Women's Health in Mozambique

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This paper explains that Mozambican women are in desperate need of quality health care and sex education to fight against the high mortality rates and the spread of HIV/AIDS. The author also feels that general education about safe water and living conditions needs to be taught to fight malaria and cholera. But, the author feels the chances of this happening, in such a poor and strife worn country, are poor. Figure. Outline.

Table of Contents
Introduction
HIV/AIDS
Infant and Maternal Mortality
Flood Problems
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"In the spring months of 2000, there was a great deal of flooding in Mozambique. The Mozambican Ministry of Health, WHO and other international bodies such as UNICEF and the Red Cross implemented strategies to control the spread of cholera and malaria in the African nation. Up to 250,000 people in Mozambique were at risk of malaria or cholera due to the flooding. As the weather warmed and the floodwaters subsided, breeding conditions for mosquitoes were at their prime. The Mozambican Ministry of Health announced that the number of malaria cases in the Matupo province increased to as many
as 80,000. Steps to control the mosquito populations were taken, including the spraying of high-risk areas."

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