The CDC Angola office officially opened in October 2002. CDC Angola supports the Angola Ministry of Health by providing critical support for HIV surveillance and lab enhancements and by helping create a national HIV/AIDS surveillance system.
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Angola at a Glance
Population: 25,000,000
Per capita income: $7,150
Life expectancy at birth women/men: 53/50 yrs
Infant mortality rate: 95/1000 live births
Source: Population Reference Bureau 2014: Angola
Top 10 Causes of Death
Source: WHO Country Health Profiles 2012: Angola- Diarrheal Disease 13%
- Lower Respiratory Infections 12%
- Malaria 7%
- Preterm Birth Complications 5%
- Protein-Energy Malnutrition 5%
- HIV/AIDS 5%
- Birth Asphyxia & Birth Trauma 5%
- Stroke 4%
- Meningitis 3%
- Ischemic Heart Disease 3%
What CDC Is Doing
Our Stories
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CDC-Mozambique FETPs Combat Yellow Fever in Angola
June 27, 2016
Just as FETP Resident Advisor (RA) Tim Doyle was leaving CDC-Mozambique on February 3, 2016 to go to South Africa as its new FETP RA, his plans changed....
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