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AfDB approves $1 6m grant to support Covid-19 response in Mozambique

AfDB approves $1.6m grant to support Covid-19 response in Mozambique The project was implemented by the SADC Secretariat in partnership with the World Health Organization and the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. AfDB | Updated: 04-06-2021 09:40 IST | Created: 04-06-2021 09:40 IST Mozambique has shown a decrease in Covid-19 infections, but health authorities are on alert due to the threat of new variants and the risk of a third wave. Image Credit: Twitter(@SAgovnews) SHARE Mozambique has received a $1.6 million grant from the African Development Bank to purchase emergency health materials in response to the Covid-19 outbreak. The grant, which forms part of a $9.7 million grant to support the Covid-19 emergency response and strengthen health systems in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and in São Tomé and Príncipe, was approved by the African Development Bank Group s Board of Directors last year.

Mozambique: African Development Bank grants $1 6 million to support national Covid-19 response

Over 1 2 million need health assistance in Mozambique s Cabo Delgado Province

Over 1 2 million need health assistance in Mozambique s Cabo Delgado Province - Mozambique

Over 1.2 million need health assistance in Mozambique s Cabo Delgado Province Format 21 May 2021 Pemba, 21 May 2021 – More than 1.2 million people urgently need health assistance in Cabo Delgado Province in northern Mozambique where recent armed attacks sparked further population displacement and deepened a protracted humanitarian crisis. Violence and insecurity have damaged or forced shut nearly a third of the province’s 132 health facilities, depriving communities of basic health services and sparking emergency health needs for HIV, malaria and tuberculosis treatment as well as vaccination and safe delivery among internally displaced persons and host communities. Cholera prevention, COVID-19 response and provision of mental and psychosocial health services are also critically needed.

WHO appeals for urgent health aid in Cabo Delgado

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that health assistance was urgently needed in the Cabo Delgado Province in Northern Mozambique and called for donor support and relief supplies. The region was recently hit by armed attacks, resulting in the damage or closure of a third of the province’s 132 health facilities and leaving 1.2-million people without health care.

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