For years, João Fernando has been educating and counseling men and their partners on the health benefits of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) in preventing HIV. As a community mobilizer in the fight to reduce HIV-related deaths, he has reached dozens of men in Macuelia, in Zambézia Province, and even escorted his 14-year-old son to
Telessaúde MZ provides access to infection prevention info Less than 2 weeks after Cyclone Idai made landfall over Beira, Mozambique, in mid-March, the first cases of cholera were reported. With streets full of standing water from the torrential rains, roofs ripped from homes and thousands left without access to clean water or sanitation, incidences of
In Mozambique, an adolescent searches for a way out of the isolation of young pregnancy. In Guinea, a mother, abandoned by her family, looks to her community for help. In Nepal, a woman subjected to brutal beatings by her husband seeks relief through the support of a trained community health volunteer. Gender inequality can put
