07.06.2024

In Mozambique, trained volunteers build a bridge between the public and the health system

From the region, for the region
Gilda Alves explains to the villagers how they should wash their hands to prevent the further spread of cholera in Mozambique. Photo: © SolidarMed

SolidarMed “Today I learned how to wash my hands thoroughly with soap and water. If I don’t have any soap, I can use ash,“ says Rosalina Salimane. The 60-year-old lives in Metoro, a town in the Cabo Delgado province in northeast Mozambique. Rosalina had a visit from one of the trained volunteers who as part of SolidarMed’s current cholera project go from door to door to educate people about hygiene measures to help contain the cholera outbreak which has been raging since last December. She also knows that if people have diarrhoea, they should seek medical attention."