Health in Cuando, Angola: official figures
37.6% of children under five in the former Cuando Cubango province (now Cuando and Cubango) were stunted (too short for their age, a sign of long-term undernutrition) in the 2023-2024 IIMS health survey, 6th lowest of the 18 provinces as drawn before 2025 (Angola: 39.9%). The survey still used the 18 provinces in place before 2025.
Do women in Cuando give birth in a health facility?
23.3% of births in the two years before the 2023-2024 survey took place in a health facility in the former Cuando Cubango province (now Cuando and Cubango), and 51.7% of mothers had at least four antenatal visits; facility births are 2nd lowest of the 18 provinces as drawn before 2025 (Angola: 45.8% and 51.2%).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (INE) and Ministerio da Saude (MINSA), Angola (with ICF, The DHS Program) · saved copyHow many children in Cuando are vaccinated?
20.5% of children aged 12 to 23 months in the former Cuando Cubango province (now Cuando and Cubango) had all basic vaccines and 25.3% had none at all in 2023-2024; 5th lowest of the 18 provinces as drawn before 2025 for basic vaccines (Angola: 29.4% and 26.1%).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (INE) and Ministerio da Saude (MINSA), Angola (with ICF, The DHS Program) · saved copyHow common is malaria in Cuando?
7.3% of children aged 6 to 59 months in the former Cuando Cubango province (now Cuando and Cubango) tested positive for malaria with a rapid test in 2023-2024, 4th lowest of the 18 provinces as drawn before 2025 (Angola: 17.4%).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (INE) and Ministerio da Saude (MINSA), Angola (with ICF, The DHS Program) · saved copyHow many homes in Cuando have a mosquito net?
20.7% of households in the former Cuando Cubango province (now Cuando and Cubango) owned at least one insecticide-treated mosquito net in 2023-2024, 7th lowest of the 18 provinces as drawn before 2025 (Angola: 28.8%).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (INE) and Ministerio da Saude (MINSA), Angola (with ICF, The DHS Program) · saved copyHow Cuando compares with other provinces
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Sources
- Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (INE) and Ministerio da Saude (MINSA), Angola (with ICF, The DHS Program): Inquerito de Indicadores Multiplos e de Saude (IIMS) 2023-2024, Relatorio de Indicadores Basicos: Quadros 9, 12, 14, 16 and 20 by province, read 27 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 c6165226dde1…)
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