Luanda, 7 April 2011 -- The Angolan Minister of Health, Dr. José Van-Dunem, and the Minister of Health and Social Services of Namibia, Dr. Richard Kamwi, on Tuesday 5th April 2011 signed a joint statement in which they committed themselves to coordinating and improving health interventions along the borders between the two countries.

The «Luanda Statement» was signed at the end of the mission to Angola from 4- 5 April 2011 as part of the implementation of the Lusaka Memorandum of Understanding adopted by Health ministers of Angola, Congo, DR Congo, Namibia and Zambia and witnessed by the WHO Regional Director for Africa. The Minister of Namibia stressed that his discussions with Angolan health authorities were a result of the excellent relationship between the two countries and their heads of States».