Country Flag of Cape Verde Map of Cape Verde, Courtesy of WorldAtlas.com

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Facts and Figures

arrow Official Name Republic of Cape Verde.

arrow Capital City Praia.

arrow Languages Portuguese, Crioulo (a blend of Portuguese and West African words).

arrow Official Currency Cape Verdean escudo (CVE).

arrow Ethnic Groups Creole (mulatto) 71%, African 28%, European 1%.

arrow Religions Roman Catholic (infused with indigenous beliefs); Protestant (mostly Church of the Nazarene).

arrow Population 408,760 (July 2002 est.).

arrow Land Area 4,030 sq km (1,556 sq miles).

History

The uninhabited islands were discovered and colonized by the Portuguese in the 15th century; they subsequently became a trading center for African slaves and later an important coaling and resupply stop for whaling and transatlantic shipping. Most Cape Verdeans have both African and Portuguese antecedents. Independence was achieved in 1975.

UNAIDS Epidemiological
Fact Sheets

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Global Surveillance of HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is a joint effort of WHO and UNAIDS. The UNAIDS/WHO Working Group on Global HIV/AIDS and STI Surveillance, initiated in November 1996, guides respective activities. The primary objective of the working group is to strengthen national, regional and global structures and networks for improved monitoring and surveillance of HIV/AIDS and STIs. For this purpose, the working group collaborates closely with national AIDS programmes and a number of national and international experts and institutions. The goal of this collaboration is to compile the best information available and to improve the quality of data needed for informed decision-making and planning at national, regional and global levels. The Epidemiological Fact Sheets are one of the products of this close and fruitful collaboration across the globe.

Web sites

World Fact Book
The Factbook was created as an annual summary and update to the encyclopedic NIS studies. The first classified Factbook was published in August 1962, and the first unclassified version was published in June 1971. The 1975 Factbook was the first to be made available to the public with sales through the US Government Printing Office (GPO).
US Department of State - Travel Advisory
Travel Warnings are issued when the State Department decides, based on all relevant information, to recommend that Americans avoid travel to a certain country. Countries where avoidance of travel is recommended will have Travel Warnings as well as Consular Information Sheets.
Infant Mortality
The HIV/AIDS epidemic began in 1986 and accelerated during the last years, thus increasing the number of orphans and abandoned children. Seven percent of AIDS cases are transmitted from HIV positive mothers to their child and this represents another potential problem of child survival.

Aids Services Organization
The Committee is concerned that adolescents face numerous risks, including from life on thestreet, sexual exploitation, mistreatment, alcohol, tobacco and drug abuse and delinquency, and that there are no statistics available to indicate the number of adolescents exposed to these dangers. The Committee is concerned, in addition, at the high rates of teenage pregnancy, the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases, the potential spread of HIV/AIDS and the incidence



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