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Open Access in Angola is still in its early days, In fact as of early 2017 There are currently no Open Access policies registered in the Registry of Open Access Repository Mandates and Policies (ROARMAP). However, effort from researchers is tangible, in fact from 2013, 13 Open Access journals have been published with BioMed Central, a science, technology and medicine publisher which has pioneered the Open Access publishing model.

researchers from Centro de Investigação em Saúde em Angola (CISA), Clínica Sagrada Esperança, Hospital Pediátrico Dr. David Bernardino, Instituto Nacional de Luta Contra SIDA – Ministério da Saúde, Malaria Branch, the National Institute of Public Health, Programa Nacional de Controlo da Malária/Ministério da Saúde de Angola and Universidade Agostinho Neto.

Eight articles have been published in Public Library of Science (PLoS) international Open Access journals: PLoS ONE, PLoS Medicine and PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases by researchers from Consultória de Serviços, Estudos e Pesquisas - COSEP Consultória, Doctors with Africa CUAMM Angola, Hospital Divina Providencia, Hospital Pediátrico David Bernardino, Instituto de Combate e Controlo das Tripanossomiases-ICCT/Minsa, Malaria Control Program-SONAMET Clinic and Malaria Control Program, Ministry of Public Health, Uige Provincial Hospital and Universidade Agostinho Neto.