Network Co-Chairs Dr. Ana Mocumbi and Dr. Gene Bukhman Travel to Sofala Province Ahead of PEN-Plus Implementation in Mozambique

Dr. Mocumbi meeting with NCD program representatives at Nhamatanda Rural Hospital, site of Mozambique’s first PEN-Plus clinic.

NCDI Poverty Network Co-Chair Dr. Ana Mocumbi and the Mozambique Co-Secretariat and Southern Africa Regional Hub team recently hosted NCDI Poverty Network Co-Chair Dr. Gene Bukhman and Director of Programs Dr. Emily Wroe for a three-day visit to the provinces of Maputo and Sofala as Mozambique prepares to implement PEN-Plus.

Mozambique is one of ten NCDI Poverty Network countries that are initiating PEN-Plus services by opening their first PEN-Plus clinics at rural district hospitals in 2022. Over the next three years they will establish training sites to support expansion to other districts and develop operational plans for national scale-up. In Mozambique, Nhamatanda Rural Hospital will host the PEN-Plus clinic, providing affordable, accessible care for rheumatic heart disease, type 1 diabetes, sickle cell disease, and other severe, chronic NCDs to the vulnerable community.

Nhamatanda Rural Hospital in Sofala Province, Mozambique

Network Co-Chairs Dr. Gene Bukhman and Dr. Ana Mocumbi at the Mozambique Co-Secretariat Office at Universidade Eduardo Mondlane.