How technology is improving the quality of maternal health care in drought-affected Angola
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- 14 Feb 2023
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Ms. Dos Santos is equally passionate about her work at Humpata municipal hospital in Huila province, but she faces greater difficulties than her colleagues in other provinces, due to disparities in health outcomes in the country’s geographic locations.
In the oil and water-rich province of Cabinda, 82 per cent of births take place in hospital units, according to data from the Multiple Indicator and Health Survey (IIMS, 2015-2016). This number drops in regions with drought, such as Huila province, where just 30 per cent of births occur in health units, and Cunene province, where the figure is even lower at 26 per cent – just one in four. Read More..
