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A swelling crowd of people has gathered at the rural health centre at Monte Xiluvo in Nhamatanda district in the central Mozambican province of Sofala. Most are mothers with…
More than 1Â 000 Mozambicans, including children, are trafficked to South Africa every year where they are forced into prostitution or used as free or cheap labour. In response,…
Sandra Alberto was heavily pregnant when Cyclone Favio struck Mozambique earlier this month, ripping the zinc roof off the house she and her two children had taken refuge in. "I…
The contradictions in Maria’s life are typical of many women in Mozambique. On one level the 33-year-old is advancing. She is able to attend night school to gain the education…
A motley group of about 20 Mozambican men and women eyed each other tentatively as they met for the first time to discuss how they could jointly fight HIV/Aids. On one side of…
With World Health Day (April 7) rapidly approaching, attention is being directed this week to the widespread shortage of health workers. The theme for World Health Day,…
I am a 12-year-old girl from Mozambique. Although I am struggling to keep up with my lessons, what I enjoy most is going to school. I can eat well at school, and the teacher…
At the tender age of 12, Pedro Moniz is already a veteran when it comes to observing the regimen of anti-retroviral drugs that keeps Aids-related illnesses at bay. "I take one…
Lying outside her hut on a tattered mat, 20-year-old Maria struggled with her breathing as she tried to explain why she and her five orphaned nieces and nephews in her charge had…
