2005
Global Campaign on HIV/AIDS Launched in Angola
LUANDA, 08 DECEMBER 2005 – To mobilize a countrywide attention to the threat of HIV/AIDS, on the 1st of December, the Angolan Government, UNICEF and other social partners launched the Global Campaign “Children and AIDS”, with a massive youth theatre and m
Angola: a new school raises a thousand smiles
LUANDA, 17 November 2005 – The newly red and green painted primary school in Dengue municipality, about 200 km from Malange town (450 km far from Luanda, the capital of Angola) makes for a stark contrast with the surrounding community clay houses covere
Angola starts actions in favor of OVCs
LUANDA, 08 November 2005 - Angola started on 07 November 2005, the process to implement a Rapid Analysis, Appraisal and Action Plan (RAAAP), in line with the fourth “P” of the Globa Campaign on Children and AIDS, that is already a National issue in the p
Conference of Lusophone countries explores ways to improve birth registration systems
LUANDA, 19 September, 2005 – The Community of the eight Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) participated on a two day International Conference on Birth Registration hold in Luanda, Angola, from 15 to 16 September 2005
HIV/AIDS Campaign in Angolan Schools
LUANDA, 05 September 2005 – In its daily column “Falou & Disse” (Spoke and Said), the 13th August 2005 edition of Jornal de Angola National newspaper featured responses of two students among eight interviewed about the importance of sex education.
Angola introduces information technology for Effective Water and Sanitation management
LUANDA, 30 AUGUST 2005 – How many people have clean water in Angola? Where and what is the functional status of all water facilities? Who is using proper sanitation systems?This information – crucial at this stage of the development of Angola – is lacki
Satellite at the service of Education
LUANDA, 19th of August 2005 – The signing of an agreement contemplating financial support for the improvement of primary education in Angola took place on Friday the 19th between the Government of Norway, represented by Alida Endresen, Interim Trade atta
Angola in the front line against Polio
LUANDA, 15 August 2005 - Angolan vice-Minister of Health, Dr. Jose Van-Dunem, announced Wednesday, 10th, in Luanda that 95% of the estimated 5.3 million children have been vaccinated successfully against polio during the first round of the National Immun
National Immunization Days Combat Polio
LUANDA, 29 July 2005 – More than 5 million Angolan children under five are targeted for vaccination against the polio virus in the first of three National Immunization Days to take place today, tomorrow and Sunday in all 18 provinces.
South Africa hosts a preparatory consultation for the UN Study on Violence against Children
The Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Consultation for the UN Secretary General’s Study on Violence against Children is being organized in South Africa from the 18-20 July.
UNICEF Hails Major New U.S. Funding for Malaria
WASHINGTON, 30 June 2005 – UNICEF hailed the announcement today of a major new initiative by the United States to fund the prevention and treatment of malaria in Africa, calling the
Polio Case found in Luanda
Luanda, 28th June 2005 – The Ministry of Health announced Tuesday in Luanda that one polio case has been detected in a one year old child girl living in Kikolo commune, in Cacuaco municipality, in the Luanda Province.
Children at the top of the government's agenda
Luanda, 13th June 2005 - In the run up to this year’s African Child Day, Angolan government is dedicating three entire days to revise strategies and budgets to ensure children survive up to their fifth birthday, have access to quality education and are sp
UNICEF commemorates Africa Malaria Day near Marburg victims
Luanda 25 April 2005 – Today UNICEF’s Representative in Angola, Mario Ferrari, joined a delegation of the MoH and WHO travelling to the northern province of Uige, to commemorate the Africa Malaria Day and stress the need for bold action to make effective
Ministry of Health and UNICEF mobilize 1,500 scouts to inform about Marburg
LUANDA, 15 April – Tomorrow, 1,500 scouts mobilized by the Ministry of Health with the support of UNICEF, will go around Luanda informing its inhabitants of the Marburg hemorrhagic fever.
UNICEF behind major campaign to fight Marburg outbreak
UIGE, Angola, 12 April 2005 – Following the deadly Marburg outbreak in Angola and recent attacks on World Health Organization (WHO) surveillance teams in the Northern Province of Uige, UNICEF is supporting the Ministry of Health and WHO in a major multi-media campaign designed to provide targeted and accurate information about the disease.
Urgent appeal for funds to fight Marburg epidemic
LUANDA, Angola, 8 April 2005 – The United Nations appealed urgently today for funds to step up the fight against the Marburg outbreak in Angola, which is the largest such outbreak ever recorded.
UNICEF supports campaign to prevent spread of Marburg in Angola
LUANDA, 28 March 2005- UNICEF is supporting WHO and the Angolan Ministry of Health in its efforts to prevent the spread of an epidemic caused by the Marburg virus that has killed 111 people, including 92 children under 15 years of age.
Three million Angolan children targeted by live-saving health days
Luanda, 14th March 2005 – Angola’s commitment to reduce child mortality through routine vaccination and increased access to basic health care moves up a gear. Led by the Ministry of Health, an unprecedented social mobilization intervention promoting massi
