Angola
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Women bear the brunt of climate change in Angola
Mar 14, 2020Tehandjila Quessale’s heart sank every time her mother sent her to fetch water for their crops, up in the mountains of Angola’s southern Huila region. The 16-year-old had to leave school early and walk three hours... -
Drug shortages cripple Angola’s health service
Mar 25, 2018Apart from a few packs of medicine and plastic jars, the shelves at the Okanautoni health center in southern Angola are bare and lack basic drugs for saving lives. Hours from the nearest town in Cunene... -
UNICEF reaches children fleeing to Angola from violence in Congo
Jun 2, 2017News Hour: More than 9,000 children who have arrived at two temporary reception centers in Dundo, northern Angola, from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) need urgent support, UNICEF said today. To date, more than 25,000... -
Angola declared the end of the world’s worst yellow fever epidemic in a generation
Dec 23, 2016News Hour: Angola declared the end of the world’s worst yellow fever epidemic in a generation on Friday after a U.N.-backed vaccination campaign of 25 million people that resulted in no new cases in six months.... -
Gains in fight to control yellow fever outbreak: but response must continue
Aug 8, 2016News Hour: The yellow fever epidemic in Angola, first reported in late January 2016, appears to be declining, with no new cases confirmed in the last 6 weeks. However, WHO and partners continue to provide support...
