Health Alliance International (HAI), a Center of the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington, has been working in solidarity with the government of Mozambique for over 25 years. HAI aims to improve access to, and effectiveness of, the public-sector healthcare system in a setting where Mozambique endured decades long civil wars and continues to have ongoing civil conflict.
In partnership with the Mozambican government, HAI is carrying out a community survey in Sofala and Manica provinces to better understand trends in child mortality, health, and well-being, with a focus on chronic disease as it becomes more and more important in Mozambique. Sofala and Manica provinces have been historically neglected relative to the south of Mozambique as they are the center of the opposition to the central government. Currently, over 9% of children in Sofala and 11% in Manica do not live to see the age of 5.
In addition to conducting this community survey in the spring of 2016, the last c