Health
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Infant mortality rate dropped from 44 to 32 deaths per thousand live births
Angola recorded a reduction in the infant mortality rate between 2017 and 2022, falling from 44 to 32 deaths per thousand live births, according to provisional data from the Multiple Health Indicators Survey (IIMS) 2023-2024.
Mpox: Africa has recorded nearly 78,000 cases and 1321 deaths since the start of 2024
The African continent has recorded 77,888 cases of monkeypox (mpox), of which 16,767 were laboratory-confirmed, and 1321 deaths in 21 countries since the beginning of 2024, the African Union's public health agency announced today.
Cholera cases rise to 422, deaths to 24
Angola reported, in the last 24 hours, 39 more cases of cholera, totaling 422, of which 80 were declared positive, with two more deaths confirmed, for a total of 24, according to the Ministry of Health's information bulletin released at 6 pm.
