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O Inquérito Demográfico e de Saúde (IDS) em Moçambique faze parte dum programa internacional de inquéritos (MEASURE DHS) desenvolvido pelo ICF International através de um contrato com a USAID, com o propósito de apoiar aos governos e instituições privadas dos países em desenvolvimento na realização de inquéritos nacionais por amostragem, nas áreas de população e saúde. O Programa MEASURE DHS tem por objectivo: • Subsidiar a formulação de políticas e implementação de programas nas áreas de...

The objective of this document is to share the results of work undertaken in Mozambique to promote respectful health care, particularly in maternal and neonatal care. With its origins in “humanization of care” efforts in Latin America, this approach centers on the woman and her family and is grounded by principles of ethics and respect for human rights. The approach recognizes a client’s cultural background, and views the client as a person with values and expectations that should be...

The present study was commissioned by the Department for International Development (DFID) in Mozambique. As a piece of independent research on the political economy of the health sector, it is considered to inform DFID’s health sector support programme for the period 2012-2016 and to lead to more in-depth inquiries of Mozambique’s health sector. The latter has witnessed a number of institutional, management, financial and governance challenges in the past few years, including a change in...

A propitiously timed household survey carried out in Mozambique over the period 2008-09 permits us to evaluate the short-to-medium run relationship between sudden shocks to food prices and child nutrition status. We link local price inflation with child malnutrition status. We find that the prevalence of underweight amongst children rises in response to a higher inflation rate for basic food products. Stunting and wasting malnutrition measures are mostly insensitive to the inflation rate....

This study presents an analytical ‘picture’ of the rural water sub-sector in Mozambique, describing the legal framework, mechanisms for coordination, harmonisation, funding, accountability, participation and supervision. The study was commissioned for the Sustainable Services at Scale, or Triple-S, initiative, which aims to contribute to improving the sustainability of global rural water supply. According to the general population census carried out in 2007, Mozambique had a total population...

Information document about the Health Commodity Security Project. It is divided in the sections below: - Country and Sector Background - Objectives - Rationale for Bank Involvement - Description - Financing - Implementation - Sustainability - Lessons Learned from Past Operations in the Country/Sector - Safeguard Policies (including public consultation) - List of Factual Technical Documents - Contact point - For more information contact

The major cross-cutting issues which featured prominently in all the thematic areas are highlighted below. A comprehensive approach is needed to address these issues as they have wider ramification for the various dimensions of governance in Mozambique. The following are the major thirteen crosscutting issues emerging from this report: Poverty and Inequality; Party/government/business dichotomy; HIV/AIDs; Land Ownership; High levels of illiteracy; High aid dependency; Information flow and...

The main objective of this report is to capture the local configurations of gender relations in Nampula, by focussing on one rural and one urban area in the province. The former is the coastal and rural district of Mossuril, which is considered one of the most deprived districts in the province, both in terms of material poverty and human development (MAE 2005). The urban areas are Muatala and Namutequeliua, which are two of the most populous bairros in the city of Nampula and largely...

The relationship between climate change and its effects on human health has been widely studied. Increases in temperature and variations in precipitation can exacerbate a number of human diseases including respiratory infections, malnutrition, vector and water borne diseases such as malaria and cholera. Besides all efforts undertaken by the Mozambican Government to reduce poverty and meet the MDGs targets, it is clear that climate change effects will influence negatively in meeting these...

This is an update of the previous Gender Profi le for Mozambique which was produced in 2000. Sida produces gender profi les for several countries with the purpose of providing a short and concise summary of the gender equality situation in partner countries. The profi e is a desk study reviewing and compiling available statistical material that may be of interest to anyone interested in women’s social, economic and legal position and understanding gender relations in Mozambique. The human...

Existem actualmente taxas de utente cobradas em grande parte dos serviços de saúde públicos, em Moçambique. No entanto, historicamente, o partido no poder, a FRELIMO, tem sido bastante favorável a uma situação de serviços básicos de saúde gratuitos, e considera que a eliminação de barreiras de acesso à educação e saúde básicas constituem elementos fundamentais da estratégia de redução de Pobreza e de êxito nas Metas de Desenvolvimento do Milénio. O Governo de Moçambique considera ainda que a...

This report presents findings from the Social Sector Performance Qualitative Study (SSPQS). The SSPQS was designed as a follow-up to the Social Sector Performance Surveys (SSPS), which were public expenditure tracking surveys undertaken in the primary and secondary education and government health and family planning systems between 2004 and 2006. In many respects, the SSPS findings were positive, documenting that systems of health and education service provision were functioning. While there...

O Inquérito Demográfico e de Saúde (IDS) em Moçambique faze parte dum programa internacional de inquéritos (MEASURE DHS) desenvolvido pelo ICF International através de um contrato com a USAID, com o propósito de apoiar aos governos e instituições privadas dos países em desenvolvimento na realização de inquéritos nacionais por amostragem, nas áreas de população e saúde. O Programa MEASURE DHS tem por objectivo: • Subsidiar a formulação de políticas e implementação de programas nas áreas de...

This case study has attempted to show that the implementation of a policy mechanism like PSP in water and sanitation in a context like Niassa is highly unlikely to achieve the development impacts intended. It appears that the concept “PSP” itself is erroneous; it assumes that there is a private sector wishing to participate, and that public sector delivery is the key obstacle to private involvement. Equally erroneous is the idea that the private sector can just emerge from market mechanisms...

The papers and discussions included in this collection are the product of a workshop, “Discovering Normality in Health and the Reproductive Body,” held in March, 2001 at Northwestern University's Program of African Studies. The idea for the workshop stemmed from a history of collaborations among Caroline Bledsoe, Jane Guyer, and Kuate Defo Barthélemy on topics of fertility, health, and research methodology. The workshop itself grew out of a commitment to continue that conversation and to...

The health sector in Mozambique has made significant progress in terms of increasing coverage of services. However, health remains a major concern in the area of poverty reduction. The study describes the health status of the population, especially of the poor, and how the sector responds to the needs. Huge inequalities continue to exist with regards to resource allocation, deployment of staff and availability of services among various geographic areas, between the urban and rural...

Provides an overview of the COVID-19 situation in Mozambique, details response strategy, coordination, capacity, and constraints. Then goes on to review sectoral impacts, including in internally displaced peoples, education, food security & livelihood, health, nutrition, protection, WASH, and shelter.