This article analyses the management of 1594-1600 Angola Contract signed by Portuguese merchants João Nunes Correia, Manuel Fernandes Anjo, and André Lopes Pinto, which regulated extraction slaves to America taxation system applied. Our current knowledge such contracts is superficial, particularly for 16th century, even more so our understanding accounts these agreements, have not been preserve...

BACKGROUND It is expected that, by 2020, 15 million new cases of cancer will occur every year in the world, one million of them in Africa. Knowledge of cancer trends in African countries is far from adequate, and improvements in cancer prevention efforts are urgently needed. The aim of this study was to characterize breast cancer clinically and pathologically at presentation in Luanda, Angola; ...

Review of Miranda, M. de (ed.) (2018). Atlantica. Contemporary Art from Angola and its Diaspora . Lisbon: Hangar Books, 261 pp.

Angola, like many African countries, continuously suffers the deleterious impacts of climate change despite its minimal global carbon contributions. Despite this, it has not taken active steps to institute a regulatory framework or established any strong regime aid regulation corporate activities and participation in mitigation projects country. This article examines landscape corporations Ango...

Este artigo se propõe a apresentar uma abordagem sobre o direito à educação para as pessoas adultas no contexto angolano. A como um humano fundamental é consagrada em documentos internacionais e nacionais, destacadamente Constituição da República de Angola (2010) LBSEE (Lei 32/20). Se trata pesquisa documental organizada três blocos. Na primeira parte, introdutória, destaca-se reconhecimento de...

BACKGROUND Angola presents a very complex HIV-1 epidemic characterized by the co-circulation of several HIV-1 group M subtypes, intersubtype recombinants and unclassified (U) variants. The viral diversity outside the major metropolitan regions (Luanda and Cabinda) and the prevalence of transmitted drug resistance mutations (DRM) since the introduction of HAART in 2004, however, has been barely ...

BACKGROUND Rotavirus group A (RVA) is considered the leading cause of pediatric diarrhea, responsible for the high burden of diarrheal diseases in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite recent studies, the existent data are scarce for some African countries like Angola, a country with one of the highest RVA-related death estimates. The aim of this study was to determine the RVA detection rate and circulat...

To gain insights into the origin and genome evolution of the plague bacterium Yersinia pestis, we have sequenced the deep-rooted strain Angola, a virulent Pestoides isolate. Its ancient nature makes this atypical isolate of particular importance in understanding the evolution of plague pathogenicity. Its chromosome features a unique genetic make-up intermediate between modern Y. pestis isolates...

INTRODUCTION The number of cancer cases and related deaths worldwide is expected to double over the next 20-30 years. African countries will be the most affected by the burden of cancer. The improving economic situation of Angola creates conditions for an increase in life expectancy which by itself is associated with an increased risk of oncological diseases. Because cancer therapy requires a m...