Life for Cecilia Eduado Dete and her son, Mario, used to be very difficult. Her husband, Adelino Guambe, would drink heavily, stay away from home for days at a time and fight with her when he was around. “I had to ask him [Adelino] for
The parents of five children, Helena Nhampule and Mateus Langa have been together for over 16 years. They built their home in Maputo Province, Mozambique and lived happily until Mateus fell sick in 2007. At first, Helena accompanied her husband for treatment at the local
“When Salva! came to my home, I was just waiting to die… I was so sick. They told me to go to the hospital but I didn’t have money,” expresses 29 year-old Dulce, a mother of three children between the ages of 1 to 12.
“When Salva! came to my home, I was just waiting to die… I was so sick. They told me to go to the hospital but I didn’t have money,” expresses 29 year-old Dulce, a mother of three children between the ages of 1 to 12.
Today the President of Mozambique, Armando Emilio Guebuza, and the US Ambassador, Douglas Griffiths, formally launched the radio production center and FM station at the Universidade Politécnica in Maputo. Established with technical assistance from JHU∙CCP’s PACTO project and funding from with USAID/PEPFAR, the Center for
In a speech given on World AIDS Day, President Armando Emilio Guebuza of Mozambique expressed his appreciation for the HIV prevention community activities conducted by the PACTO Project (Active Prevention and Communication for All) which is led by JHU∙CCP and the Foundation for Community Development
The Active Prevention and Communication for All (PACTO) project, led by JHU∙CCP in partnership with the Foundation for Community Development (FDC), joins Mozambican and international partners to raise awareness during the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence (November 25 – December 10). PACTO is
Lessons from group discussions about HIV, gender and culture. A music festival to engage youth in preventing HIV. Collaborating with parliament to reverse the course of the HIV epidemic. Involving families in an innovative approach to sexuality. Activists living with HIV fighting against the denial
Two successful projects led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (CCP) were featured in USAID’s recent Technical Issue Brief which highlights its plans to intensify investments in HIV reduction programs targeted at youth. The brief featured the CCP-led
Today, at the 19th International AIDS Conference, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (JHU∙CCP) presented their findings from two qualitative research studies in Mozambique indicating that a traditional understanding of sexuality, faithfulness and sickness can hinder the
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