Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2008 2009

Details for Mechanism ID: 3823
Country/Region: Mozambique
Year: 2008
Main Partner: Catholic University of Mozambique
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: University
Funding Agency: enumerations.State/African Affairs
Total Funding: $53,800

Funding for Health Systems Strengthening (OHSS): $53,800

Continuing activity with updated narrative, target population, and emphasis area.

DOS will expand its program of providing scholarships for medical students specializing in HIV/AIDS

treatment. The aim of this program is to provide educational opportunities for young people in areas with

high HIV prevalence and limited economic opportunities to receive formal medical training with a view to

increasing the critical shortage of physicians available for HIV/AIDS care and treatment. The Medical

School of the Catholic University of Mozambique is located in Beira, Mozambique's second largest city and

area of very high HIV prevalence. Most students benefiting from this program are from high-prevalance,

central Mozambique and some from the northern provinces. As an integral part of their studies, student are

required to do internships in local clinics in Beira or elsewhere in Sofala province, enabling the newly trained

to begin providing services to numbers of PLWHA as rapidly as possible. This funding expands support for

community-based outreach activities and training that students participate in around HIV awareness and

education.

Deliverables/benchmarks:

• Scholarships for medical students