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From Cyclone to Food Crisis: Ensuring the needs of women and girls are prioritized in the Cyclone Idai and Kenneth responses
After the double tragedy and devastation of Cyclone Idai in March 2019 and Cyclone Kenneth six weeks later, the people of Mozambique now face yet another crisis: a food security crisis. At least 433,056 households have had their land and crops partially o
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Systems Effects of Integrated Community Case Management Projects: Mozambique Country Report
Save the Children US’ Department for Global Health (DGH) funded an embedded case study of systems effects of successive integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) projects implemented in Mozambique, Ethiopia, and Malawi. The study was implemented [on a s
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On the Move Alone (OMA): A practical tool for case management of unaccompanied migrant children in southern Africa
This practitioners’ guidebook and On the Move Alone (OMA) Tool is intended to serve as the official guide for SADC member states in the development of their National Action Plans. These plans are set to be aligned to the new Regional Strategic Plan to Add
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From Words to Action: A decade fighting child trafficking in Mozambique
Words into Action: A decade of fighting trafficking in Mozambique is the story of how the government stepped up to their responsibilities for children, and how Save the Children contributed to this process. Influencing systemic change is often seen as dif
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Contribution of Community Health Workers to Improving Access to Timely and Appropriate Case Management of Childhood Fever in Mozambique
Large-scale evaluations in several settings have demonstrated that lay community health workers can be trained to provide quality case management of childhood illnesses. This article assessed the contributed of an iCCM strategy in Mozambique to improved c
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Nutrition in the WHO African Region
Today, nutrition is considered a fundamental pre-requisite to health and well-being, and a primary indicator of future human capital development. The first 1000 days of a child's life is especially crucial. Physical growth and cognitive development within
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Participa! Edição no. 7
This is the 7th edition of the Participate! CEP (Citizenship and Participation) newsletter. This issue is dedicated to the participation of children in service quality monitoring via an education programme implemented in Mozambique. The newsletter seeks t
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Child Marriage and Adolescent Pregnancy in Mozambique: Causes and impact
This study measures the magnitude, trends over time, determinants and impacts of child marriage and adolescent marriage in Mozambique. It finds that 14.3% of girls between the ages of 20 and 24 were married before 15 years of age while 48.2% of girls in t
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Everyone Counts: How to share your food so everyone gets enough to eat
This child-friendly book follows Mika and Christina’s Family as they challenge the eating norms of their village to ensure that each family membrer gets enough food. The parrots Zaza and Zuzu suggest that they divide the food before eating, instead of le
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How to be Good at Football- Why Small Things are Important: A story about micronutrients
This child-friendly book follows Mika as he suddenly falls ill due to a lack of micronutrients: he is not able to enjoy football and play as well as he did in past. The story teaches important lessons about micronutrients and the problems that occur when
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The Rainbow Garden: Growing colourful food to keep you healthy
This child-friendly book follows Mika and Christina as they search for the perfect Mother's day gift for their mother. The story teaches important lessons about nutrition and the importance of eating a colorful plate. The story is followed by suggestions
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Feasibility of Community-level Interventions for Pre-eclampsia: perspectives, knowledge and task-sharing from Nigeria, Mozambique, Pakistan and India
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP), particularly pre-eclampsia and eclampsia, remain one of the leading causes of maternal mortality and are contributory in many fetal/newborn deaths. This editorial discusses a supplement of seven papers which prov