COMMUNICABLE DISEASE TOOLKIT FOR
ANGOLA
The purpose of the Communicable
Disease Toolkit for Angola is to provide health
professionals in UN agencies, nongovernmental
organizations, donor agencies and local authorities
working in Angola with up-to-date guidelines and
standards for controlling communicable diseases.
The Toolkit consists of the following
documents:
(These files are in Adobe PDF format. You may need to download Adobe
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The Communicable Disease Profile
for Angola aims to provide up-to-date information
on the major communicable disease threats faced by the
population. The list of endemic and epidemic diseases
has been selected on the basis of the burden of
morbidity and mortality and includes acute lower
respiratory tract infections, African trypanosomiasis,
cholera, bacillary dysentery, HIV/AIDS, malaria,
measles, tuberculosis and yellow fever. Diseases for
which there are global eradication or elimination
goals are also included. The document outlines the
burden of communicable diseases in Angola for which
data are available, provides data on recent outbreaks
in the country, and presents disease-specific
guidelines on the prevention and control of these
diseases.
The Guidelines for Outbreak Control,
Case Management of Epidemic-Prone Diseases, Guidelines
for Collection of Specimens for Laboratory Testing,
and Outbreak Investigation Kit are aimed at
facilitating outbreak preparedness and response.
The control of communicable diseases
represents a major challenge to those providing health
care services in Angola and neighbouring countries. It
is hoped that the Communicable Disease Toolkit for
Angola will facilitate the coordination of
communicable disease control activities between all
agencies working in the country.
For communicable disease issues in
complex emergencies please contact cdemergencies@who.int
WHO Programme on Disease Control in Humanitarian
Emergencies, Communicable Disease Cluster, HQ/Geneva. |
