Angola: Angola
Angola : Environmental Issues: Angola : Environmental Issues Topography
Climate Climate in the north has cool, dry season (May to October) and hot, rainy season (November to April)
Terrain: narrow coastal plain rises abruptly to vast interior plateau
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Morro de Moco 2,620 m
Angola : Environmental Issues: Angola : Environmental Issues Air :
Low risk
Localized air contamination may occur near specific industrial facilities or urban areas.
Cement plant in Luanda emits dust and particulate into the air
Soil:
Localized to specific areas surrounding industrial facilities and waste disposal sites.
Significant exposure to contaminants in soil is unlikely in the absence of wind-blown dust, active digging, or migration of contaminants from soil into ground water.
Usually presents a low risk to human health.
Ground travel throughout Angola is problematic due to the extensive use of land mines during the civil war
Angola: Environmental Issues: Angola: Environmental Issues Food:
Food may be contaminated with industrial particulates, chemicals from soil, pesticides, fertilizers, and fecal pathogens
Water:
Water contaminated with raw sewage.
Industrial discharge from oil and mining operations
Angola: Environmental Issues: Angola: Environmental Issues Greatest short-term environmental
health risks:
Water contaminated with raw sewage
Runoff containing fecal pathogens
Angola: Diseases of Operational Importance: Angola: Diseases of Operational Importance Very High Risk country
Diseases of Greatest Risk
Food and Waterborne Diseases: Bacterial diarrhea, Hepatitis A, Protozoal diarrhea and Typhoid/paratyphoid fever
Vector-borne Diseases: Malaria, Trypanosomiasis-Gambiense (African)
Sexually Transmitted Diseases: HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B
Respiratory Diseases: Meningococcal meningitis
Water-contact Diseases: Schistosomiasis
Angola: Diseases of Operational Importance: Angola: Diseases of Operational Importance Diseases of Potential Risk
Food and Waterborne Diseases: Brucellosis, Cholera, Hepatitis E
Vector-borne Diseases: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Rickettsioses (tickborne, spotted fever group), Chikungunya, Leishmaniasis, Rift Valley fever, Sindbis (Ockelbo) virus, Plague, Dengue fever, Yellow Fever, and West Nile fever
Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Gonorrhea and Chlamydia
Water-contact Diseases: Leptospirosis
Respiratory Diseases: Tuberculosis
Animal-contact: Anthrax, Q-Fever and Rabies