With the support of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Peace Corps and the Government of Mozambique and partners are carrying out from August 6, 2022, a health educational television program broadcasting from Gaza province. The program called “Mentes Positivas” will have a total of 20 sessions of 45 minutes, one per …

More than 2,400,000 people were tested for HIV in Mozambique between April and June this year, with the support of PEPFAR. The testing has allowed thousands of new individuals to be identified and enrolled in HIV treatment services, bringing the number of those currently on antiretroviral treatment to just over 1,800,000 (one million eight hundred …

A 66-year-old man who has been living with HIV since the 1980s might be the fourth person cured of the HIV virus that causes AIDS since this global epidemic was discovered. The story of this man who did not want to reveal his identity was one of the news shared at the International AIDS Conference, which ended last week in Montreal, Canada. …

A PEPFAR Mozambique delegation represented by the PEPFAR Coordinating Office (PCO) and USAID, CDC, DoD and Peace Corps agencies participated in the 2022 International AIDS Conference in Montreal, Canada, from July 29 to August 2. During the conference, CDC´s staff supporting PEPFAR´s implementation in Mozambique presented programmatic and scientific research results on the adaption of …

During the release of the Report, The United States (U.S.) Global AIDS Coordinator, John Nkengasong, reiterated the U.S. Government’s commitment to continue collaborating with UNAIDS and other relevant stakeholders to control the pandemic by 2030. “The HIV pandemic is not a pandemic of yesterday, it’s a pandemic of today,” Nkengasong said. The Joint United Nations …

The 24th International AIDS Conference kicks off this Friday (July 29) in Montreal, Canada, with the theme “getting back involved and following the science.” This year’s edition will call for the world to come together to re-engage and follow science. It will set future research agendas, move the latest evidence into action, and chart a …

Representatives from more than 150 Mozambican community-based organizations (CBOs) benefited from a training session on preparing proposals to apply for community grants from the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to implement Community-Led Monitoring (CLM) of HIV/AIDS services in fiscal year 2022/2023. The event organized by PEPFAR in partnership with the National AIDS …

The Mozambican Civil Society Platform for Health (PLASOC-M) and the Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS) in partnership with the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the National AIDS Council(CNCS) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, organized a workshop in Maputo that was held from June 15 to …

An event called “Cordão Humano Somos Iguais” (Human Chain We Are Equal), led by the National AIDS Council (CNCS) and partners, took place this Saturday, June 11, 2022, with the support of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The event aimed to leverage the group of volunteers who have joined the campaign …

May 17 is the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), a day to speak out against discrimination directed towards the LGBTQI+ community. Stigma, discrimination, and violence, as well as harmful laws, policies, and practices, reduce access to and use of essential health services, and undermine efforts toward effective responses to HIV/AIDS around the …

“For chicken to grow well, we must pay attention to the quality and quantity of their feeding. We must also take special care of where the chicks sleep and with their health,” says laughingly Hortência Zeca, 22, a DREAMS beneficiary resident in Chimoio, central Mozambique. Hortencia’s knowledge on chicken farming is recent and impressive (2021). …

The Country Operational Plan (COP) of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) for fiscal year 2023, also known as COP 22, was approved Wednesday, April 27, 2022. The COP aims to support the national plans and processes outlined in the National HIV Strategic Plan 2021-2025 (PEN V) and the Global Funding Request …

World AIDS Day is on December 1, 2021. The U.S. government’s theme for World AIDS Day 2021 is “Ending the HIV Epidemic: Equitable Access, Everyone’s Voice,” which reflects the U.S. government’s continued, strong bipartisan commitment to ending the HIV epidemic globally and in the United States. The theme also highlights the importance of ensuring equitable …

“Give Hope to 1001 Rositas” is the name of the newest campaign launched in Mozambique to strengthen the fight against Gender-Based Violence (GBV), in particular intimate partner violence. The initiative is promoted by the Interfaith Platform for Communication for Health – PIRCOM, in partnership with the Association ComuSanas – an USAID Implementing Partner, with the …

Decorrem, de 8 a 10 de Setembro de 2021, em Maputo, as XVII Jornadas de Saúde, organizadas pelo Instituto Nacional de Saúde. Este ano o evento decorre com o lema “Promovendo a segurança sanitária e o desenvolvimento sustentável através da investigação científica transdisciplinar” O evento terá lugar no Centro Internacional de Conferências Joaquim Chissano, e …

The 11th International Conference on HIV Science, promoted by the International AIDS Society (IAS), is taking place since Sunday (July 18) in Berlin, capital of Germany. The event is being held virtually, due to the pandemic of COVID-19, with a center of local partners, and ends this Wednesday (July 21). IAS 2021 presents critical advances …