Vidagas-Mozambique

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In a country with 500 doctors for a population of almost 20 million, initiatives that can expand the reach of health services to rural populations are in critical demand and short supply. The challenge for northern Mozambique's health clinics is the lack of reliable fuel to provide lighting for surgery and routine operations and to guarantee regular refrigeration for the storage of vaccines. Besides, less than two percent of households have electricity, and are therefore dependent on wood or charcoal for cooking, which increases respiratory infections, pregnancy complications and forests degradation.

Against this background, a wide range of partners gathered in 2002 to launch a pilot project in the province of Cabo Delgado in northern Mozambique, each one providing its own expertise: a former minister of education from Mozambique, Graça Machel, dedicated to children's health; a Seattle-based NGO, VillageReach, dedicated to deliver needed health supplies to remote regions of Mozambique; Northern philanthropists willing to back the start-up; the Ministry of Health and the Governor of the pilot province, eager to provide state funding and eliminate state bureaucracy; and a community foundation, FDC (Fundação para o Desenvolvimento da Comunidade), aware of the complex development needs of Mozambicans.

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Interesting business

This is a mere proof that there are business oportunities in Africa, that's what the African countries need to reach expected growth. By the way I wonder how many emplyees does the firm have.

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