In a bid to fight against AIDS,
malaria and other common diseases in Africa, Director-general of the World
Health Organization has met with officials in Angola.
Oil-rich Angola has struggled to rebuild hospitals,
clinics and other parts of its health infrastructure since emerging from a 27-year civil war in 2002. The
country has one of the world''''s worst infant mortality rates.
According to report,WHO Director-General Margaret Chan would be briefed on the financial and technical challenges facing Angola''''s health sector on her
visit this week.
Chan is expected to visit health clinics that
provide primary care to women and children and meet with UN employees and representatives of non- governmental organisations in Luanda, the Angolan capital.
``My visit is primarily intended to understand the problems that exist and what is the most effective way for the WHO to help this country," Chan told newsmen after arriving on Sunday at Luanda''''s international airport.
Angola''''s Government is presiding over an oil-fuelled boom and has earmarked more funds for health, but hospitals and clinics battle to provide basic services,
especially in rural areas that suffer from a shortage of doctors and nurses.
One quarter of Angolan toddlers and infants die before the age of five, often from measles, malaria or malnutrition, and cholera and polio also are re-emerging as major health threats in the country.
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