations of World Environment Day with a pledge to combat the illegal trade in wildlife, which is part of wider global environmental crime, costing up to…

Highlights An estimated 1.42 million people are affected (including 756,000 children) by the drought, including 800,000 people food insecure in the provinces of Cunene, Namibe and Huila. There is an estimated 95,877 children with severe acute malnutrition…

Cuito Cuanavale - Three hundred landmines, of which 116 anti-personnel and 185 anti-tank, were destroyed from February to May this year in the city of Cuito Cuanavale, southern Cuando Cubango province, by the British NGO, The…

SUMMARY A yellow fever outbreak was detected in Luanda, Angola late in December 2015. The first cases were confirmed by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) in South Africa on 19 January 2016 and by the…

Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of WHO Commentary 30 May 2016 The possibility that a mosquito bite during pregnancy could cause severe brain damage in newborn babies has alarmed the public and astonished scientists. The Zika outbreak in the Americas…

Malanje - At least 1,397 vulnerable people were assisted with foodstuffs during the first four months of the year in northern Malanje province, said Tuesday the provincial director of Social Welfare, Isabel Roque dos Santos. In the…

Cela - At least 30 explosive devices and 350 various ammunitions were destroyed Tuesday in this city by the demining brigade stationed in this mining district. According to the brigade commander, Major Antonio Caterça were destroyed 350…