Rapports

Luanda - About half a million Luanda inhabitants are feared to be infected with the malaria parasite. The information was released recently by the Health minister, Luís Gomes Sambo, during a press conference in the capital, after…

Main conclusions and options for response The advancing epidemic of yellow fever in Angola in the past five months highlights the risk of infection for unvaccinated travellers, and the risk of further international spread through introduction of…

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Cereal production in southern provinces expected to decline in 2016 due to drought conditions, but prospects more favourable in central and northern areas Inflation rates increased sharply in 2015 and 2016, mostly driven by weakness…

By Obi Anyadike Editor-at-Large Angola is facing a public health emergency. Its under-funded hospitals, inadequate at the best of times, have been overwhelmed by a series of disease outbreaks, and the government has been forced to turn to…

Angola is grappling with a yellow fever outbreak, which has infected more than 450 people and killed 178 – the first epidemic of the disease to hit the country in 30 years. March 2016 - Angola is…

On 21 March, the Ministry of Health of Angola provided WHO with an update on the ongoing outbreak of yellow fever (YF), which started on 5 December 2015 in the Viana municipality, Luanda province. As of 21…

Luanda - Health ministry said that it is mobilising effort to halt the growing number of the cases of malaria recorded since the end of last year. This was said Friday by the State Secretary for Health,…

Médicos del Mundo desplaza un equipo epidemiológico para apoyar la vacunación, clave en el combate de una enfermedad que no tiene tratamiento Madrid, 18 de marzo de 2016.- Angola está enfrentándose a la primera epidemia de fiebre…

Summary A yellow fever outbreak was detected in Angola late in December 2015 and confirmed by the Regional Reference Laboratory, Institut Pasteur Dakar (IPD) on 20 January 2016. Subsequently, a rapid increase in the number of suspected…

Abidjan - The Council of Ministers of Côte d’Ivoire, gathered last Wednesday under the chairmanship of President Alassane Ouattara, adopted two communications from the Ministry for African Integration and Ivorian Citizens Abroad, relating to the voluntary…