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IthaMaps is a global epidemiology database of heamoglobinopathies, illustrating published data on a dynamic global to regional map. Country-specific information on haemoglobinopathy-related policies, prevalence, incidence and overall disease burden is given, including relative allele frequencies of specific globin mutations in each country and/or region, dynamically linked to corresponding IthaGenes entries.

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  General information for Angola


Angola
Continent: Africa
Capital: Luanda
Population: 13068161
Area (in sq km): 1246700.0

Haemoglobinopathy-specific healthcare policy information for Angola

Healthcare policyComment/InfoReference
Prevention programme: NoThere is no prevention programme in all country
SCD newborn screening: Yes (Regional)It is practiced at subnational level and is generally provided only in tertiary health facilities, and generally in private ones; ARISE is supporting a NBS in one Hopsital in Luanda
Prenatal screening: No
Antenatal screening: No
Haemoglobinopathies patient registry: NoSome local tertiary public and some private health facilities have their own registry of Clinical data.
Rare disease patient registry: No
Dedicated treatment centres: Yes (Regional)One local public instititute and some local secondary and tertiary ones
Blood transfusion availability: Yes (National)In hospitals where care is provided, there is always a shortage of voluntary donors and donors are generally are family members
Iron chelation availability: No
MRI facilities: NoSome institutions have access to CT and few ones have MRI facilities (private ones)
Patient associations: Yes (Regional)Almost non-existent, the few ones are NGOs, but there are 4 groups of patients
Genetic counselling: NoInformally at the point of care or at the consultation

  Prevalence and incidence of major haemoglobinopathies in Angola

HaemoglobinopathyComment/InfoReference
Prevalence of sickle cell disease carriers: 22 % of the populationBased on the latest NBS data
Prevalence of Hb C carriers: 0.03 % of the populationBased on the latest NBS data
Incidence of sickle cell disease: 13300 affected births/yearapproximately

  Global Burden of Disease data for Angola

  Migration data for Angola

Mutation frequencies in Angola

No mutation frequencies are currently available for Angola

  Organisations in Angola

Organisations in Angola are currently not available

 Microattributions

A/AContributor(s)DateComments
1Elion, Jacques2017-10-17Information on SCD newborn screening reviewed.
2Brito, Miguel2024-07-25Information of healthcare policies
3Brito, Miguel2024-09-26Information on Haemaglobinopathy status parameters

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