ANGOLA

Country Profile

Africare began operations in Angola in 1990.

Africare remained active in Angola during the country’s civil war and through the recovery period following it. Africare/Angola’s projects have addressed…

  • Agriculture & Food Security
  • Governmental Capacity Building
  • Health, HIV & AIDS
  • Humanitarian and Emergency Relief
  • Malaria
  • Nutrition
  • Polio Eradication
  • Water, Sanitation & Hygiene
  • Women’s Empowerment

Click “Africare Programs” above to view Africare/Angola’s active programs.

Dr. Peter Wirsiy

Africare/Angola
C.P. 16194
Luanda
Republic of Angola
Phone: +244-923-304810
Fax: 244-222 351254
Email: pwirsiy@africare.org

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Success in Angola

Polio, a disease many might consider a thing of the past, struck back in Angola in 2005. After remaining polio free since 2001, Angola began seeing cases of the wild polio virus again. Because no cure for polio exists, this potentially fatal, paralysis-inducing virus needed to be contained. Unfortunately, the number of new cases increased as years passed, reaching a maximum of 33 new cases in 2010. Making the situation worse, Angola was exporting the virus to the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Namibia.

Under the leadership of the Ministry of Health, Africare has worked as part of a consortium addressing Angola’s polio situation since 2000. By training 3,650 local polio volunteers to date to conduct active polio surveillance, facilitate transport for vaccines, promote routine immunization in their communities, and refer children and pregnant women to vaccination posts, Africare empowered Angolans to overcome the disease in six of 12 project provinces. Africare will maintain its presence in high-risk areas and maintain consistent vaccination and vigilance.

PanAfricare Programs

CORE Group Malaria Initiative
Donor: ExxonMobil Foundation
Implementing Partners: World Vision, Salvation Army, Caritas and Twayavoka
Location: Cunene, Namibe, Zaire, Luanda and Uige provinces
Purpose: Improve the health of children under 5 and women by increasing access to malaria treatment

Polio Eradication Project
Donors: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; USAID
Implementing Partners: World Vision, CRS and Salvation Army
Location: Cunene, Namibe, Zaire, Luanda and Uige provinces
Purpose: Eradicate polio through building partnerships, and strengthening national and regional immunization systems

Prevention of Mother to Child HIV Transmission in Cazenga
Donors: Charities Aid Foundation; Positive Action Child Fund
Location: Cazenga Municipality, Luanda Province
Purpose: Reduce vertical transmission of HIV through increased adherence to treatment among HIV+ pregnant women

Quipungo Malaria Community Health Workers
Donor: ExxonMobil Foundation
Location: Quipungo Municipality, Huila Province
Purpose: Improve the health of children under 5 and women by increasing access to malaria treatment