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Mozambique
Background
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Country Background
Mozambique gained its independence from Portugal on June 25, 1975, under the FRELIMO (Liberation Front of Mozambique) leadership. The new Mozambican government was committed to social justice and equity in access to health care and had an internationally recognized model system of Primary Health Care. It also supported the anti-apartheid struggles in South Africa and Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia). Because of this support, the apartheid governments of South Africa and Rhodesia funded a proxy war against the progressive government of Mozambique. This war only came to an end in 1992.
Since then, Mozambique has instituted a multiparty-system of government and struggled to recover economically from the debilitating 17 year war. This process has been significantly hindered by the onslaught of AIDS, structural adjustment programs imposed from abroad, and widespread poverty. It is in this context that HAI currently seeks to support the Mozambican Ministry of Health in building a strong and lasting health infrastructure.
