UNFPA maternal & Newborn Health
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Nurse Eugenia providing Kabibi, 26, with an antenatal checkup.
Kabibi lives on an island in Ibo District. She is a mother of four, is pregnant with her fifth and is receiving antenatal care from Nurse Eugenia. The mobile brigade travels to Kabibi and other expectant and new mothers in Ibo using the UNFPA-supported boat ambulance. She is unable to afford travel costs to a nearby island for antenatal appointments, so is grateful for the services provided by the Mobile Brigade.
Eugenia Maria Dias, a nurse who is part of the Mobile Brigade and uses the UNFPA-supported boat ambulance to reach new and expectant mothers on islands in Ibo District where she provides antenatal and SMI (saúde materno-infantil/Mother and Child) consultations.
The UNFPA-supported boat ambulance is run by the government of Mozambique and operates out of Ibo District, in the conflict-affected province of Cabo Delgado. The boat, captained by Amisse, carries medical staff like Nurse Eugenia to communities on remote islands, where services including ante-and postnatal care can be carried out. The boat can also transfer patients to the provincial hospital for life-saving treatment. Since the start of 2022, more than 15,000 people from islands in Ibo in Cabo Delgado have received support from the mobile brigades. The boat service enabled 73 surgeries in the second half of 2022.
This mobile support is critical as many health centres have been damaged or have reduced capacity due to worsening violence and insecurity in the north of Mozambique.
These boats are part of UNFPA projects, funded by the UK Government and the Government of Japan.
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Nurse Eugenia providing Kabibi, 26, with an antenatal checkup.
Kabibi lives on an island in Ibo District. She is a mother of four, is pregnant with her fifth and is receiving antenatal care from Nurse Eugenia. The mobile brigade travels to Kabibi and other expectant and new mothers in Ibo using the UNFPA-supported boat ambulance. She is unable to afford travel costs to a nearby island for antenatal appointments, so is grateful for the services provided by the Mobile Brigade.
Eugenia Maria Dias, a nurse who is part of the Mobile Brigade and uses the UNFPA-supported boat ambulance to reach new and expectant mothers on islands in Ibo District where she provides antenatal and SMI (saúde materno-infantil/Mother and Child) consultations.
The UNFPA-supported boat ambulance is run by the government of Mozambique and operates out of Ibo District, in the conflict-affected province of Cabo Delgado. The boat, captained by Amisse, carries medical staff like Nurse Eugenia to communities on remote islands, where services including ante-and postnatal care can be carried out. The boat can also transfer patients to the provincial hospital for life-saving treatment. Since the start of 2022, more than 15,000 people from islands in Ibo in Cabo Delgado have received support from the mobile brigades. The boat service enabled 73 surgeries in the second half of 2022.
This mobile support is critical as many health centres have been damaged or have reduced capacity due to worsening violence and insecurity in the north of Mozambique.
These boats are part of UNFPA projects, funded by the UK Government and the Government of Japan.