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Country action
Mozambique
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Ismaziah, a community nurse and midwife, assesses the child’s health and runs through the standard medical protocol checklist.
Every Woman Every Newborn in Mozambique
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This profile was developed in May 2023, using data from 2018-2023.
National mortality targets
Maternal mortality ratio
250 per 100,000 live births by 2023
Stillbirth rate
16 PER 1,000 total births by 2023
Neonatal mortality rate
19 per 1,000 live births by 2023
Progress to meet the national maternal, newborn mortality and stillbirth reduction targets
©UNICEF/WHO.Attribution needed
Progress to meet Every Woman Every Newborn Everywhere coverage targets
MNH Acceleration Plan highlights
In 2024, some of Mozambique’s MNH Acceleration Plan priorities include:
- Quality of care standards and respectful maternal care implemented in health facilities.
- Improve communication and transport for referral
- Conduct outreach clinics for hard-to-reach areas
- Develop a community scorecard on maternal and newborn health
- Review of national maternal and newborn monitoring and evaluation registers and tools to ensure data quality and integration.
- Advocacy for increasing domestic funds for maternal, newborn and child health priorities on the annual health strategic plan
- Inclusion of maternal and newborn survival and health in the national emergency preparedness and response plan.
- Inclusion of stillbirths in the Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) database
©UNICEF/Quarmyne. Redait Tsegay, beneficiary, going to a health center, Neqsege
©UNICEF/Quarmyne. Attribution needed
Quality of care in Mozambique
As part of its efforts to reduce maternal and newborn mortality and stillbirths, Mozambique is taking steps to improve the quality of maternal and newborn health. These include:
- Development of the National quality strategy of maternal and newborn care.
- Adaption of the World Health Organization standards of care for small & sick newborns and piloting in selected hospitals.
- Development of the quality national standards for maternal and neonatal care and piloting in selected hospitals.
News and events
Launch of the Implementation guidance on transitioning to midwifery models of care
June 3, 2025
Wednesday 18 (online), with two webinars to accomodate different time zones.
World Patient Safety Day: Safe care for every newborn and every child
May 28, 2025
The theme for World Patient Safety Day 2025 is ‘Safe care for every newborn and every child.
Resources
State of the world’s nursing report 2025
May 22, 2025
The 2025 edition of the State of the world’s nursing provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the nursing workforce. The report features new indicators on
Joint Every Woman Every Newborn Everywhere and Child Survival Action on the impact of ODA cuts
May 16, 2025
Every Woman Every Newborn Everywhere and Child Survival Action joint messages on the impact of ODA cuts on maternal, newborn and child health. Prepared for
The Midwifery Accelerator: Expanding health care for women and newborns
April 8, 2025
The Midwifery Accelerator: Expanding Quality Care for Women and Newborns is a call to invest in midwifery care to save and transform the lives of women and their newborns around the world.