Letter From �No Prroblem� Luanda

Street in Luanda PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
Street in Luanda PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES

LUANDA: I am writing this on the way to the airport on our airport shuttle – a big white 4X4 Dodge Durango – to catch a flight to a town called Menongue in the Cuito Cuanavale.

It is just before 4am local time and our chauffeur, Wilson, is rushing to reach the airport before 4:30am, which is our boarding time. Today he can freely speed because there are few vehicles on the road unlike the crazy traffic jams from the previous day.

Traffic is a serious problem in Luanda because of the bad roads in the city and the vehicle population. Everyone in Luanda owns a big SUV. Well, not really everyone, but that is how it looks like on the roads.

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Routine child vaccination imperative

The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...

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