University of Saskatchewan

Published purpose

The objective of the Programme is to help improve the quality of health care in Mozambique, with a special focus on the province of Inhambane. It aims to improve the skills of health workers and increase the number of health workers trained at Mozambique's Massinga Centre for Continuing Education in Health. Key anticipated results of the project include: (i) tripling the Centre's student capacity from 60 concurrent students to 180; (ii) producing and using research pieces and innovative pilot projects (e.g. research on health worker retention and establishing a model hospital training ward and model health centre); and (iii) disseminating the Massinga Centre's specialised teaching methodology to the country's other health training centres. The project is being jointly implemented by the University of Saskatchewan and the Mozambican Ministry of Health.