Mozambique: One in four deliveries occurs outside health facilities

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Mozambique: One in four deliveries occurs outside health facilities

2:28 CAT | 22 May 2023

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One in four births take place outside a health facility in Mozambique, reveals a report released in Maputo on Thursday by the National Institute of Health’s Vital Events and Causes of Death Surveillance System. The report covers the period 2019 to 2020.

The national director of Surveys and Observation at the INS, Ivalda Macicame, explained that the highest number of cases is registered in the central and northern regions of Mozambique, especially the provinces of Zambézia and Cabo Delgado.

“The system shows that one in four births continue to take place outside a health facility in Mozambique, with the main emphasis on the provinces of Cabo Delgado and Zambézia,” she said, quoted by AIM.

With regard to deaths, Macicame said that three out of four deaths in Mozambique also occur outside health facilities, particularly in the provinces of Cabo Delgado, Nampula, Zambézia and Inhambane, where, according to the source, more than 80% of deaths occur in the community.

These data “show the importance of having a community-based system that can capture not only vital events, but other health events and beyond”.

“In terms of civil registration of births and deaths captured by this system, it was found that only 30% of children were registered at a civil registry office before their first birthday, and only 16% of deaths identified were registered after burial,” Macicame said.

O @instituto_ins procedeu, nesta quinta (18.05), em Maputo, ao lançamento de dois relatórios sobre causas de morte em Moçambique. Trata-se de dados obtidos com base no Sistema Comunitário de Observação em Saúde e de Eventos Vitais, 2019 e 2020. Saiba mais: https://t.co/MtNE8gbBEG pic.twitter.com/Jjtdipff7n

— Instituto Nacional de Saúde (INS) (@instituto_ins) May 19, 2023