| Abstract |
National Institute of Health (NIH) in partnership with the Directorate of Planning and Cooperation (DPC) under the Ministry of Health of Mozambique implemented Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA) plus with technical support from the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2018. The SARA plus 2018 aimed to generate information on the availability and readiness of health resources and health services, aligned with information needs for planning and reform of the health system.
The census covered 1,643 public health facilities, of which 1,575 were primary level facilities, 54 were secondary level facilities, and 7 were tertiary and quarternary level facilities at the time of the survey. Data collection started in April 2018 and was completed in August 2018.
This report covers the following categories of indicators:
1.General service availability
• Health infrastructure density
• Health workforce density
• Service utilization
2. General service readiness
• Basic amenities
• Basic equipment
• Standard precautions for infection prevention
• Diagnostic capacity
• Essential medicines
3. Service specific availability
• Family planning (contraception)
• Prenatal care
• Prevention of vertical transmission
• Obstetric and neonatal care, including cesarean section when applicable
• Voluntary interruption of pregnancy
• Gender-based violence
• Extensive vaccination program
• Preventive and curative care for children
• Adolescent health
• HIV/AIDS counselling and testing for adults
• HIV/AIDS counselling and testing for adolescents
• HIV/AIDS care, treatment and psycho-social support
• Sexually Transmitted Infections
• Tuberculosis
• Malaria
• Non-communicable diseases
• Surgery, including surgical services for obstetric fistula
|
