twenty second January 2024 marks a momentous day for well being and schooling in Angola, because the World Well being Group (WHO) and Universidade Agostinho Neto (UAN) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This occasion headed by the WHO Performing Consultant in Angola, Dr. Humphrey Karamagi, and UAN’s Rector, Professor Dr. Pedro Magalhães, symbolizes a major stride in enhancing well being schooling, analysis, and the strengthening of Angola’s well being system.
Dr. Karamagi, addressing a high-level viewers together with Vice-Rectors, Administrators, and journalists, emphasised the significance of this partnership in shaping the way forward for well being in Angola. He highlighted WHO’s dedication to working carefully with educational establishments globally, underscoring the necessity for dynamic engagement with academia to adapt to evolving information wants in numerous nations. By becoming a member of forces with UAN, identified for its excellence in information and innovation in Angola, the collaboration aligns shared targets and aspirations that promise to considerably profit the Angola’s well being panorama.
The collaboration with UAN is ready to unfold a collection of multifaceted actions, with a eager concentrate on capability growth. As well as, by means of the partnership, WHO and UAN will manage ad-hoc lectures, leveraging the experience of WHO professionals. This collaboration additionally ensures that UAN will present very important assist and data to help WHO’s applications.
As Angola’s premier and most influential larger schooling establishment, UAN’s wealthy custom and its intensive community of schools and institutes make it a bedrock of data and analysis within the nation. The collaboration will embody joint efforts in well being analysis, specializing in growing sensible options and interventions to reinforce well being outcomes in Angola.
This partnership represents a union of targets and visions with a objective of advancing Angola in direction of a future the place well being and schooling are interwoven, serving the well-being and prosperity of all its residents.