by admin | Jun 29, 2023 | Immunization, Maternal and Child Health, Mozambique
Fernanda Mussa, a health professional in Namorroi, Zambézia, was frustrated by the lack of community involvement in how immunization services were provided, feeling like more could be done to reach caregivers with live-saving vaccines. But now, that has changed. The...
by admin | Mar 17, 2023 | Immunization, Mozambique
Polio is an incurable disease that can lead to life-long paralysis in unvaccinated children, and even one confirmed case means that the virus may be quietly spreading in communities. Over the last year, Mozambique and Malawi declared a national health emergency to...
by admin | Nov 14, 2022 | Immunization, Mozambique, Vaccines
Nearly three years into the coronavirus pandemic, our global push for routine immunizations has been sluggish; 25 million children under 1 year did not complete all of their recommended vaccines in 2021 – the highest number since 2009. As we’ve redirected our...
by admin | Jul 12, 2022 | Maternal and Child Health, Mozambique, Vaccines
Originally posted on Gavi.org. What prevents parents from vaccinating their kids? A new VillageReach study in Mozambique looks at the myriad hurdles caregivers must overcome to protect their children. Caregivers in Mozambique want their children to be fully...
by admin | Oct 26, 2021 | Mozambique
It all started with a plane, a cyclone and a desire to help people. In 1999, Graça Machel and her husband Nelson Mandela boarded a plane to Seattle. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Craig and Susan McCaw Foundation sponsored their trip, which aimed to...
by admin | Oct 13, 2021 | Mozambique
When Cyclone Idai caused widespread devastation across Mozambique in 2019, Dr. Rotafina Donco was on the ground in the coastal city of Beira, much of which had been washed away in the floods. She recalls her tears when she saw the destruction that had taken place, and...
