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Strengthening the health system and emergency aid

Northern Mozambique is in a state of unrest. Several cyclones, the Covid-19 pandemic and the persistent terrorist attacks have further exacerbated need in one of the world’s poorest countries. SolidarMed is continuing the long-standing efforts to strengthen healthcare and also provides emergency aid.

Mozambique in numbers

SolidarMed in Mozambique

Over a million people rely on humanitarian aid in northern Mozambique, and the health system is desperately overstretched. SolidarMed works to ensure that both internally displaced people and local populations have access to healthcare. The focus is on measures for better hygiene, tackling gender-based violence, and rapid treatment of pregnant women and children in emergencies.
 

Emergency aid for those in need

SolidarMed delivers emergency aid to the many refugees in northern Mozambique. In the resettlement camps SolidarMed hands out urgently-needed equipment, such as hygiene kits, supports mobile clinics, and raises awareness of sexual violence. SolidarMed supports overstretched hospitals in the surrounding area by providing supplies and by helping deal with the large number of patients.
 

Enabling timely treatment

In northern Mozambique there are not enough functioning ambulances, and waiting times are too long in accident and emergency departments. Thanks to SolidarMed, pregnant women can travel free of charge in tuk tuks to healthcare facilities where they can give birth safely. And the distribution of coloured cards on arrival at hospital ensures that children in life-threatening situations get rapid treatment.
 

Better hygiene to tackle the spread of disease

The hygiene conditions are abysmal in the resettlement camps that house many refugees. But health centres and hospitals are often also lacking a hygiene and waste concept – or it is not properly followed. This encourages the spread of infections and disease. SolidarMed therefore provides hygiene kits and sterilisation equipment and trains health workers and the public on simple yet effective hygiene measures.
 

Learn more about our projects in Mozambique

We work side by side with strong partners.

Mozambique

Mozambique is one of the poorest countries in the world. SolidarMed works in a targeted way to relieve pressure on the ailing health system and deliver emergency aid.

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Zwei Kinder im Umsiedlungsdorf Karapua in Cabo Delgado im Norden von Mosambik.

Under-5 mortality rate

66 deaths per 1'000 live births (Switzerland: 4)

HIV prevalence

11,6 % (Switzerland: 0,2 %)

Dominik Schweizer

Do you have questions about our projects in Mozambique? Dominik Schweizer is there for you.

Maternal mortality

127 deaths per 100'000 live births (Switzerland: 7)

Doctors per 10'000 persons

0,8 (Switzerland: 44)

Your donation makes a difference

Your valuable donation allows us to alleviate suffering in one of the world’s poorest countries and to improve health. Thank you so much!

CHF
75

e.g. support for a mobile clinic

CHF
100

e.g. 20 rides in a motorbike ambulance

CHF
180

e.g. one emergency package for a health center (gloves, catheters, syringes, etc.)

  • Mutter mit Kind in einem Gesundheitszentrum nahe eines Umsiedlungsdorfes in Cabo Delgado.
    A mother and a child at a health center close to a resettlement camp in Cabo Delgado.
  • Mutter mit Kind in einem Gesundheitszentrum nahe eines Umsiedlungsdorfes in Cabo Delgado.
    In the Gihote resettlement camp, SolidarMed provides emergency aid to people who have fled the conflict in the north of the country.
  • Mutter mit Kind in einem Gesundheitszentrum nahe eines Umsiedlungsdorfes in Cabo Delgado.
    Children in the Karapua resettlement camp in Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique - their new home.
  • Mutter mit Kind in einem Gesundheitszentrum nahe eines Umsiedlungsdorfes in Cabo Delgado.
    A woman who fled the conflict in the north receives support from a health activist in the Gihote resettlement camp.
  • Mutter mit Kind in einem Gesundheitszentrum nahe eines Umsiedlungsdorfes in Cabo Delgado.
    The distribution of coloured cards on arrival at hospital ensures that children in life-threatening situations get rapid treatment.
  • Mutter mit Kind in einem Gesundheitszentrum nahe eines Umsiedlungsdorfes in Cabo Delgado.
    Thanks to SolidarMed, pregnant women get free transport by tuk tuk to a healthcare facility where they can give birth safely.
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