Angola has reinforced its strategic cooperation in the health sector with Portugal and Brazil during a diplomatic agenda held on Tuesday (19), on the sidelines of the 79th World Health Assembly taking place in Geneva.
According to a press release from the Ministry of Health, sent on Wednesday to ANGOP, Health Minister Sílvia Lutucuta held high-level bilateral meetings with her counterparts from Portugal and Brazil, aimed at strengthening partnerships focused on specialised training of staff, hospital modernisation and reinforcement of the National Health System.
The statement notes that the meetings took place after Angola’s official intervention at the World Health Assembly plenary session, during which the minister advocated stronger international cooperation, greater global solidarity and new financing solutions for national health systems.
With Portugal, discussions focused on deepening the Health Human Resources Training Project (PFRHS-UIP), considered one of the main bilateral cooperation instruments in the health sector between the two countries.
The document adds that both delegations assessed mechanisms to strengthen the training of doctors, nurses and health technicians in Angola, particularly in specialised areas such as intensive care, family medicine, plastic surgery and burn treatment.
Measures were also analysed to accelerate processes related to professional mobility, expand specialised internships and integrate Portuguese medical teams into Angola.
According to Sílvia Lutucuta, Angola aims to consolidate a sustainable model of continuous training, enabling a greater long-term presence of foreign specialists in the country to ensure effective knowledge transfer and institutional strengthening of the sector.
In the meeting with Brazil, both sides discussed the expansion of technical, scientific and academic cooperation, with emphasis on specialised burn care assistance.
During the talks, Brazil expressed willingness to support Angola in training specialists and providing technical assistance, following the recent reactivation of Brazil’s oldest burn unit, located in Rio de Janeiro.
As a concrete outcome of the meeting, the Angola–Brazil Technical Mission was announced, scheduled for 25 May to 3 June 2026, under the Health Human Resources Training Project.
The statement highlights that the mission will include representatives from the Brazilian Cooperation Agency, the Brazilian Hospital Services Company, Brazilian specialists and Angolan technical teams.
Over ten days, experts will carry out technical activities in Luanda, Icolo e Bengo, Huíla Province, Cunene Province and Namibe Province, including hospital visits, institutional assessments and scientific exchanges in various health units across the country.
Key priorities in this new phase of bilateral cooperation include training specialist doctors in transplantation, capacity building for nurses and health technicians, strengthening pharmaceutical production, expanding specialised internship programmes and reinforcing practical hospital training.
The document also states that Angola advocates a new cooperation model based on a more sustained presence of foreign specialists in the country, enabling faster local training and modernisation of healthcare facilities.
It concludes that through this diplomatic agenda in Geneva, Angola is strengthening its position as an active strategic partner in international health cooperation networks and reaffirming its commitment to continuously improving its national health system.
