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Between the 21st and 24th of July, in the TDM meeting room, in the District of KaMpfumu, city of Maputo, took place a training of Community Activists for the implementation of Community Surveillance of COVID-19, Acute Flaccid Paralysis, Measles, Neonatal Tetanus, Diarrhoea/Cholera and Gender-Based Violence.

During the months of May and June 2023, there was held a face-to-face course in the city of Maputo, and later its online version, entitled "Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in the Context of Climate Emergency". This course is part of a collaboration between medicusmundi, Fórum Mulher and Alliance for Health, and was developed and taught by Professor Teresa Cunha, with the technical and pedagogical support of our colleague Djamila Andrade.

medicusmundi and Fórum Mulher have been supporting the Government of Mozambique in the operation of the Multisectoral Mechanism for Comprehensive Care for Women Victims of Violence (MMAIMVV). The main objective is to prevent, avoid and alleviate the suffering of women victims of violence.

During the month of June (from June 6 to 27) several screenings of the documentary WOMAN were held on the outskirts of the city of Maputo, specifically in the neighborhoods surrounding Malhazine (Magoanine A, Bagamoio and George Dimitrov).

In Mozambique, the mid-level nurses are the main health services providers for women/mothers and children. 

The Secretary of State was satisfied with the functioning of the CAIVV in Mavalane and reiterated her country's support in the areas of health and gender in Mozambique.

Three thousand nine hundred and thirty-six (3,936) families from Maputo Municipality will benefit from water purifiers.

Since FAO established 16 October as World Food Day in 1979, this day has been celebrated as a date set aside to claim the right to food as a way of raising public awareness of issues related to nutrition and food.

medicusmundi and the Alliance for Health held on Wednesday, October 5th, 2022, at 12:30 pm, a Special Session of the ACTIVA-TE Film Festival

medicusmundi continues to support the strategy of model communities in carrying out activities aimed at reducing malnutrition.

The Alliance for Health and medicusmundi held on Friday, September 22nd, 2022, at 06:00 pm, the 6th session of the ACTIVA-TE Film Festival on the “The main challenges in the construction of Positive Masculinities in Mozambique”, at Centro de Teatro do Oprimido – CTO (Theatre of the Oppressed), in Maputo.

On the 28th and 29th of September, the Workshop to assess the health response to the emergency in Cabo Delgado province was held in Pemba.

The Alliance for Health and medicusmundi held on Friday, September 16th, 2022, at 10:00 am, the 5th session of the ACTIVA-TE Film Festival

The Alliance for Health and medicusmundi held, on Friday, September 9th, 2022, at 10:00 am, the second special session of the “ACTIVA-TE” International Film Festival

On 16 September, representatives of the consortium formed by medicusmundi and Centro Terra Viva participated in the XVII Ordinary Session of the Provincial Consultative Council of Cabo Delgado in Pemba.

Medicus Mundi and Aliança para a Saúde held last Friday, September 2, 2022, at 5:00 pm, a special session of the ACTIVA-TE Film Festival on ʽʽThe Main Challenges in Exercising the Right to Health in Mozambiqueʼʼ.

On the 31st of August, nutritionists' day is celebrated in Mozambique, so the nutritionists of our team in Cabo Delgado took the opportunity to offer a nutritious and healthy lunch to the other team members

On the 26th of August, medicusmundi, accompanied by its local partner Centro Terra Viva, participated in the 2nd Session of the Development Observatory of Cabo Delgado Province, which took place at the Alberto Joaquim Chipande Teacher Training Institute

On this occasion, from the 23rd to the 26th of August, our nutritionist colleague, Rufina Camicha, visited the community "Unidade B" in the district of Montepuez

With the technical and financial support of medicusmundi, on the 29th and 30th of June, at Caritas Mozambican in Maputo, two interesting training sessions were held for members of the Municipal Commission for Social Determinants of Health (CDSS) in matters of “Advocacy and Lobbying” and “Gender-Based Violence”.