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Global Notebooks XV: Cabo Delgado, cursed mirror of today’s world

It had been a long time that, working in Africa, I had not felt the contradictions, the doubts, and also the anger so strongly. How to restructure a health system, which was already insufficient, in such a volatile and unpredictable reality? Where to build the new centres? H
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Global Notebooks XIII: War in Cabo Delgado

An insurgent group is advancing inexorably from north to south of the province, from east to west, leaving behind devastated villages. It is believed that there have been more than 2.000 deaths and more than 430.000 refugees.
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Global Notebooks XI – Nowhere

Psychologists say that confinement sharpens fears and can bring out the worst in us. I take refuge in my imaginary city when the walls narrow, the oxygen is lacking and there is an excess of screens. As the days go by, this fantasy becomes more acute.
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For a life free of gender violence in Mozambique

We’ve been working for more than two years hand in hand with Forum Mulher, the biggest network of bodies fighting for women’s rights and particularly against gender violence in Mozambique.
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Idai Cyclone in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi – Condolence Message

It is esteemated that 1.7 million people have been directly affected by the cyclone's passage, which is already considered one of the worst climate disasters in the two latest decades in South-Western Africa.
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New Action Plan for Health Promotion in Cabo Delgado (Mozambique)

In Cabo Delgado - Mozambique, we are giving support to the Provincial Health Directorate (DPS-CD) in developing an essential tool for the promotion of health in the Province: The Action Plan for Health Promotion.
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Documentary La Fiebre del Oro ( Gold Fever)

Dear friends, we have our new audiovisual production, the documentary “La Fiebre del Oro“, recorded in the mining area of Cabo Delgado (Mozambique). We have done it with Kanaki Films (with whom we already did “A Luta Continua”) and it is funded by the
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The awakening of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank and the WHO?

“Money alone is not the answer [… ] Strong primary health care is capable of meeting the vast majority of communities’ diverse health needs.” – PHCPI Strategy. Last September 2015, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO
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“A luta continua” Wins a Number of Awards at International Festivals

The documentary film “A luta continua”, shot in Mozambique and produced by Kanaki Films, goes on collecting awards at film showcases, festivals and cinema forums. In July the documentary won the Special Award for the “Best Short Film: Recommended for Schools” at the “U
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Strengthening the Primary Health Care Management Competencies of the Maputo City Council in Mozambique

Mozambique ranks third from last in terms of the UNDP’s Human Development Index 2014. Maputo is the country’s capital and its largest city: it gathers circa 40% of the Mozambique urban population and represents 20.2% of the country’s GDP. Since the passing of the Act 2
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