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On the SDC main website, you find an overview on SDC's activities in Mozambique.

The Swiss Cooperation Office in Mozambique its own website. including information on its activities in the health sector.

Switzerland has been providing health-related assistance to Mozambique for 18 years and, since 1990, has gradually moved towards a budgetary and sector-based support focusing on primary healthcare, pharmaceutical needs and management. Switzerland has joined with other countries to establish common procedures, for example concerning the import of drugs and medical equipment. Better coordination between financial backers, public institutions and non-governmental organizations will result in more targeted and more effective action.

Since 1998, at the request of MISAU (the Ministry of Health) and various backers, and in order to give MISAU immediate access to the funds provided by these backers, Switzerland has provisionally assumed responsibility for managing the funds supplied by other external sources (Denmark, Ireland and Norway) for the purpose of importing drugs and medical equipment and financing current expenditure.

In recent years, Switzerland has provided average annual funding of CHF 11 million, of which CHF 9 million has been earmarked for the institutional component, primarily in terms of budgetary support. This is managed by the Ministry of Health (MISAU) and the Ministry of Planning and Finance (MPF). In parallel with this institutional assistance, the DCB likewise aims to foster community involvement so that greater consideration is given to the needs of the population.

Gaps still exist in the management and development of healthcare policies. Moreover, public-sector salaries are very low, which prompts trained healthcare workers to migrate to the private sector. But such considerations should not detract from the significant progress that has already been made: the donors’ activities are better integrated into the Ministry of Health’s programme, making for more effective healthcare services.
Related SDC Documents
 

Factsheet Regional Psychosocial Support Initiative (06.2009)
This fact sheet presents the Regional Psychosocial Support Initiative (REPSSI), a regional non-profit organisation designed to mitigate the psychosocial impact of HIV and AIDS, poverty, and conflict among children and youth from 13 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa.
The fact sheet was produced for SDC with the support of the Swiss Tropical Institute
Download (323 K)

Factsheet SolidarMed Antiretroviral Treatment Project (06.2009)
This fact sheet presents SMART (SolidarMed Antiretroviral Treatment) programme. The goal of this program is to strengthen the local health systems of nine rural districts in Tanzania, Mozambique, Lesotho and Zimbabwe, as well as to integrate voluntary counselling and testing, antiretroviral treatment, activities to prevent HIV transmission from the mother to the child, and home based care into routine health service provision. Solidarmed builds on established partnerships and cooperation in these districts with local hospitals and health administrations.
The fact sheet was produced for SDC with the support of the Swiss Tropical Institute
Download (165 K)

Workshop on the Sector Wide Approach for SDC (10.2000)
SDC Eastern & South Africa Division, Maputo, Mozambique, 23-25 October 2000 (pdf)
Download (115 K)

Poverty Reduction: What does the Sector-Wide Approach have to offer? (10.2001)
Powerpoint presentation provided during a lunchtime seminar at SDC by the Swiss Tropical Institute. (pdf)
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Update on events and developments during 2002 in (health) sector-wide approach (10.2002)
An update provided for SDC by the Swiss Tropical Institute. (pdf)
Download (69 K)

Malaria situation: Lunchtime seminar (12.2001)
Powerpoint presentation provided during a lunchtime seminar at SDC by the Swiss Tropical Institute. (pdf)
Download (497 K)

The multisectoral approach - A focus on Africa (03.2001)
The aim of this key issue paper provided for SDC by the Swiss Tropical Institute is to give an overview over the issues related to mainstreaming AIDS into development projects using a multisectoral approach. The focus is on non-health sectors and -projects as for those it is less obvious than for the health sector how to procede. (pdf)
Download (155 K)

Preventive interventions to control and combat the spread of HIV in Africa: A review on what works and what does not (07.2001)
This document reviews the evidence of what works and what does not work in preventing HIV transmission and spread in Africa. In Africa most importantly it appears that there must be a high political and moral commitment in order to sustain positively the impact of preventive measure against HIV/AIDS. A key issue paper provided for SDC by the Swiss Tropical Institute. (pdf)
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Access to drugs (09.2004)
Many of the issues surrounding the accessibility of medicines in low income countries can only be addressed with concerted national and international action. In this paper we consider the issues of accessibility and availability of pharmaceuticals in international health, and describe the initiatives that have been taken by SDC to address them in Tanzania and Mozambique.
A key issue paper provided for SDC by the Swiss Tropical Institute. (pdf)
Download (1.38 MB)

     
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