Luanda: Angola has sought to respond in a more pertinent, effective, and holistic way to the challenges of the social sector, especially community health, climate change, the protection of the vulnerable, and the empowerment of new generations, the Minister of Health, Sílvia Lutukuta, said Monday in Luanda. According to Angola Press News Agency, when speaking at the opening of the 28th meeting of Southern African Red Cross partnerships (SAPRCS-2025), which takes place in Luanda, between Monday and Tuesday, the Minister stated that the response has been given based on continuous structural adaptations and modernizations, plans, and programs to anticipate future trends. Sílvia Lutukuta informed that the Angolan Executive recognizes the importance of national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies, as they play a vital role in responding to disasters, epidemics, mobilizing volunteers, and supporting vulnerable communities, offering hope and comfort in times of difficulty. She highlighted that the fact that the meeting will be held in the year in which Angola completes 50 years of Independence and as it coincides with Angola's Presidency of the African Union, places the country at the center of the continent's political, humanitarian, and diplomatic agenda. 'By receiving SAPRCS in Luanda and in this context, it is a sign of confidence and at the same time a call for responsibility; Angola is prepared to lead, welcome, and coordinate the aforementioned regional partnership,' she stressed. She considered the presence of Angola's Red Cross to be constant and irreplaceable within communities and whose mission is to protect life, respond to emergencies, strengthen resilience, and promote human dignity, as well as complementing State action. The Minister noted that in recent years, the relationship has been consolidated in responding to epidemics, supporting migrants, reducing climate risks, training volunteers, and developing international partnerships. This institutional maturity, as mentioned by the minister, makes Angola a natural host for meetings of this type. The main objective of partnership meetings between the Red Cross Society in Southern Africa and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is to strengthen humanitarian action in the region. This includes developing sustainable solutions to humanitarian crises such as migration and armed violence, enhancing the capacity of National Societies, and supporting families separated or searching for relatives.