CDC Division of Global HIV & TB country profile : Mozambique

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been providing support to Mozambique\u2019s public health sector since 2000 to help develop the country\u2019s response to the dual HIV and tuberculosis (TB) epidemics. CDC is responsible for the implementation of the U.S. President\u2019s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and works closely with the Ministry of Health of Mozambique (MOH) and implementing partners to build long-term capacity for the country to achieve HIV epidemic control. CDC helps the MOH to deliver high-quality HIV prevention and treatment services and to strengthen laboratory, surveillance, infrastructure, and workforce capacity. CDC is committed to improving the availability, accessibility, quality, and use of service-delivery data to drive decision-making. CDC also supports HIV surveillance and behavioral surveys, and supports designing and improving systems for program monitoring.Supporting Integrated HIV Prevention and Treatment Services:CDC supports the delivery of antiretroviral treatment (ART), helping to rapidly scale-up viral load (VL) testing and drug resistance assessments to leverage the country\u2019s capacity to reach the United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) global epidemic control targets. CDC also supports prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission services in high-burden areas of the country, voluntary medical male circumcisions (VMMC) in more than 100 fixed and mobile sites, and HIV testing and counselling.Responding to HIV and Tuberculosis Co-infection: CDC supports the MOH\u2019s response to the national TB burden, the leading cause of death for those living with HIV. CDC provides technical assistance in the development of national policies, strategies, training materials, and mentoring and supervision activities. This work is dramatically improving laboratory and clinical capacity for TB/HIV diagnostics and treatment.Mozambique.pdf2019665