Two hospitals for the Sofala Province

ongoing

The Beira General Hospital will serve the Beira, Dondo and Muanza districts, representing a population of 640,000 inhabitants (an estimated 740,000 inhabitants by 2024). It will serve as first referral for the healthcare centres of these districts, and will provide a screening service for the central hospital.The Marromeu rural hospital will serve the Marromeu district and a population base of about 140,000 people (about 230,000 by 2024). It will replace the obsolete existing infrastructure. The hospital will include a primary healthcare unit for the city of Marromeu, which currently does not have an urban medical centre.The programme will acquire the equipment required to operate the two hospitals and ensure its maintenance over a three-year period. It will support the establishment of a hospital management system in terms of human resources, healthcare and referral system operation quality.