The main public health threat is epidemics, particularly malaria, diarrhea disease and meningitis; and malnutrition is a long-term consequence of food shortfall.

Logistical problems with supply and distribution of equipment as well as the lack of physical security impeded the provision of health care throughout the country.

A concept developed in 1992 by a group of Health Workers comprising activities related to health research and management. Our concerns are essentially based on the utilization of Statistics, Epidemiology, Informatics, Research, Information Systems and Planning methodologies by health workers in Angola.

Much of the health care is free and is carried out by Angolan paramedics who travel to villages teaching basic medical skills and preventive care.

All visitors over one year of age arriving from infected areas must have a yellow fever vaccination certificate. Hepatitis B, malaria, cholera, trachoma, schistosomiasis, river blindness, and sleeping sickness are all hazards.

Health services in Angola have deteriorated since the 1980's mainly due to the war. As a result the people in Angola have very limited access to health services and those that do exist are poorly resourced and badly managed.

Number of reported cases and reported percent of target population fully vaccinated, by antigen.

In Angola, more than 80% of babies are delivered at home. While delivery is a celebrated event for the family and community, for women and newborns it is an experience filled with risk.

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Following the information posted on 6 August 1998, the Ministry of Health in Angola has now reported a total of 1113 cases of meningococcal meningitis from the four affected provinces of Bié, Malange, Huambo and Lunda Norte.

Many case patients resided in overcrowded municipalities where families displaced by civil war had settled. Ministry of Health suspected the outbreak was poliomyelitis and began planning a vaccination campaign to control the epidemic.

More than 600 cases have occurred since March, most of whom were among children younger than five years old. At least 39 people have died. The first cases were reported in the capital city of Luanda and neighboring areas in Bengo province.