Health in Angola

[2] In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves only 71.0% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income.

[4] Due to lack of infrastructure and rapid urbanization, the government has been unable to promote programs that effectively address some of the basic needs of the people.

In September 2014, the Angolan Institute for Cancer Control (IACC) was created by presidential decree, and it will integrate the National Health Service in Angola.

[5] The purpose of this new center is to ensure the health and medical care in oncology, policy implementation, programs and plans for prevention and specialized treatment.

[8] Source: UN World Population Prospects[9] Malaria in Angola is very prevalent in the northern part of the country due to the climate and appears more seasonally in the south.

Angola was one of the first countries to receive aid and to have programs implemented to reduce the risk of malaria, as well as increase the number of healthy pregnancies.

[12] In 2014, Angola launched a national vaccination campaign against measles, extended to every child under ten years old in all 18 provinces in the country.

Stillwaggon states that many of the populations in Sub-Saharan Africa have a high prevalence of malnutrition, malaria, parasite infections, and schistosomiasis.

Poverty, inadequate nutrition, unclean water, poor sanitation, and unsafe health care all play a major role in the prevalence of AIDS.

[17] Despite the improvements that have been made, the Human Development Index for 2011 shows a poor level of maternal health in Angola.