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In an important collaboration that demonstrates the link between education, leadership, and communal welfare, 18 students from the Private University of Angola (UPRA) embarked on a transformative journey, lending their youthfulness, energies, and intellect to the national polio campaign in Angola.

Luanda, 8 August 2023 - The Ministry of Health, with the support of WHO, held

Luanda, Angola, 3rd August 2023 – The World Health Organization (WHO) has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Private University of Angola (UPRA) aimed at fostering health research, promoting information sh

For the last seven decades, the World Health Organization (WHO), the global authority on health, has served as the nexus connecting nations, partners, and people to promote health, ensure global safety, and aid the vulnerable. Our unwavering mandate is to help everyone, everywhere, achieve the highest standard of health and well-being.

Luanda, Angola, July 12, 2023 - The smoking epidemic is one of the greatest public health threats the world has ever faced.

Luanda, Angola, 11 July 2023 - For more than five years, Angola has been experiencing an increase in meningitis cases, particularly in Huambo province, with a high lethality rate.

Luanda, 7 July 2023 - The WHO African Region has significantly improved Universal Health Coverage since 2000, driven mainly by enhanced interventions addressing infectious conditions. However, this progresses it’s not happening in other crucial areas of health, such as ensuring health security or health in all its determinants, which may undermine aspirations to achieve adequate health service coverage.

Luanda, Angola, 04 July 2023 - Despite the significant efforts that have been made to improve child health, data from IIMS/2016 show that in Angola, 44 out of every 1000 children still lose their lives before their fifth birthday due to common childhood diseases such as malaria, diarrh

Mbanza-Congo, 3 June 2023: Over the past two years, Angola has seen significant improvements in the Health Information System, an essential mechanism for responding to public health emergencies and protecting the population.  However, several challenges still need to be addressed in the epidemiological surveillance and epidemic response system, particularly regarding the capacity for case detection, notification, and investigation.

Luanda, Angola, 16 May 2023 - In a symbolic ceremony with the participation of crucial health partners, the Government of Angola and the World Health Organization (WHO) officially launched the WHO 75th anniversary celebrations with an