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“ALONE IT IS HARD, TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE IT…” MEN CALLED TO ACTION ON THE WORLD AIDS DAY

Dec 7, ’12 10:17 AM

This post has been written by Luisa Brumana, Senior HIV Specialist in UNICEF Mozambique

Last Saturday, December 1st, I attended the central ceremony for commemoration of World AIDS Day, which this year in Mozambique concentrated on the theme: “É possível acabar com a transmissão do HIV de Mãe para o Filho”- or in English, “It is possible to stop transmission of HIV from mother to child”.     

When the National AIDS Council (CNCS), through its Communication Group, asked for support in identifying women who had gone through the Preventing Mother-to-Child transmission (PMTCT) programme and who could come and provide their testimony about their experience, I immediately thought about the mothers of the association Kuplumussana. In the Sena language, Kuplumussana means “Save One Another”.

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MOZAMBIQUE AS A LEADER IN M-HEALTH SOLUTIONS

Dec 15, ’11 5:38 PM

From our first guest blogger: Lise Ellyin, Mozambique Country Director for the Clinton Foundation

Emanuele asked me to contribute to this great blog to discuss the Mhealth solutions being implemented in Mozambique, for which I am delighted to share on behalf of the Ministry of Health and partners. It seems fitting to be writing this while I am in China, a capital of technologies.

Innovative solutions are changing the way health services are delivered these days in Mozambique. The country has become one of the leaders in this area: in evaluating and implementing new diagnostic technologies and mobile health solutions, sharing these experiences globally via conferences, publications and most recently showcased in the WHO July 2011 Implementation guidelines.

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