Pharmaceutical Breakthrough Reduces Malaria Deaths in Africa's Children
APRIL 2011 — Malaria is a leading cause of pediatric hospitalizations across Africa. Until recently, there was one main drug to treat severe malaria — quinine. A recent FHI-monitored study of an alternative medicine, artesunate, showed promising results. If artesunate was used to treat the 4 million annual cases of severe malaria among African children, about 100,000 lives could be saved each year.
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Shining a Light on one of FHI's Stars: Dr Dário Sacur, TB Expert in Mozambique
MARCH 2010 — Dário Sacur, MD, has been working to reduce Mozambique's heavy TB burden for a large part of his professional life. Now Dr Sacur is FHI's field project director in Mozambique for the USAID-funded Tuberculosis Control Assistance Program (TB CAP), where he addresses many challenges to reduce the burden of TB on his countrymen.
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Clinical HIV/AIDS Services Strengthening (CHASS) Project
FHI Mozambique is implementing the USAID-funded CHASS project in Mozambique to increase access to high-quality, comprehensive HIV/AIDS and related primary healthcare services.
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FHI Implements TB, HIV/AIDS Programs in Mozambique
FHI is working with Mozambican counterparts to provide integrated HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment services and address the country's high prevalence rate, particularly among women and children.
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Tuberculosis Control Assistance Program (TB CAP)
Building Research Capacity
FHI is developing clinical and community research capacity with the Mozambican National Institute of Health in Chokwe and the Catholic University of Mozambique in Beira.
Fighting Malaria
FHI is a partner in the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI), funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to accelerate the development of malaria vaccines and ensure their accessibility.
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Through TBCAP, FHI/Mozambique helped produce a series of leaflets on TB and HIV for TB counselors and patients, healthcare supervisors, and healthcare workers.
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Featured Donor: USAID
Through our donors, such as USAID, FHI supports Mozambique and its organizations in preventing the spread of HIV and improving HIV/AIDS care and support among those at highest risk.
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The FHI/Mozambique office is here to help. If you want to learn more about the office or contact officials directly, visit the Contact Us Web page.
