Two years of darkness! Muanamadane, being examined by Nurse Inez, can see for the first time in two years. © Riccardo Gangale / Sightsavers

Latest news from Mozambique

A new government has been in place since the start of 2010, which saw some changes in the Ministry of Health: most notably the appointment of Dr. Nazira Abdula (the former director of our partner Nampula Central Hospital) as vice Minister. This is a positive development for Sightsavers, and we hope to see improvements when it comes to our intervention.

Highlights from our projects

Our programme in Mozambique is still relatively new, and is currently focussing on delivering eye care. We are beginning contact with government ministries with regard to launching education and rehabilitation in the country.

Through the Nampula Central Hospital we are in the process of training 30 community health workers in primary eye care, so it can be a part of primary health care in general. This means that more people with eye conditions in Nampula Province will be diagnosed, and referred to the hospital for treatment.

We are continuing to support outreach work, for two weeks at a time. Now that the outreach is longer, the number of patients who are seen and have surgery has increased, making the approach more cost effective. Another advantage of the team having more time in the field is that they are able to spend more time training the health staff, community activists and leaders. Click here to read more about a recent outreach in Nacala District, where over 80 people were operated on.

Sightsavers has purchased 30 bicycles to be used by community health workers in Nacala District, to help them travel the long distance to reach remote communities.

 

Achievements

 

In 2010 in Mozambique, we supported our partners to carry out:

• The treatment of 12,257 people for sight related problems
• 779 cataract operations
• The screening of 9,309 people for refractive error

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