Strengthening the National Institutes of Health in the Republic of Mozambique under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

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The National Institutes of Health (INS) in Mozambique was created to conduct national disease surveillance, monitoring and evaluation of public health programs, outbreak investigations, laboratory science, training of health professionals, and other functions vital to the country’s public health responses. The purpose of this announcement is to build the material and human resources of INS and the quality and timeliness of information generated and available on health in Mozambique. Specifically, this project will: 1) Support the development and capacity building of national reference laboratories; 2) Support demographic surveillance site (DSS) activities; 3) Develop and conduct national and sentinel surveillance for causes of morbidity and mortality in Mozambique populations; 4) Enhance the human resource capacity of the INS and national health systems through scholarships and training programs; 5) Monitor and evaluate programs, interventions, and initiatives related to improving health and safety in Mozambique; 6) Increase and support the capacity of the National Institute of Health to gather, analyze, disseminate and use timely and accurate data on health indicators in Mozambique.

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