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Working Toward Better Health: Expanding Community Health Services in Mozambique

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank Group
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-05T20:10:25Z
dc.date.available2025-05-05T20:10:25Z
dc.date.issued2025-05-05
dc.description.abstractIn low-income countries, formal health systems are stretched thin, and rural and underserved areas often lack adequate primary healthcare coverage, delaying essential interventions and leaving populations vulnerable to preventable diseases. Mozambique was no exception. The country had particularly poor health outcomes among its peers, with high rates of stunting (40%) and malnutrition, as well as one of the highest rates of child marriage and adolescent fertility in the world. Its share of deaths from communicable diseases and maternal, perinatal, and nutritional conditions was 62% – three times the global average. Only half of births were attended by a skilled professional, and the neonatal mortality rate was 27.9 per 1,000 live births. But the problem went beyond reach and access: providers had weak competencies, clinical guidelines were often not adhered to, and there were high levels of dropout for child immunization. To improve health outcomes, Mozambique would have to increase both coverage and quality of service.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099855104222522677
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/43158
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/43158
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subjectGOOD HEALTH
dc.subjectWELL-BEING
dc.subjectDECENT WORK
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE COVERAGE
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE SERVICE
dc.titleWorking Toward Better Healthen
dc.title.subtitleExpanding Community Health Services in Mozambiqueen
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okr.date.disclosure2025-05-05
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-07T03:04:55.725136Z
okr.date.lastmodified2025-04-25T19:04:53Zen
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica Eastern and Southern (AFE)
okr.region.countryMozambique
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Early Child and Children's Health
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Service Management and Delivery
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Nutrition
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Monitoring & Evaluation
okr.unitOutcomes (SMDOC)
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