Author: web desk

Benguela – The provincial governor of Benguela, Luís Nunes, asked Monday in this city for a more active participation of the people of Benguela in the management of the several administrative processes in favour of the common welfare.

According to Luis Nunes, who was speaking at the presentation ceremony of the new municipal administrator of Benguela, Paula Correia, work should be done with all and for all, in order to solve the various problems that still affect the community.

“The unconditional support of the population to the new administrator is of capital importance to raise Benguela to the level it deserves. This will only be possible with the support of the residents in identifying and defining strategies to solve the social problems that affect the population”, he emphasised.

The governor assured, on the other hand, that he would continue to bet on gender to administer the province, given the skills, technical and leadership capacity that women have shown over the years.

Luís Nunes took the opportunity to highlight the work done by the outgoing female administrator, for her performance and knowledge during her mandate at the mother municipality of the cities.

Meanwhile, the new Benguela municipal administrator, Paula Mariza Correia, said that the current social conjuncture still conditioned the execution of some projects, but she believes that with union and solidarity of the citizens it will be possible to overcome difficulties.

 

 

 

Source: Angola Press News Agency

 

Luanda – Angola registered, in the last 24 hours, 57 new cases, 28 recovered patients and two deaths.

According to Secretary of State for Public Health Franco Mufinda, amongst the new cases 43 are in Luanda, five in Huambo, four in Zaire, three in Cabinda, one in Namibe and the same number in Malanje.

The list includes 34 men and 23 women between the ages of two and 89.

The deaths, which involve two Angolans, were registered in Cuando Cubango province, with one, and in Huíla, also with one.

As for those recovered, 21 reside in Luanda, five in Huíla and two in Malanje.

The laboratories processed 231 samples.

There are 71 people in institutional quarantine centres and 2,401 under epidemiological surveillance.

Angola has a total of 38,613 positive cases, with 891 deaths, 32,891 recovered and 4,903 active cases. Of those active, 14 are in critical condition, 28 severe, 53 moderate, 18 with mild symptoms and 4,790 asymptomatic.

 

 

Source: Angola Press News Agency

 

On the 24th June 2021, as part of World Health Organization Eritrea support to Ministry of Health for the continuity of essential health services on Maternal and Newborn health, WHO Eritrea delivered vital Infection prevention and Control (IPC) equipment, that will significantly contribute to the effectiveness of Infection prevention and Control Interventions in the Eritrean Maternity Waiting Homes that valued at 162,000.00 Nakfa.

Maternity waiting homes are residential facilities where women living remotely stays before giving birth at health facilities and were introduced as a strategy in 2007 in hard to reach regions of Southern Red Sea supported by WHO. This is to strengthen the capacity to increase facility delivery for women living in remote geographic areas.

Remarking, the best practices of Eritrea in reducing maternal and child mortality rate, strengthening the Maternity Waiting Homes will play role in maintaining the remarkable achievements. Thus, these essential equipments include twelve Washing Machines of 14 kilograms capacity and will be distributed to the twelve maternity waiting homes in the Southern Red Sea which is a remote area of the country. They are expected to supplement the ongoing effort to the Infection prevention and Control Interventions especially during the COVID-19 pandemic era.
 

 

Source: World Health Organization. Africa