- Angola Briefing Note
The main public health threat is epidemics, particularly malaria, diarrhea disease and meningitis; and malnutrition is a long-term consequence of food shortfall.
http://www.who.int/eha/emergenc/angola/031198.htm
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Review It - Angola Health Conditions
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.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+ao0092)
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Review It - Health Precautions
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.
http://www.traveldocs.com/ao/tips.htm
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Review It - Immunization Profile - Angola
Number of reported cases and reported percent of target population fully vaccinated, by antigen.
http://www.who.int/immunization_monitoring/en/globalsummary/countryprofileresult.cfm?C='ago'
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Review It - Meningococcal Meningitis in Angola
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. (August 24, 1998)
http://www.who.int/csr/don/1998_08_06/en/
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Review It - Outbreak of Poliomyelitis -- Angola, 1999
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.
http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00056989.htm
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Review It - World Health Organization (WHO): Angola
An overview of public health issues by the United Nations specialized agency. Topics include disease outbreaks, legislation, statistics and details on related government expenditures.
http://www.who.int/countries/ago/en/
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