Support to 2018 National Health Days Conference in Mozambique

This project aims to provide travel accommodations and a conference synthesis report in support of the 2018 National Health Days (Jornadas Nacionais de Saude) conference in Mozambique. Project activities include: (1) organizing and paying for travel and accommodation for up to 100 participants travelling to Maputo Mozambique; and (2) ensuring preparation printing and distributing of a conference synthesis report. Support for travel and accommodation allows for the participation of approximately 100 individuals working at the provincial and district levels of the Mozambican health system and contributes to empower decision-making at a decentralized level. The event brings together key stakeholders from the health sector such as policy makers researchers as well as people working in the health sector at different levels to debate and discuss important issues related to achieving health results within the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) strengthened participation of stakeholders in health system planning in Mozambique; and (2) improved decentralization of the health systems to the provincial and district levels in Mozambique.