Mozambique
Region:
East Africa
RFHA Inc Regional Director:
Dr. F. F. Tusu Tusubira and Stella Stonya Dongo
Africa Operations Chair:
Elyjoy Landa
Country Coordinator:
PP Gisela Bettencourt
Overview of health
challenges
As per a recent CDC report, HIV is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in Mozambique and affects 13% of the adult population. Based on 2020 data from the WHO and MOH, approximately 12,400 TB-related deaths occur in Mozambique each year. The HIV epidemic complicates the TB epidemic, with almost half of annual TB-related annual deaths occurring among people living with HIV.
Communicable diseases in Mozambique are a major public health problem leading to high morbidity and mortality rates among the population. An elevated poliovirus activity has also been reported in Mozambique and health officials identified 21 polio cases, of which eight cases were wild poliovirus (WPV), and the remaining 13 cases were circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV).
History
Rotary Family Health Days took place for the first time ever in Mozambique in December 2022. With a new partnership opportunity with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the health days were launched on December 2nd 2022 and have also been held in 2023 at different sites.
Rotary Family
Health Days Sites
Rotary Family Health Days sites are hosted by Rotary clubs in communities across the country. The sites are chosen in consultation with locally-based officials from the Departments of Health, community-based project partners and Rotary club members.
The first health days were held at Chimoio and Matola.
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Impact
A total of 2,123 people have been served at 4 different sites and 5,207 health services have been offered. The campaign had the participation of most of the NGO´s health partners from the National Health System, who were engaged in the coordination and organization: UNICEF, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, VSO, Pathfinder, ECHO/Abt, Save the Children, GCR, and also NGO´s and local Community-Based Organization.
To mention some services provided: Blood pressure screening services, Blood glucose, Nutritional assessment, Ophthalmology, Maternal and child health, Dental counseling, HIV counseling and testing, Vaccination (Covid, Polio, HPV among others), General consultations with doctors, Blood Donation.
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