Maternal and Child Health Handbook Hand Over Ceremony in Angola
Day：2025.07.02
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Overview
Maternal and Child Health Handbook Hand Over Ceremony in Angola
Date
June 5, 2025
Co-organizers
JICA Angola Office and CFAO Mobility Angola
Location
Luanda, Angola
Moderators and panelists
Ms. Katsura Miyazaki, Executive Senior Vice President of JICA
Mr. Naoki Yanase, Director General of JICA Africa Department
Mr. Satoshi Kadowaki, Resident Representative of JICA Angola
Dr. Carlos Alberto Pinto de Sousa, State Secretary for Public Health, Ministry of Health of Angola
Mr. Tetsuya Unno, Chargé d'Affaires Embassy of Japan in Angola
Mr. Nuno Borges da Silva, Chairperson of CFAO Mobility Angola
Mr. Nuno, Chairperson of CFAO Mobility Angola, Ms. Miyazaki, Executive Senior Vice President of JICA, Dr. Carlos, State Secretary for Public Health
Primary objectives and outcomes
Since 2017, JICA and Ministry of Health of Angola developed and disseminated the Maternal and Child Health Handbook. Taking the opportunity of CFAO Mobility Angola to support in reprinting the Maternal and Child Health Handbook (including Braille version), JICA co-organized a Hand Over Ceremony for the Maternal and Child Health Handbook. It encouraged the partners to continue their efforts for sustainable maternal and child health development.
Greeting from Ms. Miyazaki
Group photo with Handbook
Content of the discussions
All the partners committed their continuous contribution to the development of maternal and child health in Angola. It is a good example of collaboration and co-creation, by various partners such as the Government, International organizations, private companies, to support the implementation of development. A coordinator from Ministry reported that all the JICA projects have contributed, especially the capacity development of medical service providers at the local hospitals.
Maternal and Child Health Handbook (2024 reprint version)
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