Strengthening Successfully being Thru Partnership: WHO Angola at UPRA’s International Medical Congress

BENGUELA, 3 July 2025 — The World Successfully being Organization (WHO) in Angola participated in the International Congress of Medication hosted by the Private University of Angola (UPRA) in Benguela, underscoring its persevered collaboration with tutorial institutions to strategy popular well being coverage and well being programs strengthening in Angola.

The WHO Representative in Angola, Dr Indrajit Hazarika, delivered a keynote presentation for the duration of the excessive-stage opening session of the Congress, alongside national and provincial authorities. His remarks emphasised the urgent get to toughen critical well being care, boost public financing, tackle well being inequities, make investments in the well being group of workers, and toughen governance to accelerate development against Universal Successfully being Protection (UHC) in Angola and proper via the continent.

Following the opening session, WHO colleagues Victor Luteganya and Filipa Vaz led two attention-grabbing presentations. Victor targeted on sustainable financing for UHC, highlighting the significance of equitable and efficient funding models that enable all of us to salvage admission to well being companies without monetary hardship. Filipa spoke about the challenges and opportunities for advancing well being analysis in Angola, stressing the significance of creating locally relevant science to drawl public well being priorities. Both presentations led to spirited discussions with participants and bolstered WHO’s commitment to data sharing and technical collaboration.

WHO also applauds the active participation of future well being leaders at the Congress. Amongst them get been Bezaleel Guerra, Fábia Leite, and Fernanda Spencer, clinical college students from UPRA who beforehand worked alongside WHO for the duration of Angola’s winning national immunisation campaigns in 2023. At the Congress, they presented their analysis on well being problems together with human papillomavirus (HPV), showcasing a clear dedication to making improvements to well being outcomes in their communities.

“We are proud to opinion our young collaborators now presenting their very non-public work and contributing meaningfully to the national well being dialogue,” stated Dr Hazarika. “Right here’s what partnership feels like, empowering institutions and people to form a extra healthy future.”

WHO Angola expresses right appreciation to UPRA for the invitation and for its persevered partnership. The engagement of academia, especially young well being mavens, remains severe in the pursuit of resilient well being programs and a extra healthy Angola for all.