Bad Environment quality seen as factors of diseases

Luanda – The chairperson of the Seventh Commission of the National Assembly, Irene Alexandra, Friday here considered that the bad quality of the environment is one of the main causes of diseases that affect the Angolan population, for representing over sixty percent of deaths.



The MP, who was speaking at a talk under the theme “The Importance of Conservation of the Environment in Physical and Psychological Health of a Person”, said that the degradation of the environment is causing deadly diseases such as Malaria, Cholera, Diarrhoea and respiratory illnesses.



Irene Neto also pointed out as factors of diseases lack of basic sanitation, access to drinking water, rules of building, shortage of financial resources for the environment, the deficit of technical capacity-building of organs that deal with environmental issues, as well as the control of pollution.