Universal Health Coverage Partnership
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Mozambique is a Southeast African country with a population of 26 million and a life expectancy at birth of 53 years (males) and 55 years (females). Though the country has made significant progress since the end of the civil war in 1992, major challenges remain, with only approximately half the population able to access the health facility network in 2014 and high rates of maternal mortality and of deaths due to malaria, HIV, tuberculosis and NCDs. Mozambique joined IHP+ (now UHC2030) in 2007. The current Health Sector Strategic Plan 2014-2019 emphasizes a “reform and decentralization agenda” with particular attention paid to women, young people, and the elderly. The UHC Partnership supports the development of a National Health Policy to guide UHC and primary health care interventions, with a particular focus on strengthening the health financing system by drawing information from improved national health accounts. You can access important country documents by clicking here.
| Key indicators: Mozambique | |
|---|---|
| WHO region | Africa |
| Child health | |
| Diphtheria tetanus toxoid and pertussis (DTP3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) (2019) | 88 |
| Demographic and socioeconomic statistics | |
| Poverty headcount ratio at $1.25 a day (PPP) (% of population) (2008) | 59.6 |
| Gender inequality index rank (2014) | 135 |
| Human development index rank (2014) | 180 |
| Health financing | |
| Total expenditure on health as a percentage of gross domestic product (2014) | 6.98 (Mozambique note) |
| Private expenditure on health as a percentage of total expenditure on health (2014) | 43.56 (Mozambique note) |
| General government expenditure on health as a percentage of total government expenditure (2014) | 8.81 (Mozambique note) |
| Health systems | |
| Physicians density (per 1000 population) (2013) | 0.055 |
| Nursing and midwifery personnel density (per 1000 population) (2013) | 0.401 |
| Mortality and global health estimates | |
| Neonatal mortality rate (per 1000 live births) (2018) | 27.8 (Both sexes) |
| Under-five mortality rate (probability of dying by age 5 per 1000 live births) (2018) | 73.2 (Both sexes) |
| 68.4 (Female) | |
| 77.8 (Male) | |
| Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births) (2017) | 289 [ 206 - 418 ] |
| Sustainable development goals | |
| Life expectancy at birth (years) (2016) | 57.7 (Male) |
| 62.3 (Female) | |
| 60.1 (Both sexes) | |
| Births attended by skilled health personnel (%) (2015) | 73 |
| World Health Statistics | |
| Population (in thousands) total (2016) | 28 829 |
| Population proportion under 15 (%) (2016) | 45.0 |
| Population proportion over 60 (%) (2016) | 4.0 |
| Literacy rate among adults aged >= 15 years (%) (2007-2012) | 56 |
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