MCSP is a key immunization partner in many countries and a member of the Interagency Coordinating Committee and country technical working groups (TWGs). As such, MCSP joins other immunization partners in-country to participate in the joint appraisal (JA) and portfolio planning process reviews. This report provides an overview of MCSP country experiences during the recent […]
Location: Mozambique
Gender Technical Brief
MCSP developed tools and strategies to address gender-based constraints and opportunities related to reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH) outcomes and integrated these into national strategies, training packages, and quality improvement tools. In Ghana, Nigeria, Mozambique and Tanzania, these tools have been institutionalized by ministries of health and scaled up through national programs. […]
Accelerating Progress in Micronutrient Deficiencies in Mozambique: A Ministry of Health Perspective
This commentary from the Mozambique Ministry of Health describes the Government of Mozambique’s commitment and support for the key recommendations outlined by Picolo et al. and calls for the engagement of key stakeholders and various government ministries to coordinate efforts to reach this goal. […]
Rethinking Integrated Nutrition‐Health Strategies to Address Micronutrient Deficiencies in Children Under Five in Mozambique
This case study presents progress, challenges, and lessons learned to date for vitamin A supplementation, micronutrient powders (MNPs), and food‐based strategies in Mozambique. Program considerations for planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating micronutrient interventions within the health system are also provided. […]
How to Strengthen Nutrition into the Health Platform: Programmatic Evidence and Experience from Low and Middle Income Countries
MCSP launched their special issue Maternal and Child Nutrition journal supplement “How to Strengthen Nutrition into the Health Platform: Programmatic Evidence and Experience from Low and Middle Income Countries” on February 12, 2019. The supplement includes evidence and experiences on how to strengthen integration of nutrition into the health platform from a health systems perspective. […]
February 12th – How to Strengthen Nutrition within the Health Platform: Programmatic Evidence and Experience from Three Countries
Join us February 12th to discuss evidence and experiences strengthening integration of nutrition into the health platform in Mozambique, Malawi and Tanzania. […]
From Life-Threatening Pregnancy to Happy Birth Day: Mozambican Providers Act Quickly to Save Lives
MCSP-trained providers in Mozambique stabilize a pregnant woman suffering from eclampsia and refer her for lifesaving care. […]
What to Know about Your CCEOP Application and Deploying Cold Chain Equipment
With one in five children in low- and middle-income countries still not fully vaccinated and thus at risk of preventable, life-threatening illnesses, immunization programs are under pressure to increase coverage and improve performance and efficiency. Populations are growing and immunization supply chains (iSCs) are facing constraints in reliable, optimal and sufficient cold chain equipment (CCE) […]
MCSP Mozambique Program Briefs
MCSP has partnered with the Ministry of Health in Mozambique to introduce and support high-impact, sustainable reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health interventions in the below areas: Child Health Community Health Gender Immunization Maternal and Newborn Health Malaria Nutrition Quality Improvement Reproductive Health: Cervical Cancer Prevention and Family Planning Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Water, Sanitation […]
It Takes a Village: Community Loans are Saving Lives in Mozambique
By creating and revitalizing Community Health Committees in Mozambique, MCSP is involving the community itself in actions to improve their own health and development. […]