Cuban health staff are providing medical collaboration today in 70 municipalities in Angola, Health Minister Jose Van-Dunem said here in reference to the Luanda International Fair (FIL).
Discussing "The local government's role in Angola" at the fair, Van-Dunem said his ministry had placed Cuban teams in 70 territories. These teams are composed of a physician, a statistician, and a clinical nurse specialist in maternal and pediatric health.
He explained that the main mission of the Cuban specialists is to train staff, support collection and analysis of statistical data, and improve the provision of essential health services.
For the success of this effort, the island's specialists have the active collaboration of municipal managers, who facilitate and support the work of those groups, he added.
Van-Dunem said that to ensure the achievement of the objectives, the country needs to rationally use the funds allocated to primary health care, according to the established criteria. That is, local measures must be supported in order to resolve the most pressing public health problems.
Such priorities include vaccination campaigns, comprehensive mother and child care, safe delivery, prevention and treatment of endemic diseases and non-communicable illnesses.