Health in Mozambique

  • Global Malaria Target Met Amid Sharp Drop in Cases

    BOTSWANA, 2015/09/22 Malaria death rates have plunged by 60 % since 2000, but the ancient killer remains an acute public health problem with 15 nations mainly in sub-Saharan Africa accounting for some 80 % of cases and deaths globally, according to a new United Nations statement released today. “World malaria control is one of the great public health success stories of the completed 15 years,” said Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the UN World Health Organization (WHO). “It’s a sign that our strategies are on target, and that we can beat this ancient killer, which still claims hundreds of thousands of lives, mostly children, each year.”
  • Unicef, UN Health Agency Report Increase in Immunization Figures for World's Children

    BOTSWANA, 2015/07/18 An increasing number of children are receiving life-saving vaccinations around the world, according to the new data released by two United Nations agencies. In a press release issued before today, the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) confirmed that the number of nations reaching and sustaining 90 % vaccination coverage for their children with the required three doses of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis containing vaccines (DTP3) had doubled since 2000. In 2000, 21 million children did not receive even a initial dose of DTP, a figure that has presently dropped to 12 million, the WHO and UNICEF said.
  • Maputo Health Centres Transferred to Municipal Control

    MAPUTO CITY, 2013/02/24  Responsibility for amount primary health care in Maputo City will be transferred next week from the central government to the Maputo Municipal Council. This measure covers 26 health centres and the three morgues in the city. Under a memorandum of considerate signed in Maputo on Friday, the management of these institutions is to be transferred to the municipality. According to Maputo City health director Pascoa Wate, the health centres will presently be subordinate to the Health and Social Welfare area of the municipality, but the transfer will be processed gradually.
  • Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,

    MOZAMBIQUE, 2013/02/14 Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, made the announcement on Wednesday in his annual letter. The award recognizes \"revolutionary ways\" for immunizing the world\'s poorest children. Nominees are assessed on innovation and creativity, impact and scale.