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Documentary "The Gold Fever" awarded with more than a dozen international awards

An unsettling film that shows the reality of artisanal mining in Cabo Delgado

New National Action Plan for the Response to Gender-Based Violence of the Ministry of Health in force until 2022

The aim is to strengthen prevention and offer victims an integrated, humanized and better quality care service.

Cabo Delgado hosts Provincial Forum on Artisanal Mining and Sustainable Rural Development

The objective is to provide an open space for civil society and public institutions to share knowledge and debate issues of common interest.

Collaboration agreement with ISCISA aims to enable distance learning

The materials for the Master of Health Sciences course will be the way for ISCISA to obtain accreditation from INED

medicusmundi celebrates 25 years in Mozambique with commemorative logo

In Mozambique since 1994, we celebrate, in 2019, 25 years of presence in the country.

WOMAN premières in Maputo on November 26

A powerful documentary about a new generation of Mozambican women, passionate and fighters, who raise their voices to combat inequality.

Documentary Film Course finalists begin production of 4 mini-documentaries

The films will portray different realities of artisanal mining and will serve to put into practice the knowledge acquired during the four months of formation

Mozambican Parliament passes Law prohibiting premature unions

In Mozambique, premature marriage is already considered a legally punishable crime with 8 to 12 years in prison.

Screening of “The Silence of Women”

On 10 April we joined Mozambican Women’s Month celebrations (which began on 7 April, with Mozambican Women’s Day) by screening one of our first social documentaries "The Silence of Women".

1st International Film Festival on Health and Rights

On 5, 6 and 7 December, we held the 1st International Conference on the Social Determinants of Health, in the city of Maputo, Mozambique.

Intensive Social Documentary Course: meeting with the trainers

On 5 April we had the first meeting with the ten trainers on our Intensive Social Documentary Course.

Intensive Social Documentary Course: applications open from 1 to 30 April 2019

We are accepting applications for the first Intensive Social Documentary Course from 1 to 30 April.

Cyclone Idai – Our Condolences

We at medicusmundi express our deepest sympathy and profound sense of solidarity with the families devastated by cyclone Idai which has ravaged Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi.

Legal ‘Caravans’ in Cabo Delgado: Environmental and Cultural Rights in Cabo Delgado.

Last February the first Legal Caravans of 2019 were held as part of our “Artisanal Mining: Environmental and Cultural Rights in Cabo Delgado” project.

"Gold Fever" documentary available online

You can now watch our "Gold Fever". Documentary online www.lafiebredeloro.org where you will also find a lot more information.

A new documentary is on the way

This time we are exploring the important topic of gender-based violence.

1st International Conference on the Social Determinants of Health in Mozambique: towards health for all

2018 ended with a very important event for medicusmundi and our partner organisations in Mozambique for the Right to Health and for the defence of a quality public health system that prioritises primary health care and a focus on the social determinants of health.

Opening speech of the First International Conference on Social Determinants of Health

It will come as no surprise if I say we are living in times when health, around the world, is being transformed into a highly desirable consumer good and, in some parts of our planet, one within reach of only a very few people.

Closing speech of the First International Conference on Social Determinants on Health

I could start this closing speech just to say yes, we have achieved the conference goal: to increase academic knowledge on the social determinants of health in Mozambique.

Right to health, everyone’s right

Media campaign to inform and mobilize the citizens of Mozambique in defense of their right to health.