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Final Report of the Needs Assessment
Assessment of the capacity of the health services to provide essential obstetric care in Tete province, Mozambique Final report of the needs assessment December 2000 1. INTRODUCTION Maternal mortality is a serious health problem in Mozambique. While the last census in 1997 and the DHS1 did not calculate exactly the maternal mortality ratio in the country, careful estimates indicate the MMR to be between 500 and 1500 deaths per 100 000 live births, but no reference is given. The only reliable information that is available comes from a sisterhood survey done in 19952. Even with these important differences in estimation of the exact figure of the maternal mortality, the problem is being recognised as an important one for the health planners and the donors in the country. Mozambique has made a clear commitment to reduce the maternal mortality in the country. In 1998 a first nation-wide Safe Motherhood needs asssesment3 was done, which was followed in the same year by a systematic review of the causes of 90 maternal deaths4. Following this dynamism within the ministry of health, a national strategy to reduce the maternal morbidity and mortality and neonatal mortality was formulated in 1999 and adopted in 2000, the document was launched as the: " …Estrategias para a redução da morbimortalidade materna e neonatal." This document 5forms the basis for formulating interventions to reduce maternal mortality in Mozambique. It is based on strengthening the health services with the concept of the provision of obstetric care ( basic and comprehensive) with an adequate referral system, community involvement and an improved data collection system. -
WFP Mozambique Situation Report #1
WFP Mozambique Situation Report #1 6 June 2016 Drought in Numbers Highlights A 90 day red alert was declared by the Government 1.5 million people acutely food insecure on 12 April as a result of the severe drought. and in need of immediate assistance At least 1.5 million people are acutely food insecure 6 of 11 provinces affected by the drought and in need of assistance in southern and central Resources available will allow WFP to reach areas of the country. 263,000 people from June until August 2016 Education authorities are already reporting an alarming surge of drop out in most drought affected areas. Funding Update Situation Update The harsh El Niño induced drought that hit Mozambique Humanitarian Country Team Strategic resulted in the deterioration of food security conditions in Response Plan the country and is expected to affect crops planted in late USD190.5 million January 2016. Immediate assistance has been provided to the most vulnerable populations since late 2015. > Food Security Cluster Food assistance Results of an assessment carried out by the Technical Secretariat for Food Security and Nutrition (SETSAN) last USD 150 million March show that at least 1,5 million people are affected > Nutrition Cluster by the drought in central (Zambezia, Manica, Sofala and USD 8,3 million Tete) and southern (Gaza, Inhambane and Maputo) provinces of the country. Staple food prices have increased by 100% and few WFP Drought Response Plan households still have cereal reserves for consumption. USD 96 million (12 months) Between November 2015 and March 2016, there was a * Not yet incorporated in PRRO 200355 sharp reduction in the quality of the diet. -
Highlights Situation Overview
Mozambique: Flooding Office of the Resident Coordinator, Situation Report No. 5 (As of 13 March 2015) This report is prepared by the Humanitarian Country Team/Office of the Resident Coordinator in Mozambique. It covers the period from 24 February to 13 March 2015. Highlights From 04 to 08 March 2015, the central and north of the country were severely affected by heavy rains due to a tropical depression formed in the Mozambique Channel affecting at least 144,882 people in Nampula and Cabo Delgado; There are about 10,000 houses destroyed partially/completely in Nampula and Cabo Delgado; In Zambézia province, in terms of Agriculture, there are 60,723 households affected and 60,051 ha of crops lost; A cholera outbreak has been confirmed in Tete, Nampula, Zambézia, Sofala and Niassa provinces, with a cumulative of 5.894 cases and 48 deaths since 25 December 2014. Flooded area in Nampula province, Larde district – March 2015 © INGC Mozambique 327,327 163 56,259 US$ 20,9 5.894 Affected people Deaths people in million Cholera cases in Tete, accommodation Nampula, Sofala, Needed for ongoing centers/resettlement Response and Recovery Zambézia and Niassa centers actions Situation Overview The Mozambican government on 3rd March 2015 downgraded the state of alert from red to orange, following a general improvement in the weather and the receding of floodwaters in the central and northern provinces. Furthermore, the government had opted to downgrade the alert, because life in the flood-affected areas has been gradually returning to normal. Regardless the downgrade of the red alert, all actions to support people affected by the floods in Zambézia would continue and tied vigilance on the climatic conditions as we still in the rainy and cyclone season. -
INSTITUTE of AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH of MOZAMBIQUE Directorate of Training, Documentation, and Technology Transfer Research Report
INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH OF MOZAMBIQUE Directorate of Training, Documentation, and Technology Transfer Research Report Series Priority Setting for Public-Sector Agricultural Research in Mozambique with the National Agricultural Survey Data by T. Walker, R. Pitoro, A. Tomo , I. Sitoe, C. Salência, R. Mahanzule, C. Donovan, and F. Mazuze Research Report No. 3E August, 2006 Republic of Mozambique DIRECTORATE OF TRAINING, DOCUMENTATION, AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER Research Paper Series The Directorate of Training, Documentation, and Technology Transfer of the Institute of Agricultural Research in collaboration with Michigan State University maintains two publication series for research on Agricultural Research issues. Publications under the Research Summary series are short (3 - 4 pages), carefully focused reports designated to provide timely research results on issues of great interest. Publications under the Research Paper series are designed to provide longer, more in-depth treatment of agricultural research issues. The preparation of Research Summary reports and Research Reports, and their discussion with those who design and influence programs and policies in Mozambique, is an important step in the Directorate’s overall analyses and planning mission. Comments and suggestion from interested users on reports under each of these series help to identify additional questions for consideration in later data analyses and report writing, and in the design of further research activities. Users of these reports are encouraged to submit comments and inform us of ongoing information and analysis needs. Paula Pimentel Director Directorate of Training, Documentation, and Technology Transfer National Institute for Agricultural Research of Mozambique ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Directorate of Training, Documentation, and Technology Transfer in collaboration with Michigan State University is producing two types of publications about the results of agricultural research and technology transfer in Mozambique. -
Environmental and Social Management Framework (Esmf)
E4142 REPÚBLICA DE MOÇAMBIQUE Public Disclosure Authorized MINISTÉRIO DA PLANIFICAÇÃO E DESENVOLVIMENTO DIRECÇÃO NACIONAL DE SERVIÇOS DE PLANEAMENTO Public Disclosure Authorized Mozambique Integrated Growth Poles Project (P127303) ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK (ESMF) Public Disclosure Authorized Draft Final Public Disclosure Authorized Maputo, February 2013 0 LIST OF ACRONYMS ANE National Roads Administration CBNRM Community-Based Natural Resource Management DA District Administration DCC District Consultative Council DNA National Directorate for Water DNE National Directorate for Energy DNPO National Directorate for Planning DNAPOT National Directorate for Land Planning DNPA National Directorate for Environmental Promotion and Education DPA Provincial Directorate of Agriculture DPCA Provincial Directorate for the Coordination of Environmental Affairs DPOPH Provincial Directorate of Public Works and Housing EA Environmental Assessment EDM Electricidade de Moçambique EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMP Environmental Management Plan ESIA Environmental and Social Impact Assessment ESMF Environmental and Social Management Framework ESMP Environmental and Social Management Plan FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FIPAG Water Supply Investment and Asset Management Fund GAZEDA Special Economic Zones Office GDP Gross Domestic Product GOM Government of Mozambique IDA International Development Association IDCF Innovation and Demonstration Catalytic Fun MAE Ministry of State Administration MCA Millennium Challenge Account MCC -
Continuities in Crisis : Everyday Practices of Disaster Response and Climate Change Adaptation in Mozambique
CONTINUITIES IN CRISIS Everyday Practices of Disaster Response and Climate Change Adaptation in Mozambique Luís Artur Thesis committee Thesis supervisor Prof. dr. Ir. Dorothea Hilhorst Professor of humanitarian aid and reconstruction Disaster studies, Wageningen University Other members Prof. dr. Linden Vincent Wageningen University Prof. dr. Greg Bankoff University of Hull, UK Prof. dr. Ton Dietz African Studies Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands Dr. Maarten van Aalst Center for Climate Change, International Federation of the Red Cross, The Hangue, The Netherlands This research was conducted under the auspices of the Wageningen School of Social Science ii CONTINUITIES IN CRISIS Everyday Practices of Disaster Response and Climate Change Adaptation in Mozambique Luís Artur Thesis Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor at the Wageningen University by the authority of the Rector Magnificus Prof. dr. M.J. Kropff, in the presence of the Thesis Committee appointed by the Academic Board to be defended in public on Tuesday 12 April 2011 at 11.00 AM in the aula iii Luís Artur Continuities in Crisis. Everyday Practices of Disaster Response and Climate Change Adaptation in Mozambique Thesis, Wageningen University, Wageningen, NL (2011) With references, with summaries in Dutch, English and Portuguese ISBN: 978-90-8585-926-0 iv LIST OF ACRONYMS ADPC Asia Disaster Preparedness Centre CBDRM Community Based Disaster Risk Management CEA Centro dos Estudos Africanos CDM Clean Development Mechanisms CENOE Centro Nacional Operativo -
MOZAMBIQUE Emergency Food Security Assessment Report
VAC Mozambique National Vulnerability Assessment Committee VAC in collaboration with the SADC FANR Vulnerability Assessment Committee MOZAMBIQUE SADC FANR Vulnerability Vulnerability Assessment Committee Assessment Committee MOZAMBIQUE Emergency Food Security Assessment Report MOZAMBIQUE Some 590,000 people (3% of the population) will require an estimated 48,000MT of cereal emergency food assistance through March 2003. 16 September 2002 Maputo Prepared in with financial support from DFID, WFP and USAID PREFACE This emergency food security assessment is regionally coordinated by the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources (FANR) Vulnerability Assessment Committee (VAC), in collaboration with international partners (WFP, FEWS NET, SC (UK), CARE, FAO, UNICEF, and IFRC). National VACs in each country - a consortium of government, NGO, and UN agencies - coordinated the assessments locally. This is the first of a series of rolling food security assessments to be conducted in affected countries throughout the region for the duration of the current food crisis. The VAC assessment strategy has two principal axes. First, it uses a sequential process of ‘best- practices’ in assessment and monitoring, drawn from the extensive and varied experience of the VAC partners, to meet a broad range of critical information needs at both the spatial and socio- economic targeting levels. The sequential nature of the approach not only provides richer details of the "access side" of the food security equation, but it adds the very important temporal dimension as well. From an operational (i.e. response) perspective, the latter is critical. Second, by approaching food security assessment through a coordinated, collaborative process, the strategy integrates the most influential assessment and response players into the ongoing effort, thereby gaining privileged access to national and agency datasets and expert technicians and increases the likelihood of consensus between national governments, implementing partners, and major donors. -
Mozambique Floods
MOZAMBIQUE: FLOODS 7 May, 2001 This Ops Update is intended for reporting on emergency appeals. Appeal No. 10/01 (Preliminary) Launched on 1 March, 2001 for CHF 4,895,506 for 3 months. DREF Allocated: CHF 100,000 Beneficiaries: 46,000 Operations Update No. 4; Period covered: 1 - 21 April (last Ops Update issued: no. 3 on 3 April, 2001); “At a Glance” Appeal coverage: 92.8% Related Appeals: 01.22/2001 (Mozambique) Outstanding needs: CHF 354,414 Update: Over the reporting period, the Federation and the Mozambican Red Cross (CVM) responded to the outbreak of cholera while also conducting a strategic planning process in preparation for the launch of the Appeal; regardless of these activities, further consolidated support has been provided in the centres. The logistical obstacles have decreased, with the Red Cross field offices having distributed a high proportion of non-food items to the centre populations while more CVM volunteers have been mobilized to provide traditional Red Cross support in a higher number of non-managed centres, including some distributions of non-food relief items to several centres where these needs have not been met by other humanitarian organizations. A total of 53,368 beneficiaries are sheltered in Federation and CVM managed and jointly managed centres, with over 300 CVM volunteers now having activities in 47 other centres which accommodate over 80,000 people, bringing the total number of beneficiaries to receive some type of Red Cross assistance to over 133,000, accounting for 60% of all internally displaced people sheltered in the flood affected provinces. The context Mozambique is once again afflicted with severe flooding, marking the second consecutive year in which people’s lives hinge on the brink of survival. -
Mozambique: Presidential, Legislative, and Provincial Election Report
EISA INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVER MISSION REPORT MOZAMBIQUE PRESIDENTIAL, LEGISLATIVE AND PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS 15 OCTOBER 2019 EISA INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVER MISSION REPORT No 60 14 Park Rd, Richmond Johannesburg 2092, South Africa P O Box 740 Auckland Park 2006 Johannesburg South Africa Tel: 27 11 381 6000-7 Fax: 27 11 482 6163 Email: [email protected] www.eisa.org This project was supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs ISBN 978-1-920446-81-9 9 781920 446819 Order from: [email protected] EISA INTERNATIONAL ELECtion OBserVER Mission REPort NO 60 i EISA INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVER MISSION REPORT MOZAMBIQUE REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE PRESIDENTIAL, LEGISLATIVE AND PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS 15 OCTOBER 2019 ii EISA INTERNATIONAL ELECtion OBserVER Mission REPort NO 60 Published by EISA 14 Park Rd, Richmond Johannesburg South Africa P O Box 740 Auckland Park 2006 South Africa Tel: 27 11 381 6000 Fax: 27 11 482 6163 Email: [email protected] www.eisa.org ISBN: 978-1-920446-81-9 © EISA 2020 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of EISA. First published 2020 EISA strives for excellence in the promotion of credible elections, participatory democracy, human rights culture, and the strengthening of governance institutions for the consolidation of democracy in Africa. EISA Observer Mission Report, No. 60 EISA INTERNATIONAL ELECtion OBserVER Mission REPort NO 60 iii CONTENTS Acronyms and Abbreviations ..............................................................................v Acknowledgements ............................................................................................. vi Executive Summary ............................................................................................ vii EISA’s Approach to Election Observation ..................................................... -
Mozambique: Rising from the Ashes
Mozambique Rising from the Ashes Contents Foreword 3 The first states 4 Five centuries of exploitation 5 The long struggle for independence From independence to civil war 10 A nation in flames 12 The quest for peace 15 The challenge of demobilisation 17 Defence systems down 19 Landmines: a bitter harvest 20 Creating a nation 23 Rebuilding broken lives 26 The dwindling of vast lands 29 Assets of the earth and sea 33 Roads to prosperity 39 The economy: painful choices 42 At the end of the rivers 45 Education: hungry minds 49 Health: the jaded jewel 53 A mother's right 59 The challenge of democracy 61 Facts and figures 62 Further reading and sources 63 Oxfam in Mozambique 64 JENNY MATTHEWS/OXFAM Oxfam UK and Ireland Rachel Waterhouse This book converted to digital file in 2010 A map of Mozambique, showing places mentioned in this book Zambia 1)1 dinu Ocean South \e\ Africa ) International boundaries Swaziland Rivers 0 100 200km Roads | ' , =! Internal boundaries 0 100 200 miles Foreword I ozambican society, its history Nations peace-keeping forces have met and its culture have been with success. Following a Peace Accord in I forged in the fire of 1992, the UN mission ONUMOZ guided international politics. The flames were Mozambique's transition from violent kindled 500 years ago, when the first conflict to nominal peace and democracy. European adventurers arrived to trade in The peace process officially ended gold, ivory, and slaves. In modern times when the nation held its first ever multi- Mozambique smouldered through a party, democratic elections in October series of liberation struggles, fuelled by 1994. -
Report Deals with a Wide Spectrum of Human Rights Concerns in the Country
Copyright 8 July 1992 by Human Rights Watch. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Library of Congress Catalogue Card No.: 92-73261 ISBN 1-56432-079-0 Cover design by Deborah Thomas. Africa Watch Africa Watch was established in May 1988 to monitor and promote observance of internationally recognized human rights in Africa. The chair of Africa Watch is William Carmichael. Alice Brown is the vice chair. Rakiya Omaar, is the executive director. Alex deWaal is associate director. Janet Fleischman and Karen Sorensen are research associates. Barbara Baker, Urmi Shah and Ben Penglase are associates. Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch is composed of Africa Watch, Americas Watch, Asia Watch, Helsinki Watch, Middle East Watch and the Fund for Free Expression. The executive committee is comprised of Robert L. Bernstein, chair; Adrian DeWind, vice chair; Roland Algrant, Lisa Anderson, Peter Bell, Alice Brown, William Carmichael, Dorothy Cullman, Irene Diamond, Jonathan Fanton, Jack Greenberg, Alice H. Henkin, Stephen Kass, Marina Kaufman, Jeri Laber, Aryeh Neier, Bruce Rabb, Harriet Rabb, Kenneth Roth, Orville Schell, Gary Sick and Robert Wedgeworth. The staff includes Aryeh Neier, executive director; Kenneth Roth, deputy director; Holly J. Burkhalter, Washington director; Ellen Lutz, California director; Susan Osnos, press director; Jemera Rone, counsel; Joanna Weschler, Prison Project director; Dorothy Q. Thomas, Women's Rights Project director; and Allyson Collins, research associate. Executive Directors Africa Watch -
MOZAMBIQUE: TROPICAL CYCLONE IDAI MULTI-SECTORAL LOCATION ASSESSMENT – ROUND 9 Data Collection Period: 11 September to 16 September 2019
MOZAMBIQUE: TROPICAL CYCLONE IDAI MULTI-SECTORAL LOCATION ASSESSMENT – ROUND 9 Data collection period: 11 September to 16 September 2019 OVERVIEW On the night of 14 to 15 March 2019, Tropical Cyclone IDAI made landfall in central Mozambique. The cyclone brought torrential rains and winds affecting mostly the Provinces of Manica, Sofala, Tete and Zambézia, causing flash flooding and subsequent destruction. From 11 September to 16 September, in close coordination with Mozambique’s National Institute for Disaster Management (INGC), IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) teams conducted multi-sectoral location assessments (MSLA) at resettlement sites in the four affected Provinces. The DTM teams interviewed key informants capturing population estimates, mobility patterns, and multi-sectoral needs and vulnerabilities. COVERAGE 66 Locations assessed across 17 administrative posts and 10 districts in Sofala, Manica, Tete and Zambezia provinces. The information included in this report was collected from 11 to 16 September 2019. To access information on IDP population in displacements sites as of today, kindly consult IOM Displacement Movement Tracking – Daily Update Datasets. 1 MOZAMBIQUE: TROPICAL CYCLONE IDAI MULTI-SECTORAL LOCATION ASSESSMENT – ROUND 9 Data collection period: 11 September to 16 September 2019 METHODOLOGY To ensure a more robust and targeted response for the humanitarian community, DTM provides key information and critical insights into the situation on internally displaced (IDP), affected persons and returning populations across the affected areas. Specifically, DTM implements three component activities: 1) Daily Monitoring: Rapid daily assessments of IDP population numbers (individuals & households) at accommodation centres and resettlement sites. 2) Multi-Sectoral Location Assessment: Multi-sector assessment at resettlement sites providing in-depth information on mobility, needs, and vulnerabilities.