Rapports

Four months have passed without a single case of yellow fever related to the outbreak in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, thanks to the joint response activities of national health authorities, local health…

Uíge - The Japanese ambassador to Angola, Kuniaki Ito, ensured on Tuesday in Luanda his government availability to continue assisting the demining projects and construction of schools in Angola. Speaking to Angop, the diplomat ensured that the…

Highlights Increasing rates of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) reported in Huila and Cunene provinces; 16,000 children with SAM admitted at health facilities. 300,000 children need support in education; The funding gap for the humanitarian response stands at 82 per…

The signing of a new agreement in Angola leads the way for UNFPA to accelerate progress towards universal access to sexual and reproductive health, voluntary family planning and safe motherhood in the country. The UNFPA Angola Country…

Highlights • An estimated 1.42 million people (756,000 children) are affected by the drought, including 800,000 people food insecure in the provinces of Cunene, Namibe and Huila. • In 2016, the estimated caseload of children with severe acute malnutrition…

By Marcos Gonzalez, Heitor Lourenço and Manuel Francisco After living through the worst outbreak of yellow fever in decades, Angola is celebrating the absence of any confirmed cases since late June. But the battle is far from…

Ondjiva - The governor of southern Cunene province, Kundi Paihama, Sunday encouraged the population of the commune of Chiedi, Namacunde district, to invest in digging water holes to minimize the drought situation facing the communities. The official,…

KEY UPDATES Angola epidemiological update (as of 20 October): The last confirmed case had symptom onset on 23 June. Two new probable cases without a history of yellow fever vaccination were reported from Kwanza Sul province in the last…

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY When it was launched in 2005, the goal of the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) was to reduce malariarelated mortality by 50% across 15 high-burden countries in sub-Saharan Africa through a rapid scale-up of four…

KEY UPDATES  Angola epidemiological update (as of 13 October): The last confirmed case had symptom onset on 23 June. Forty-five probable cases were reported in the last four weeks. Phase two of the vaccination campaign is ongoing, targeting more…