Construction is underway!

by | Apr 29, 2020 | Health Infrastructure | 0 comments

By Jessie Forsyth, Project Director Canada-Mozambique Maternal Health Project

Construction of a Maternity Clinic in Tevele, Mozambique

At such an uncertain time globally, with so many communities facing unprecedented challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canada-Mozambique Maternal Health Project is proud to report that a key programming area continues to progress well: the construction of rural maternity clinics and maternal waiting homes.

Throughout February and March, as the novel coronavirus gained momentum outside of Mozambique, the project team worked hard to ensure that all construction projects got up and running as planned. This included 4 new maternity clinics, 3 new maternal waiting homes, and 1 renovated nursery. By the end of construction, each of our 5 target districts – Zavala, Homoine, Morrumbene, Massinga, and Vilankulo – will enjoy new health infrastructure in under-served rural communities.  

One of the construction projects that is progressing very well, and holds especial meaning for our project, is the maternity clinic in our long-standing partner community of Tevele, Massinga. The community members who participate in Tevele’s health committee have been working in partnership with the University of Saskatchewan for over 15 years, building a healthier community by addressing a range of health determinants. For just as long, they’ve been working with the Massinga Health Training Centre’s students and teachers in mutual learning processes around health issues and gender. Numerous UofS medical, nursing, and health science students have also collaborated with the Tevele community over the years, each of whom have contributed to the ongoing solidarity of global health partnerships between Canada and Mozambique. Now, we’re able to augment that solidarity through the provision of a health centre, in a community that’s been preparing for its arrival – through long-term health promotion and community organizing work – over all those years.

High priority to move the construction forward guided by Dr. Antonio Tanda and Horacio Mandevo

A very warm thanks to everyone who’s been a part of the UofS-Mozambique partnership. You’ve each played an important role in reaching this point. Viva!

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Thank you for your interest in the Mozambique-Canada Maternal Health Project. This project came to an end on June 30, 2024. You may continue to the site to see our final update and find out what we did, but please keep in mind that it is an archived site and will no longer be updated.

We now have a new project**: Sexual and Reproductive Health for Young Women in Inhambane**. We will be activating its website soon.

The new project builds on the old one, but with some changes to adapt to new realities. We will continue to seek improved, sexual, reproductive and maternal health and rights for women, now focusing more on adolescent girls and younger women, within the context of model communities of care, taking into consideration their families and their communities. We will continue to partner with community health communities (now 30 compared to 20) within selected districts in Inhambane (now 6 rather than 5). We will also continue to partner with the provincial health directorate (DPSI) to improve infrastructural and human resources in the health system. And we will continue to carry out helpful research and disseminate information.

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