Updates from the Team
On the road to improved health systems for maternal care
Argentina Munguambe
Profiling a Key Team Member - by Jessie Forsyth Argentina's had a long and lively professional history rooted in various components of oral and community health, as well as a long relationship with Saskatchewan. In 1978/79, she completed her "Agente de...
Joanne Blythe Receives Global Citizen Award
Joanne Blythe Receives Global Citizen Award! Joanne Blythe, project administrator for the Mozambique Canada Maternal Health Project, has been named a Global Citizen by the Saskatchewan Council for International Co-operation. Jessie Forsyth, Canadian Project...
Ambulances Have Arrived!
Report from Lidia Mondlane, Mozambique Director, Mozambique Canada Maternal Health Project, December 21st, 2018 "I am sharing at this moment the images of the delivery of the ambulances, by His Excellency the Governor of the Province of Inhambane, to the...
The Welcomings – Mozambique Community Work
The Welcomings When members of the Mozambique Canada Maternal Health Project visit communities they are greeted with song and dance. It is to celebrate a working agreement on the various initiatives that the Project would be involved in ranging from helping to...
Building Better Latrines Celebration
This is the great celebration of a training workshop on Building Better Latrines. Building better latrines is one of the micro...
Gender Equality Key in Reducing Maternal Mortality
Improved sexual, reproductive, maternal and newborn health for women, adolescent girls, and newborns in 5 districts in Mozambique Project Director Jessie Forsyth of the Mozambique –Canada Maternal Health Project (2017-2022) recently presented at the University of...
Midwifery linked to lower odds of birth complications for low-income women
From USask News. October 3, 2018 New research from the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) and the University of British Columbia (UBC) is adding new evidence in support of midwives as a safe option for prenatal care, especially for women who have low...
Project Director on Mozambique National Radio
Project Director on Mozambique National Radio Radio Mozambique, which transmits all over Mozambique , recently did an interview with Dr. Lidia Mondlane, Mozambique Director of the Mozambique Canada Maternal Health Project. Dr. Mondlane reported on the...
Microproject Training Begins
A major strategy of the Mozambique Canada Maternal Health Project is to address the social and economic determinants of health. A key part of doing this is through the village health committees (Comites de Saude) to organize microprojects that empower women,...
Reflections on Mozambique – Xochitl Hanson Pastran
Mozambique Blog Post—By Xochitl Hanson Pastran. My memories are filled with images of the green, palm-studded countryside and beautiful ocean views of the province of Inhambane, Mozambique, as well as the poverty and gender inequality faced by women there and the...
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