In March 2024, representatives from seven Portuguese-speaking nations – Angola, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, and São Tomé and Príncipe – gathered in a WHO-led meeting in Brasília, Brazil. The goal was to strengthen collaboration aimed at eliminating HIV, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and tuberculosis (TB) as public health threats by 2030.
Hosted by the WHO Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs Programmes (HHS), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Brazil’s Ministry of Health, the event focused on identifying common challenges, setting priorities and exploring opportunities to improve health systems through integrated responses.
Recognizing the power of shared language, knowledge and challenges, HHS has promoted exchanges between Lusophone countries since…