More than 316 million meticais will be disbursed for the program to combat non-communicable diseases in three provinces, namely: Maputo, Zambézia and Sofala. The support of Italian Agency for Development Cooperation and goes into the second phase of a project launched in 2019 and will last for 36 months, that is, until 2026. The focus of the program is to intensify: the screening and treatment of non-communicable diseases, training of health professionals and requalification of health infrastructures. According to the two governments, the objective is to reduce the number of people affected by non-communicable diseases, improve the response to treatment and minimize high mortality rates. In the list of diseases, the highlight goes to cancer with a 64 percent prevalence and 4 percent due to hypertension. According to the Minister of Health, the sustainability of the program will only be possible if there are continuous actions against these diseases. During the duration of the project, teams will be allocated to raise awareness in society about the harm that can arise from the lack of treatment for non-communicable diseases. Source:O País
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