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Moçambique é um país caracterizado por índices elevados de pobreza onde a prevalência do Vírus da Imunodeficiência Humana (HIV)/Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida (SIDA) é muito alta e a taxa de incidência ainda preocupante, e cujos meios de combate à doença são limitados e dependem, em parte, da ajuda externa. A súbita emergência e rápida expansão da covid-19, a partir do início de 2020, teve um impacto negativo nas condições de tratamento das PVHIV, que, de certa forma, sofreram uma...

Feminist political economy has illuminated the gendered dimensions of the globalisation of production. Whilst this literature provides essential insights on gendered exploitation in export-oriented industries, women’s work in localised labour markets in the Global South remains underexplored. This paper seeks to address this gap by putting into dialogue three bodies of literature – feminist political economy of globalisation, political economy of development in southern Africa and the social...

Este relatório de pesquisa buscou especificamente identificar no contexto mundial, regional e nacional as estratégias e as políticas públicas relativamente à situação das raparigas e mulheres, analisar as narrativas e discursos das organizações da sociedade civil e instituições de pesquisa, tanto as que têm como foco os direitos humanos, como as que definem como objecto a promoção da igualdade de género, e analisar o conteúdo dos media nacionais sobre a Covid-19, com destaque para as...

A realização da consulta pré-natal de alta qualidade está diretamente relacionada aos melhores indicadores maternos e fetais e à prevenção de morbimortalidade materna. Em Moçambique, estudos sobre assistência pré-natal mostram que a maior parte das mulheres fez pré-natal, mas apenas metade fez as quatro ou mais consultas preconizadas pelo Ministério da Saúde. Além disso, as gestantes têm se apresentado aos centros de saúde para fazerem sua primeira consulta pré-natal somente no final do...

Findings: In-depth interviews (n = 30), key informant interviews (n = 1) and focus group discussions (n = 3) captured experiences and perceptions of employment processes. Intra-household decision-making structures mean women may experience additional barriers to join the APE programme, often requiring their husband’s consent. Training programmes outside of the community were viewed positively as an opportunity to build a cohort. However, women reported difficulty leaving family...

In the case of Mozambique, the pandemic came on the heels of two destructive cyclones that had devastated large parts of the country in 2019 and whose consequences were still being felt. In northern Mozambique, increasing violence in Cabo Delgado province resulted in a surge of internally displaced persons into local communities in Cabo Delgado, Nampula and Niassa provinces. With host communities ill equipped to meet the needs of those displaced, this population movement created a new...

Research has highlighted disparities in family planning outcomes by wealth and by region separately. This analysis examines regional disparities within specific poverty groups. Twelve USAID family planning priority countries with recent DHS or AIS surveys were selected for the analysis, including 11 DHS surveys (Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Ghana, Haiti, Malawi, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda Uganda, and Zambia) and one AIS survey (Mozambique). The measure of absolute...

Background: In the past decade, the negative impact of disrespectful maternity care on women’s utilisation and experiences of facility-based delivery has been well documented. Less is known about midwives’ perspectives on these labour ward dynamics. Yet efforts to provide care that satisfies women’s psycho-socio-cultural needs rest on midwives’ capacity and willingness to provide it. We performed a systematic review of the emerging literature documenting midwives’ perspectives to explore the...

CONTEXT: Research on institutional child delivery in Sub-Saharan Africa typically focuses on availability and accessibility of health facilities. Cultural factors, including religion, that may facilitate or hinder the use of such services have not been well examined and remain poorly understood. METHODS: The relationship between religious affiliation and delivery in a health facility was explored using data from a household survey of 1,297 women aged 18-50 and a census of 825 religious...

Background: Countries must be able to describe and monitor their populations health and well-being needs in an attempt to understand and address them. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have re-emphasized the need to invest in comprehensive health information systems to monitor progress towards health equity; however, knowledge on the capacity of health information systems to be able do this, particularly in low-income countries, remains very limited. As a case study, we aimed to...

Background: Despite substantial investment in women’s health over the past two decades, and enthusiastic government support for MDG 5 and SDG 3, health indicators for women in Mozambique remain among the lowest in the world. Maternal mortality stayed constant from 2003 to 2011, with an MMR of 408; the estimated HIV prevalence for women of 15–24 years is over twice that for men; and only 12.1% of women are estimated to be using modern contraception. This study explores the perspectives of...

As uniões prematuras constituem um dos principais problemas sociais na África Austral que, pelas suas consequências negativas em cadeia: gravidez precoce,desnutrição crónica,fístula obstétrica,abandono escolar,se tornam um problema igualmente económico, uma barreira ao desenvolvimento socioeconómico. No caso de Moçambique, o problema afecta cerca de metade das raparigas com menos de 18 anos, o que faz do país um dos cinco mais afectados a nível da Comunidade dos Países da África Austral...

O Inquérito de Indicadores de Imunização, Malária e HIV/SIDA (IMASIDA 2015) em Moçambique foi realizado no âmbito de The DHS Program e vem no seguimento de quatro inquéritos anteriores, com o objectivo de determinar indicadores de saúde da mulher e da criança no país, tais como a fecundidade; gravidez e maternidade na adolescência; preferências de fecundidade; planeamento familiar; consultas pré-natais; assistência ao parto; vacinação de crianças; infecções respiratórias agudas; diarreia e...

Close-to-community (CTC) providers have been identified as a key cadre to progress universal health coverage and address inequities in health service provision due to their embedded position within communities. CTC providers both work within, and are subject to, the gender norms at community level but may also have the potential to alter them. This paper synthesises current evidence on gender and CTC providers and the services they deliver.

The DHS Analytical Studies 71 examines subnational variations in fertility preferences and family planning outcomes associated with poverty in married women in 12 recent Demographic and Health Surveys. Poverty is measured based on a standard set of criteria for unsatisfied basic needs and the ownership of specific assets. Households are categorized into three poverty groups: not extremely poor, extremely poor but not asset poor, and extremely poor and asset poor. This brief summarizes the...

Background and objective: maternal and neonatal mortality rates in Mozambique are high, due to insufficient numbers of qualified health workers, lack of equipment and materials, referral system deficiency, difficulties to access health services and gender issues. This study assesses the barriers to health care access, regular attendance at ante natal consultations, institutional delivery and postnatal and neonatal follow-up. This is part of the baseline study for an implementation research...

Mixed methods were used with various data sources to describe organisation and delivery of maternity care in Maputo city, Mozambique in early 2010s and to compare the plans with the service provision in practice. In the public health sector, maternity care was organised to be area based and hierarchical with a planned referral system. The provision of basic and emergency maternity care was publicly funded, largely dependent of donor funds, and free of charge for users. Even though Maputo...

Multisectoral approaches represent a prominent ideological consensus, influenced by historical roots and the current political, financial and institutional landscape, to address the multi-faceted and complex causes of most nutrition, public health and food problems. However, the implementation of multisectoral approaches presents tremendous challenges; one of the most often cited problems, in the literature and by practitioners, is coordination. This study investigates the perspectives of key...

CONTEXT: Although institutional coverage of childbirth is increasing in the developing world, a substantial minority of births in rural Mozambique still occur outside of health facilities. Identifying the remaining barriers to safe professional delivery services can aid in achieving universal coverage. METHODS: Survey data collected in 2009 from 1,373 women in Gaza, Mozambique, were used in combination with spatial, meteorological and health facility data to examine patterns in place of...

Background: In countries, such as Mozambique, where maternal mortality remains high, the greatest contribution of mortality comes from the poor and vulnerable communities, who frequently reside in remote and rural areas with limited access to health care services. This study aimed to understand women’s health care seeking practices during pregnancy, taking into account the underlying social, cultural and structural barriers to accessing timely appropriate care in Maputo and Gaza Provinces,...