Luanda - A maternity and child centre with capacity to attend to 200 people daily was inaugurated this Friday in the urban district of Morro dos Veados, in Luanda, by the First Lady of the Republic, Ana dias Lourenço.
The health unit, located in the municipality of Belas, and which will assist pregnant women and children, occupies a total area of three thousand square metres and comprises five blocks, namely maternity and nursery, paediatrics, pharmacy, among other rooms.
On the occasion, Ana Dias Lourenço delivered an ambulance and 25 kits for traditional midwives, for women of the district who provide support to the community.
Diseases such as malaria, acute diarrhoea and malnutrition are the most frequent in the area, according to the municipal health director, Isabel Massocolo.
She stressed the importance of the centre in the locality for a prompt intervention by the technicians.
