Projects

Project: Improving the quality of midwifery workforce and health care services for mothers and new-borns in Mozambique Beneficiary:  World Health Organization (WHO) Duration: 2019 - 2020 Budget: 509 257,10 euros The project aims to reduce maternal and neonatal deaths in Mozambique.  The main objectives:  Increasing the quality of Midwifes Establishing a quality control system in selected hospitals, with focus on maternal & neonatal deaths surveillance and response

Beneficiary: World Health Organization (WHO) Budget: 2.000.000 euros Duration: 2018 - 2021 The disease burden in Mozambique is characterized by a large proportion of climate-sensitive diseases. Malaria (6.2 million cases in 2016) and HIV / AIDS (13.2% prevalence in 2015) make up more than half of the mortality in Mozambique. Recurrent epidemics of climate-sensitive diseases (such as cholera, measles, dengue fever, chikungunya, West Nile and yellow fever) put pressure on the already over-health system.

Summary: It is an evidence-based treaty that reaffirms the right of all people to the highest standard of health. The WHO FCTC was developed in response to the globalization of the tobacco epidemic. Signed: 22/01/2004 Sanctioned and promulgated: 14/10/2005 International ratification: 01/11/2005 Entry into force: 30/01/2006 pdf file592_Agreement in English.pdf (273 KB) pdf file592_Decreet.pdf (17 KB)      

Project: increasing the number of available health personnel in Mozambique Beneficiary: WHO Duration: 2005-2011 Budget: 587.600 euro  The Human Resources for Health programme (HRH) of the World Health Organisation (WHO) aims to reinforce the Mozambican Ministry of Health. By doing so, the WHO gears towards increasing the number of available health personnel, in order to offer better health services to the community. With its 0.03 doctors and 0.21 nurses per 1000 people, Mozambique has one of the lowest densities of health workers in Africa.

Duration: 2014-2015 Budget: 1.057.897€ The World Health Organisation (WHO) wants to improve access to reproductive health systems for women in southern African countries. The present project ties in with the WHO Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS 2014-2019) for Mozambique and is the successor of a previous project that was financed by Flanders within the framework of WHO CCS 2009-2011.

Summary: Framework Agreement between the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Flemish Government Signed: 09/04/2008 Entry into force: 01/08/2008 pdf file789_Ondertekende akte in het Engels.pdf (437 KB)  

Duration: 2009-2012 Budget: 3.498.000 euros With this project the World Health Organisation (WHO) wants to improve access to reproductive health systems for women in southern African countries. Duration and budget The Flemish Government supports the “WHO Initiative for Healthy Pregnancy in Southern Africa: Introducing the WHO antenatal care model in order to strengthen health systems and address violence during pregnancy” with a contribution amounting to 3,498,000 euros. This amount was earmarked on the 2009 budget and will support the programme for four years.

Duration: 2011 Budget: 150.000 euros Child abuse still occurs far too often around the world. The World Health Organisation (WHO) puts this theme high on the agenda of national governments worldwide. By doing so, it wants to raise awareness and increase the governments’ capacity to tackle this problem. Duration and budget In 2011, the Government of Flanders donated 150,000 euros towards the implementation of this project. Problem definition Worldwide, over 150 million girls and 73 million boys, aged under 18, are victim of sexual violence.

Duration: 2011 Budget: 309.102 Through this grant, the Government of Flanders wants to make sure that cervical cancer can be detected more rapidly in the partner countries of Flemish development cooperation. The grant will be used to update the guide. The Government of Flanders already lent its support to the creation of this guide. Duration and budget An amount of 309,102 euros was earmarked for this project. Problem definition Cervical cancer is one of the most treatable cancers.