HAI worked closely with Ministries of Health and community-based organizations to improve knowledge and practices that help limit the spread of COVID-19.

The high-traffic, high-density nature of Mozambique’s major markets and transport centers pose a substantial risk for COVID-19 transmission. Working alongside Mozambique’s Department of Health Promotion, HAI implemented a communication and education campaign to target low levels of public compliance to government mandated prevention measures—particularly social distancing, use of masks, frequent hand washing, and regular cleaning and disinfection of public places. 

With funding from Vital Strategies’ Resolve to Save Lives Initiative, HAI trained market and transport association members from 16 public markets and 8 transport centers to act as champions of public health behavioral change. This includes expanding knowledge and use of the MOH’s free telehealth platforms “ALO Vida” and “PENSA,” interactive community mobilization activities, and media campaigns in multiple languages.

Risk prevention through access to information and behavioral best-practices was core to HAI’s response to the COVID pandemic across all of our country programs. In Côte d’Ivoire, HAI worked closely with local NGO partners to ensure they had the supplies and information needed to help vulnerable populations access adapted care services.  In Timor-Leste, HAI played an active role on the Ministry of Health’s COVID Response Teams on Risk Prevention & Community Engagement and Essential Health Services, developing and disseminating targeted materials on respiratory hygiene, social distancing, and pregnancy & postpartum care under COVID-19.

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