The sun sets on 2008!
Well, the sun has set on 2008, and what a beautiful sunset it was. My friend Marie took this picture on the 29th December from the Marginal Road overlooking Maputo Bay. I think it really captures some of the magic of …
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A meeting with the Prime Minister of Mozambique
I have been incredibly busy in the two weeks following on from World AIDS Day. My DFID colleague Katie Bigmore and I and Mauricio Cysne from UNAIDS joined a team from the World Bank who were reviewing Mozambique’s World Bank …
A paradox - too little money but too many donors
Mozambique is known as a 'donor darling', in that there are lots of agencies that flock to work here, which is a reflection of both the level of need and on good performance by the government improving the enabling environment …
Do donors respond to national priorities, or try to set them?
On this World AIDS Day, I want to turn attention to the crucial role of donor funding in the fight against HIV/AIDS. In a previous post, I mentioned the pleasures of working in Mozambique including working with very committed people …
Delivering better health services needs longer term, more predictable financing
Earlier today I met with Mauricio Cysne, the Country Representative of UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS) here in Mozambique. Mauricio is a dynamic person, full of energy and a great networker. We discussed what to do to try to …
Health-related progress in Mozambique
One of the pleasures of working here in Mozambique comes from working with a group of hard working and committed individuals in the Ministry of Health and the non government sector. Given the limited resources, Mozambique has achieved some remarkable …
Will Mozambique ever get the health system its population deserves?
In the run up to World AIDS Day - Katie and I, the human development and HIV/AIDS advisers here in DFID Mozambique, thought it would be good to focus on a few of the problems facing Mozambique. Mozambique faces an …
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