Luanda - Angola is hosting this Friday the sixth meeting of health ministers of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP) under the context of national public health policies of member states, from management to response against Covid-19.
The program includes an approach to the political importance of primary health care, presentation of the program of activities of the rotating presidency of the organization on health issues and a debate on the implementation of the strategic health program of the CPLP 2018/2021 and the consequent review for the 2022/2026 period.
According to the Minister of Health, Sílvia Lutucuta, the member states will continue to strengthen aspects related to cooperation.
"We will continue to invest heavily in cooperation and training of staff and continue to make concrete proposals and take advantage of some bilateral meetings to strengthen cooperation," she said.
Cape Verde's health minister, Arlindo de Rosário, said he was impressed by the investment being made in hospital units in Angola, which in his view would respond favourably to the needs of the population.
For the CPLP meeting, he hopes to see a boost to that cooperation and the possibility of strengthening the network between the various institutes.
In his turn, the Portuguese Assistant Secretary of State for Health, António Sales, said that the relationship between the member states has a capital importance in the cooperation in the Portuguese-speaking Countries.
He said that this was an area of close cooperation and relationship between all the Portuguese-speaking countries.
Brazil's health minister, Marcelo Queiroga hoped that the meeting would bring about good solutions and projects for health problems in Portuguese-speaking countries.
During a visit to the Lucrécia Paim Maternity Hospital, the Brazilian minister noted that the two countries had built a great heritage, which is the human milk bank, the result of great collaboration.
"We will continue to work on this project to expand this action even further to serve as an example for other Portuguese-speaking countries," he said.
To him, the human milk bank starts, above all, with a gesture of love from mothers, who often donate milk, not for their children but for others in need.
