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World Health Organization (WHO) - Angola
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Strengthening active cholera case finding in Angola

As more cases are identified through active search and appropriately treated, fewer deaths are recorded

One morning in late January 2025, Julia Armando found her 68-year-old mother collapsed on the floor, suffering from severe diarrhoea and vomiting. “It’s a situation I’ve never seen before… it was a shock to see my mother lying on the floor without strength,” she says. Armando rushed her mother to…

World Health Organization (WHO) - Angola
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Cholera vaccination campaign in Angola: A coordinated response to save lives

The aim is to stop the spread of the disease and protect the population to prevent further loss of life

After weeks of anguish and uncertainty, the sun shines again in the Paraíso neighborhood in Cacuaco. In his wheelchair, António is wheeled towards the vaccination team at the local community center. Once filled with worry and sadness, his gaze now conveys relief and gratitude. The cholera that devastated so many…

World Health Organization (WHO) - Angola
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Cholera Vaccination Campaign in Angola: Protection and Prevention for All

The campaign aims to vaccinate as many people as possible in the most affected areas to ensure minimum coverage of at least 80% of the eligible population

On February 3rd and 4th, around one million people, including children and adults, will be vaccinated against cholera in Luanda, Bengo and Icolo e Bengo. The initiative, led by the Ministry of Health, has the support of The World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the…

World Health Organization (WHO) - Angola
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Promoting creative expression in the mental health approach

On October 10, 2024, the world celebrated World Mental Health Day, a global occasion dedicated to raising awareness about mental health, fighting stigma and mobilising efforts to promote its support

Tito Vicente Samossi Joaquim, artistically known as Tito Vibes, is a young artist who has found a way to express his dreams, struggles, and aspirations for the future in painting. Born in the Santa Tereza neighbourhood of Viana, where, from an early age, his joy was drawing, Tito filled his…

World Health Organization (WHO) - Angola
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Angola receives vaccines to fight cervical cancer

Figures from the Angolan Cancer Control Institute reveal that in Angola, 915 cases of cervical cancer were treated in 2022 alone, around 17 per cent of all cancer cases

More than 1,400,000 doses of vaccines against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV), scientifically recognised as the leading cause of more than 90% of cervical cancer, arrived in Angola today for the immunisation of girls aged 9 to 12, as part of the national strategy for prevention and protection against cervical cancer.…

World Health Organization (WHO) - Angola
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Angola holds a comprehensive review and methodological meeting to speed up vaccination

Angola needs to reinforce the immunisation of children against polio due to an ongoing outbreak caused by the importation of the virus from neighbouring countries

To ensure that all children are vaccinated and protected from vaccine-preventable diseases, the Ministry of Health, with the support of the WHO, is holding a methodological meeting in Luanda on 20, 21 and 22 August with the participation of partners and health technicians from all the country’s provinces. According to…

World Health Organization (WHO) - Angola
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Protecting Angolan children from vaccine-preventable diseases

Despite the progress that has been made, Angola still faces several challenges in terms of increasing immunization indicators and reducing vaccine-preventable deaths

After graduating from medical school in 2012, Fadário had a dream: to help get as many Angolan children vaccinated as possible, to reduce vaccine-preventable deaths. Thanks to the joint efforts of government authorities at all levels, national and international partners, civil society and the population in general, Fadário has witnessed…

World Health Organization (WHO) - Angola
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World Health Organization (WHO) carries out mission to eradicate dracunculiasis in Angola

The Ministry of Health has implemented all the interventions recommended by the WHO, including community-based surveillance, vector control and the proactive trapping of domestic animals

Angola is one of five countries where dracunculiasis has not yet been eradicated. Between 2018 and 2020, human cases were identified in Cunene province, making the country endemic for this disease. Dracunculiasis is a parasitic disease caused by Dracunculus medinensis, a long white worm that can measure between 60 and…

World Health Organization (WHO) - Angola
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Strengthening Partnerships to Promote an Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/AIDS-Free Angola

According to the Demographic Health Indicators Survey (2015/16), the HIV prevalence rate in the general population 15-49 years is 2% and is higher amongst women

Angola faces a generalized Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic, with sexual transmission being key to its spread. According to the Demographic Health Indicators Survey (2015/16), the HIV prevalence rate in the general population 15-49 years is 2% and is higher amongst women.  The HIV epidemic is mostly concentrated in urban…

World Health Organization (WHO) - Angola
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Angola aims to vaccinate over 5 million children to ensure a polio-free nation

After Angola reported poliovirus imported from neighbouring countries, the fight against polio gained momentum in the Lóvua refugee settlement

"I'm delighted because my children are protected against polio" — Lucie Lusungu. During chaos, sometimes you can only find relief away from home. Memories are left behind because being safe is now worth more than anything. The experience of migration is a determining factor in health and well-being. Lucie Lusungu and her…

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