In Sofala province, one of the regions hardest hit by Cyclone Idai in 2019, thousands of people continue to live in resettlement sites and need assistance to access essential services. Over these five years in the field, M\u00e9decins du Monde has provided primary health care to more than 2,300 families, totalling nearly 8,500 people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4967,"template":"","actualite_type":[10,176],"actualite_sujet":[],"action_combat":[],"mdm_pays":[],"class_list":["post-4966","actualite","type-actualite","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","actualite_type-international-actions","actualite_type-press-releases"],"acf":{"mise_en_avant":false,"chapeau":"In Sofala province, one of the regions hardest hit by Cyclone Idai in 2019, thousands of people continue to live in resettlement sites and need assistance to access essential services. Over these five years in the field, M\u00e9decins du Monde has provided primary health care to more than 2,300 families, totalling nearly 8,500 people.","cta_type":"aucun","cta_lien":"","contenu":"
Five years ago, on 14 and 15 March 2019, the Mozambican province of Sofala was hit by the powerful Cyclone Idai<\/strong>, which then spread to other regions of the country, causing 602 deaths, 1,641 injured and over 1.8 million displaced persons<\/strong>. The enormous consequences of the disaster are still reflected today in the lives of many communities. <\/p>\n Immediately after the storm, M\u00e9decins du Monde went into the field, alongside other national and international organisations<\/strong>, to respond to most of the population's essential needs. The organisation is still present in Sofala province, where it provides primary health care in areas such as infectious diseases, sexual and reproductive health, maternal and child health monitoring and vaccinations to more than 2,300 families, or nearly 8,500 people, in four resettlement sites<\/strong>. <\/p>\n Five years after Idai, the population remains in a situation of great vulnerability and depends on the support of humanitarian organisations<\/strong> to meet its basic needs. Their health and well-being are jeopardised by various factors: high levels of poverty, fragile infrastructure and the effects of climate change with periodic flooding and tropical cyclones.<\/p>\n \"To achieve this, it is essential to strengthen cooperation, mobilise more funds and ensure that the efforts made have not been in vain, which is only possible with continuous support for the projects of organisations and the excellent work of the teams in the field,\" she adds.<\/p>\n After a few months of emergency response, M\u00e9decins du Monde took over in 2019 the coordination and support of the Ndeja resettlement site, located in the Nhamatanda district, where 402 families had been resettled, totalling 2,344 people<\/strong>. Today, the organisation has extended its intervention to three other camps, Kura, Metuchira and Nune, providing health care to a total of 2,344 families, or 8,466 people.<\/strong> The organisation's intervention is not limited to the provision of health care, but also includes strategies for capacity-building and empowerment activities for the population<\/strong>, as well as training for local health care staff.<\/strong><\/p>\n\"It is necessary to continue this response to the enormous needs of the Mozambican population, by guaranteeing access to primary health care, promoting education and awareness-raising of individuals on health-related issues and the empowerment of communities, investing in the training of health professionals and contributing to the strengthening of health infrastructures,\" says Carla Paiva, Executive Director of M\u00e9decins du Monde Portugal.<\/h2>\n
Over 63,000 medical consultations in five years<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\nIn five years, M\u00e9decins du Monde has carried out<\/h3>\n