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22.12.2020
More than half a million people internally displaced in Mozambique
More than half a million people are currently trying to escape the terrorist attacks in Mozambique's northernmost province of Cabo Delgado. They are leaving their belongings behind and heading south in uncertainty, to an area where the local population already lacks the most basic necessities.
Zambia’s severe health workforce shortage urged a change of the traditional model where each nursing school is attached to one teaching hospital for practical experience. Starting in 2012, SolidarMed successfully introduced an innovative model that allows both the quality of training to improve and the quantity of graduates to increase.
Peter Hellmold has been active for SolidarMed in Tanzania for over ten years. The doctor's work in one of the poorest countries worldwide, where poverty also affects the health of the population, is driven by his desire to make a positive impact on the world.
Only a few years ago, the infant mortality rate in the overcrowded emergency rooms in northern Mozambique was alarmingly high. For some time now, SolidarMed has therefore been assisting three important health facilities in the remote province of Cabo Delgado in order to improve the emergency care of children. The basis for this is a triage system based on colors.