The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced the start of the Malaria Capacity Strengthening (MCAPS) programme in Mozambique.
The five-year initiative, it was gathered, is designed to improve the quality of malaria services in the country.
According to USAID, this is a part of the broader U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) to eliminate malaria.
The agency said in a statement that Mozambique has made considerable progress toward reducing malaria deaths from 970 in 2018 to 408 in 2021.
Still, Mozambique is one of six countries accounting for more than half of all global malaria cases, as nearly 30 percent of all deaths in the country are due to malaria.
It also said the rates of malaria in Nampula, Zambézia, and Manica provinces are among the highest in the country.
‘This consortium will work in close partnership with the Ministry of Health’s National Malaria Control Programme at the national, provincial, and district levels, as well as with MOH health facilities, community health workers, health management committees, communities, and others’, the statement read.
Source: US Embassy Mozambique
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