Making Women Safer through Improved Cancer Screening

by Jessie Forsyth | Dec 28, 2022 | Health Infrastructure, Health Practitioners

The Mozambique-Canada Maternal Health Project is happy to bring 2022 to a close with another successful round of clinical continuing education for women’s health. This time, the aim was to improve breast and cervical cancer prevention in Inhambane province. Health...

Good maternal health care also needs well-trained support staff

by Jessie Forsyth | Nov 30, 2022 | Health Practitioners, Health Systems

Since successfully completing the construction of new health infrastructure – four rural maternity clinics, three large maternity waiting homes and three small maternity waiting homes – the project has been working to make each new health facility a model of...

A Look Back at 2021

by Don Kossick | Jan 30, 2022 | Community Work, Health Practitioners, Health Systems, Project News

The beginning of a new year brings a look back on the previous one. In 2021, despite pandemic challenges, the Mozambique Canada Maternal Health Project continued to advance our work. Chambula Youth Health Committee We continued to engage community members in...

Mapping “Care Pathways”

by Don Kossick | May 31, 2021 | Community Work, Health Practitioners, Health Systems

Joint health system-community sessions to support women’s deliveries This month, project coordinators Ruta Massunguine and ArgentinaMunguambe (responsible for education in the community and the health system, respectively) have been busy carrying out sessions in each...

Tools and Training for Sexual and Reproductive Health

by Don Kossick | Oct 27, 2020 | Community Work, Health Practitioners

In the last month, the Project’s continuing education coordinator, Argentina Munguambe, has been holding sessions with health workers who provide sexual and reproductive health services to adolescents (SAAJ). The focus is how to work with adolescents to not only...

Using radio to communicate to rural women and health workers

by Don Kossick | Mar 2, 2020 | Community Work, Health Practitioners

Using radio to communicate to rural women and health workers Our team in Mozambique is using local radio to inform listeners about good maternal health practice. The following is based on an interview with Argentina Munguambe, Project Training Coordinator, by Jessie...