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Mozambique:
First Lady Attends Washington Forum On Child Survival
AIM, 13 June 2012
Mozambique's First Lady, Maria da Luz Guebuza, has arrived in Washington to attend a high level forum convened by the governments of the United States, India and Ethiopia in… Read more »
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Mozambique:
USAID Pledges U.S.$60 Million Dollars for Health Programme
AIM, 14 May 2012
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has pledged to disburse 60 million US dollars over the five year period 2012-2016 to finance a new Health… Read more »
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Mozambique:
Fertility Rate Remains Extremely High
AIM, 7 May 2012
Mozambican demographics remains characterized by a very high birth rate, with a total fertility rate of 5.9 children per woman of childbearing age. Read more »
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Mozambique:
U.S. Wants 'Generation Free From HIV/Aids'
AIM, 9 December 2011
The United States Global AIDS Coordinator, Eric Goosby, said today in Maputo, that his government wants to create a generation free from HIV/AIDS in Mozambique and the rest of the… Read more »
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Mozambique:
U.S. Reaffirms Support for Fight Against HIV/Aids
AIM, 7 December 2011
Eric Gooseby, the United States Global AIDS Coordinator, reaffirmed on Wednesday in Maputo, the commitment of his country to turn the tide in Mozambique's effort to combat the… Read more »
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Mozambique:
Number of New HIV Infections Falling
AIM, 2 December 2011
Mozambican President Armando Guebuza declared on Thursday that the number of new infections by HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has begun to fall, thanks to the efforts the… Read more »
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Mozambique:
Launch of Fundação Ariel Glaser contra o SIDA Pediátrico in Mozambique Marks Beginning of Transition of HIV/AIDS Programs to Local Organization
E.G. Pediatric Aids Foundation, 17 November 2011
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) is proud to announce the formation of Fundação Ariel Glaser contra o SIDA Pediátrico in Mozambique. Read more »
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Mozambique:
11 Maternal Deaths Every Day
AIM, 18 October 2011
Despite recent advances in mother-and-child health care, every day an average of 11 Mozambican women die due to complications in pregnancy and childbirth, according to Health… Read more »
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Mozambique:
UN Official Presses for Stronger HIV Prevention
UN News, 1 September 2011
The head of the United Nations agency mandated to spearhead the global response to HIV/AIDS today commended Mozambique for its commitment to fighting the disease while stressing… Read more »
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Mozambique:
Donors Concerned At Falling Health Budget
AIM, 10 March 2011
The group of donors who support the Mozambican Health Ministry have expressed alarm at the reduction in the proportion of the state budget allocated to health care. Read more »
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Mozambique:
HIV Patients Team Up to Make Treatment Cheaper
PlusNews, 11 October 2010
For HIV patients in Africa, monthly trips to refill antiretroviral (ARV) prescriptions cost time and money that may be in short supply. But a new strategy being pioneered in… Read more »
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Mozambique:
HIV Prevalence Now 11.5 Percent
AIM, 6 July 2010
The prevalence in Mozambique of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is now 11.5 per cent among people aged between 15 and 49, according to the results of a national survey released by… Read more »
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Mozambique:
Many Citizens Still Ignorant About Aids
AIM, 8 April 2010
A new national survey on HIV and AIDS "destroys the myth that everybody already knows about AIDS", Mozambican Health Minister Ivo Garrido declared on Thursday. Read more »
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Mozambique:
Reaching the Handicapped With HIV Prevention
PlusNews, 11 January 2010
Stefania*, 17, who has been wheelchair-bound since being involved in a traffic accident as a child, likes to go to Celso's, a popular bar in Matundo, a suburb of Tete city in… Read more »
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Mozambique:
HIV Prevalence Rate Now 15 Percent
AIM, 2 December 2009
The HIV prevalence rate in Mozambique has dropped from 16 to 15 per cent of people aged between 15 and 49, according to the Health Ministry. Read more »
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Mozambique:
Building Awareness to Reduce Maternal Mortality
IPS, 17 September 2009
In the Niassa province of northwest Mozambique, one doctor has been working with local communities to overcome the delays responsible for three-quarters of maternal deaths each… Read more »
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Mozambique:
Scant Progress With Paediatric HIV
IPS, 15 June 2009
Christina M.* looks worried as she cradles one of her sick twin babies. The mother of five already lost twins and another baby to illness soon after childbirth a few years ago. Read more »
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Mozambique:
UNFPA to Help Purchase Medical Equipment
AIM, 12 May 2009
The Mozambican Health Ministry signed in Maputo on Monday an agreement with the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) under which the latter is to help the ministry… Read more »
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Mozambique:
Waiting Houses to Cut Maternal Mortality
AIM, 21 April 2009
The Mozambican government is investing in the building of "waiting houses" for pregnant women in order to increase the number of institutional births in rural areas, and reduce… Read more »
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Mozambique:
Widows Risk HIV in Purification Rites
PlusNews, 27 November 2008
When Mariana Uchandidhora's husband was killed in a traffic accident in South Africa a year ago, tradition required that she have sex with her deceased husband's brother in order… Read more »
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Mozambique:
Cultural Habits May Spread HIV/Aids
AIM, 26 October 2008
Mozambique's Deputy Health Minister, Aida Libombo, has called for research into cultural habits in the country to see to what extent they are contributing to the spread of… Read more »
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Mozambique:
Staff Shortages Force Closure of Maternities
AIM, 11 September 2008
Two of the six maternity units in Chemba district, in the central Mozambican province of Sofala, have closed down because of a shortage of mother and child nurses. Read more »
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Mozambique:
Greater Power for Women Would Cut Mortality
AIM, 26 February 2008
Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Monday declared that many maternal and child deaths could be avoided, if women had greater power to take decisions over the measures needed… Read more »
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Mozambique:
Guebuza Launches Initiative On Mother And Child Health
AIM, 20 February 2008
11 Mozambican women die every day due to complications arising during pregnancy and childbirth. Read more »