Where We Work | Mozambique
Delivering for communities
against the odds.
Our Work in Mozambique
VillageReach’s story began in Mozambique, where we started work to strengthen supply chains and get products to people in 2000. Today, we collaborate with the Ministério da Saúde de Moçambique (MISAU), the private sector and other partners to develop and implement high-impact sustainable solutions and programs, including strengthening MISAU’s Public Health Emergency Operation Center (PHEOC), providing technical support to the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) and Medicines and Medical Articles Center (CMAM), and implementing digital solutions including the Electronic Child Registry (ECR), Electronic Vaccine Logistics System (SELV) and Telehealth (formerly Health Center by Phone) (AlôVida).
Resources
From Disruption to System Strengthening: How Government Leadership and Adapted Transport Solutions Sustained Family Planning Commodity Availability in Mozambique
Rethinking Integration, Focusing on Networking and Coordination
Closing the Gender Gap: Community-Driven Solutions to Boost Women’s Use of National Health Hotlines
HPV Educational Cards Messaging Guide
A Case Study Series – Evidence and guidance for advancing integration across health procurement and supply chains
Community Health Workers at the Center of Mozambique’s 2026 Health Reform
Women’s and Adolescent Health in Mozambique FAQs
HPV Vaccination Educational Cards
Electronic Vaccine Logistics System (SELV)
Mozambique Family Planning Emergency Distribution Project
Support for Emergency Response in Mozambique
A qualitative, participatory study to identify barriers and facilitators to women’s uptake of National Health Hotline Solutions in Malawi and Mozambique
National Telehealth Communities of Practice Overview
Identifying context- specific drivers of routine childhood immunisation dropout in Mozambique and Malawi: a secondary thematic analysis of qualitative community- based participatory research data
Educational Pathways for a Skilled Supply Chain Workforce
Watch & Learn
A Partnership for Reaching the Last Mile (3:09)
The partnership between government and the private sector is improving the lives of health workers and people in communities across Mozambique. By outsourcing the distribution of medicines and supplies to Bollore, the program Last Mile Supply Chain (LMSC) supports 50% of health centers in the provinces of Zambézia, Tete, Nampula, Inhambane, and Sofala.
The Journey to the Last Mile (9:08)
Mozambique by the Numbers
35M estimated
population
80% employed in
agriculture
by 2024
c30MMozambicans served
in 2023-24
Our Mozambique team is led by Country Director Rotafina Donco
Coordinating relief efforts after Cyclones Kenneth and Idai was a wake-up call – when it’s not possible to transport life-saving medication by road, what can we do? I’m proud of our work with governments and private sector partners to strengthen supply chains to reach people, even in crisis.”
Cervical Cancer Vaccine Launches
Impact Story
My dream is to be a singer. And I would also like all the children to be vaccinated.”
– Agnes, pictured with Lúria, Sheyla and VillageReach’s Rotafina Donco
Lúria, Agnes and Sheyla were among the first Mozambicans to receive a vaccine against the virus that causes cervical cancer, after their school was chosen to launch the cervical cancer vaccination. Of the 5,500 women who contract cervical cancer per year in Mozambique, more than 4,000 end up dying from the illness, an average of 11 deaths per day. This vaccine could change everything.
Delivering Against All Odds
Impact Story
“Different types of transport are being used to deliver medicines… the cargo must be carried by someone.”
– Shabana Gafar, Bolloré Implementation Manager, Last Mile Supply Chain.
On a Friday in early March, a Bollore truck transporting medicines from the provincial warehouse in Quelimane to the district warehouse in Molumbo found itself trapped in mud on a main road. As the situation continued to worsen, locals from nearby came to free the truck by pushing it, with no luck. They then attempted to hire a local tractor, which was also unsuccessful requiring the delivery drivers to spend the night safeguarding the payload of medicines. This led to another day of attempts – including hiring two additional tractors. Through their unwavering determination, the medicines were eventually transferred to a truck hired from Molumbo, which successfully delivered the medicines to the community that needed them.
