HEALTH WITHOUT BARRIERS: PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF NON-TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASES IN MOZAMBIQUE

Fondazione Aurora in partnership with the Italian Association of Friends of Raoul Follereau – AIFO, the Forum of Mozambican Associations of People with Disabilities, the Provincial Health Directorate of Cabo Delgado and Manica and the PIN S.C.R.L. Educational and Scientific Services for the University of Florence (ARCO-PIN) contributes to facilitating access to the health system and to quality health care in order to reduce mortality caused by the main non-communicable diseases.

Specifically, Fondazione Aurora collaborates with a Mozambican NGO called COLUAS to promote the financial autonomy and therefore the social empowerment of people with disabilities in Mozambique in the “Salute senza barriere” project co-financed by the Italia Agency for Development Cooperation – AICS.

Among the expected results of this initiative is also the organisational strengthening of the same NGO COLUAS in implementing effective economic and social inclusion activities for people with disabilities.

GOALS

→ To improve the social environment by minimising exposure to non-communicable disease risk factors and ensuring access to health care for those who need it.
→ To contribute to the removal of socio-economic barriers and obstacles that lead to the social exclusion of people with disabilities.
→ To contribute to market matching between the real needs of local communities and potential income-generating activities by identifying new financial channels for access to credit.
→ To strengthen the institutional and organisational capacity of the local cooperative run by people with disabilities Luana Sowing Smiles – COLUAS, in order to expand its work to other more peripheral areas of the country.
→ To support local entrepreneurship in social responsibility policies so that people with disabilities can obtain an individual income
→ To consolidate the community psychosocial network to ensure the sustainability of the economic intervention and support people with disabilities.

PEOPLE REACHED:
180,585 people
DIRECTLY INVOLVED:
96,753 people (49,826 women)
5 HEALTH CENTRES AND COMMUNITY HEALTH COMMITTEES
ENTERPRISES, PUBLIC BODIES AND ORGANISATIONS INCLUDING A COOPERATIVE OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

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Partner del progetto

PARTNER:

PIN S.c.r.l.
Servizi didattici e scientifici per l’Università di Firenze,
Laboratorio Action Research for CO-development (ARCO-PIN)
E-35 Fondazione per la Progettazione Internazionale
Fondazione Aurora ETS
Forum delle Associazioni Mozambicane delle Persone con Disabilità / Forum das Associações Moçambicanas das Pessoas com Deficiência – FAMOD
Direzione Provinciale Sanitaria di Cabo Delgado / Direção Provincia de Saúde de Cabo Delgado – DPS Cabo Delgado
Direzione Provinciale Sanitaria di Manica / Direção Provincial de Saúde de Manica – DPS Manica