Review of health service delivery in Angola
2004
Suzanne Fustukian
DFID Health Systems Resource Centre
Angola, with a population of 13.6 million, has faced almost forty years of war from 1961, when a war for independence was fought against the colonial Portuguese state, to 2002, when a peace settlement was signed between the two opposing parties; the government (led by the MPLA) and UNITA.
Despite two prior attempts at negotiated peace settlements between the government and UNITA, first in 1991 (Bicesse Accord) and then in 1994 (Lusaka Protocol), it was not until the outright victory of the government forces in April 2002, upon the death of the UNITA leader, Jonas Savimbi, that a sustained peace settlement was possible. This has left the ruling government, the MPLA, in uncontested control since 2002.
Keywords: health service delivery, Angola
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