The challenge of providing health services to 211.000 internally displaced people
The humanitarian situation in Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique significantly deteriorated over the last eight months, due to consecutive climatic shocks, insecurity and violence, leading to wide displacements of people, disruption of livelihoods and lack of access...
Preparation of the new Tax Law to increase tobacco, alcohol and SSB taxation
The Mozambican Tax Authority and the Ministry of Health of Mozambique are finalizing the proposal of the "Specific consumption tax" that will be submitted to Parliament end of 2020. National Directorates of Public Health and Health Economics at MoH are leading...
New study highlights the relevance of social determinants of health in Mozambique
A recent study published by Sam Jones and Alba Llop (Copenhaguen University) puts the focus on the identification of Social Determinants of Health that significantly influence health inequalities. These SDH are crucial for the design of appropriate evidence-based...
Breast cancer increases five-fold in Mozambique since 1960
A study published in International Journal of Cancer published in 2020 describes the evolution of cancer incidence in Mozambique. The study finds a high prevalence of HIV-related cancers. Overall, 44% of cancers in Maputo and 52% in Beira are estimated...
Mid-term review of the Primary Health Care Strengthening Program (PHCSP), co-funded by GFF
The Primary Health Care Strengthening Program (PHCSP) aims at contributing to the implementation of the Investment Case (IC) for Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition (RMNCAH+N). The Program financing was 253 M$ in 2019...
Increase of NCD-related risks will translate in financial needs
The Global Burden of Disease Report provides data on the changes in the epidemiological profile in Mozambique. While communicable diseases continue to represent the bulk of mortality and morbidity in the country, its relevance is significantly decreasing over time....
Development partners and civil society contribute to the final Draft of the Health Financing Strategy
In the period from 11 - 30th October, 2019, the Ministry of Health of Mozambique has led different meetings to streamline its propostal of Health Financing Strategy. These meetings have gathered National and Provincial Directorates (both Directive and technical...
Costing of health service delivery
A week-long training on Costing of Health Services was held in Maputo on 23-27th September, 2019, organized and co-funded by the Ministry of Health, P4H and the WHO. Costing of health services is considered a key element in progressing towards a more effective...
MoH studies the contribution of Off-budget funding to the NHS service provision
The Planning Directorate at the Ministry of Health has studied the contribution of the off-budget funding to the provision of health services through the National Health Service (NHS). The objective of this analysis is to understand the external financing dynamics in...
Proposal of Social Health Insurance would require to increase State Budget devoted to Health 4-fold
A proposal for the implementation of a Social Health Insurance (SHI) was prepared for Mozambique. The consultancy, commissioned by ILO, proposed to deepen the preventive character of the National Health Service, to reinforce primary levels and to head towards...
Temporary suspension of health user fees in Sofala province, affected by Cyclone Idai
The Government of Mozambique announced on 4th. April, 2019 that user fees in the health sector are suspended in Sofala province, in order to facilitate access to health services to population affected by Cyclone Idai. It will be of foremost interest to analyse...
Mozambique to reassess health budgetary priorities after cyclone Idai
Mozambique is assessing the social and economic consequences of cyclone Idai, that hit the country on 14th and 15th March, 2019. Death toll has risen to 598 and 135.000 families are affected, of which 127.000 live in shelters and makeshift camps. Cholera outbreak has...
Domestic resources increase as external funding goes off-budget
Execution of domestic resources for health has increased significantly in recent years in nominal terms, according to new Budget Execution Report (BER) 2018 issued on Feb.2019. It now stands at 307 MUSD, while in 2017 the execution was 248 M USD. This data refers...
Mozambique amongst countries with lower risk of catastrophic expenditure in Africa
Data of Bugdet Household Surveys have been compiled to estimate incidence of catastrophic expenditure in Africa, available at McIntyre, D. et al (2018): Challenges in Financing Universal Health Coverage in Sub-Saharan Africa, published by the Oxford Encyclopedia of...
Draft proposal for a health benefit package in Mozambique
In the framework of the debates around a possible form of a public National Health Insurance in Mozambique, a first draft of essencial services package has been prepared by the consultants working with ILO. This proposal will be reviewed and necessarily aligned with...