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    JOHANNESBURG

    In its latest update on the situation in Angola, WHO reported that in coordination with the ministry of health, it has re-established its support to local health authorities with the opening of seven epidemiological satellite clinics. Key aims of these posts are to coordinate polio eradication activities and boost routine immunisation to 75 percent coverage for all vaccine-preventable diseases by the end of 2001 - an ambitious target in a country where rates have plummeted to 30-45 per cent in recent years.

    Five facilities, in the provincial capitals of Uige, Benguela, Lubango and Moxico, plus Luanda - have been launched so far, and two more, in Huambo and Cabinda, are due to open by the end of May. All bar Lubango are staffed by an international public health doctor.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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