Soyo - Angolan government continues committed to improving the health services provided to the population, said the Health minister Silvia Lutucuta, who stressed the construction of more health infrastructures across the country.
Silvia Lutucuta was speaking at the opening ceremony of the 31st Consultative Council of the sector on Saturday in Soyo municipality, northern Zaire province.
According to her, in the last five years the sector benefited from several hospital infrastructures and new staff that increased the capacity to serve the public.
She also mentioned 172 new health units as having been built throughout the country, increasing the number of beds from 8,492 to 33,000 hospital beds.
Minister Lutucuta also pointed out that 33,093 new professionals were included in the special career and in the general regime, which corresponds to an increase of 35% of the total workforce.
The implementation of a short, medium and long term specialised training plan for health teams has also begun, so that in the near future the country can count on family professionals capable of accompanying citizens throughout their life cycle.
Special attention was also given to the humanisation of the health services, through the training of technicians, the reviving of the user's offices in the health units and the development of a digital platform for hospital and out-of-hospital humanisation.
According to the minister, the investments made in the last five years in the national health service have been reflected in the improvement of the main indicators of the maternal-infant health and nutrition programme, mainly in the increase of prenatal coverage, institutional delivery and reduction of maternal-infant mortality rate.
Regarding the national development plan for the 2023/2027 five-year period, the minister of Health called for greater input from cadres to make it more inclusive.
"One of the goals is the constitution of a plan with structuring programmes, innovative and integrated approaches to increase equity, improve communication, reduce geographical asymmetries and improve the health services provided to our population," she said.
