Globally people’s health is improving but there is still much to be done as the poorest people in the poorest countries suffer the most from ill health. We are working with governments and healthcare organisations to improve healthcare systems and access to services.
The latest update from Mozambique is that we are in the midst of an intensive period of activity supporting the Government of Mozambique to develop its round 9 application to the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria (GFATM). I …
Sorry, no time for a detailed posting this week, as I am engaged in an online discussion on an issue which is really important for Mozambique. This is just a quick posting to link you in, if you are interested, …
The lively and very tighly packed (both in terms of agenda and physical space!) joint meeting between the Ministry of Health and development partners held in Maputo on 3rd April closed with a very clear statement of solidarity with the Ministry of Health from development …
We were all crammed in to the 9th floor meeting room of the Ministry of Health on Friday 3rd April, for one of the twice yearly big meetings between the Minister of Health ( Paulo Ivo Garrido ), and development partners. It was …
For those of you following the Pope and condoms discussion, I am attaching a very helpful briefing note from UNAIDS, which sets out the UN position. For those with no time to read the attachment, a key message is: "Condoms …
Friends in the NGO community here in Mozambique have been applauding the recent statement by Margaret J. Pollack, the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the State, in the US delegation statement to the United Nations Commission on Population and Development. …
There has been a flurry of activity here in Maputo, as we prepared for the large annual meeting between the Ministry of Health and its development partners to review the performance of the health sector in 2008. I took my camera …
Jeanne fiddled with the edge of her gitenge, tracing the pattern in the brown cloth with her finger again and again, telling me her experiences in the Rwandan genocide, and of the years after 1994. I sat in her small …
I have just participated in two days of workshops and a final consensus meeting to come to a joint government and donor view on how the health sector in Mozambique is performing. You will remember from my visits to Gaza …
I met with Carina Winberg of Tearfund and Geoff Foster of Firelight Foundation last week and had a very useful discussion on how to ensure that Faith Based Organisations (FBOs) are linked in to the network of NGOs and civil …
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