Mozambique Canada Maternal Health Project

https://www.maternalhealthmozcan.ca//mozambique-canada-li/

In celebration of Mozambican Woman's Day, April 7th, we are re showing re presenting this song from ZZ Mama of Mozambique about the empowerment of women. The ph...otos are of women who have been engaged in the community health work of the Mozambique Canada Maternal health work and building community. It iwas part of a collaboration between Radio Kusinga of Massinga and Making the Links CFCR 90.5 Community Radio in Saskatoon. See more

Viva Internatonal Womens's Day - the global march for rights and justice. Village Health Committees in Inhambane Province, Mozambique.

FIRST COVID VACCINES ARRIVE IN MOZAMBIQUE! The Maternal Health Mozambique Canada Project Director Jessie Forsyth has just relayed the information that the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines have arrived in Mozambique The AIM News Service reported that Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi announced on Wednesday, February 24th that the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines would arrive from China later in the day. Using his Facebook page, Nyusi said he had been in regular contact with ...Chinese President Xi Jinping over the past two months about access to the Chinese vaccine. As a result, as from Wednesday Mozambique will be receiving the Chinese vaccine for priority groups, first and foremost for health workers. With the arrival of this shipment, our challenge remains guaranteeing the arrival of other doses, said Nyusi, and negotiations with our partners are at an advanced stage. It was not stated in Nyusi’s message whether the Chinese vaccines are a gift, or how many doses will arrive. Meanwhile United States President Joe Biden has announced funding of four billion US dollars for the COVID-19 Vaccines Access Facility (COVAX), which supports access to safe and effective vaccines for 92 low-and middle-income countries, including Mozambique. A press release from the US embassy in Maputo says this contribution will support the purchase and delivery of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines for the world’s most vulnerable and at-risk populations, including frontline health care workers. This investment is critical to controlling the pandemic and slowing the emergence of new variants as well as helping restart the global economy. Two billion dollars will be available immediately and the remaining two billion will be released as other donors contribute with increased financial commitments to this important effort, said the release. It cites remarks to the United Nations Security Council, by Secretary of State Antony Blinken that COVID has shown us that no nation can act alone in the face of a pandemic. The United States will work with our partners across the globe to expand manufacturing and distribution capacity and to increase access to COVID-19 vaccines, including to marginalised populations. The embassy added that in Mozambique the US Government is providing an additional 3.7 million dollars to help guarantee the country’s vaccine readiness per COVAX requirements. This includes planning the delivery and distribution of the vaccines throughout Mozambique, and technical assistance in the provision of comprehensive medical treatment to patients with COVID-19, including in the safe and effective utilisation of oxygen. The release said that the US has donated 50 ventilators to the Ministry of Health and invested more than 20.4 million dollars in training, supplies, and equipment to support Mozambique’s COVID-19 response. Source: AIM See more

https://podcasts.apple.com//researchers-under/id1513240190 Researchers Under the Scope, College of Medicine, U of S, with Dr. Nazeem Muharjarine who is also the Principal Investigator with the Mozambique Canada Matenal Health Project. His father's son: Nazeem Muhajarine connects the coronavirus and human behaviour ... The way people perceive threats in a pandemic affects the spread of Covid-19, according to social epidemiologist Nazeem Muhajarine. Since he was a boy, he's studied the way government interventions really work, from the perspective of citizens who have to live with them. Muhajarine is analyzing more than 5,400 responses by Saskatchewan residents in his study of Social Contours and COVID-19. (https://spheru.ca/covid-19/covid-19.php) In this episode, Muhajarine explains why he left medical school for a career in public health research, why politicians' words and actions can alter infection rates, and why he strives to treat every person he meets in his research with dignity.

https://www.maternalhealthmozcan.ca//new-building-for-ma/

High Commission of Canada in Mozambique- Canada is proud to increase its contribution to the Mozambique Canada Maternal Health Project (Mozambique Canada Maternal Health Project) by $ 390 K to support the COVID-19. response led by researchers from University of Saskatchewan In partnership with the Mozambique Government, the project will continue to focus on maternal and neonatal health, raising awareness about COVID-19 prevention and combating the differential impacts that th...e pandemic has on women and girls through messages and accurate and empowering information. Efforts will focus on providing protective and training medical equipment in healthcare facilities to strengthen healthcare worker s' skills to deal with the pandemic. At community level, activities will continue to empower women and girls to make informed decisions about their personal health and maternal and reproductive health needs linked to COVID-19. See more

COVID 19 Update - Mozambique - Mozambique News Reports and Clippings Joseph Hanlon, June 14th, 2020. Covid-19 cases doubled in 11 days With 74 new cases Friday and Saturday (12-13 June), the total number of cases has doubled in just 11 days. This is the 8th most rapid increase in the world, according to https://ourworldindata.org/ The doubling time has shortened, from 13 days just a week ago. On 20 May the total cases were double those of 26 days before....Continue reading

Construction is underway! See our latest blog!