{"id":17632,"date":"2022-04-11T15:41:16","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T15:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/adapting-healthcare-in-mocimboa-da-praia-as-people-flee-or-return-home"},"modified":"2022-04-11T15:48:33","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T15:48:33","slug":"adapting-healthcare-in-mocimboa-da-praia-as-people-flee-or-return-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/adapting-healthcare-in-mocimboa-da-praia-as-people-flee-or-return-home","title":{"rendered":"Adapting healthcare in Moc\u00edmboa da Praia as people flee or return home"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Luis Montiel is the emergency coordinator with M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (MSF) working in Cabo Delgado, a northern province in Mozambique affected by ongoing conflict since 2017. In early April, Montiel led an MSF team which briefly visited Moc\u00edmboa da Praia to run some medical activities for the first time since the violence abruptly hit this coastal town two years ago.<\/p>\n

What is the current situation in Moc\u00edmboa?<\/p>\n

Moc\u00edmboa da Praia is an important coastal town in northern Mozambique and the capital of a district with the same name. Prior to the conflict, it was a vibrant place with about 120,000 inhabitants, mostly dedicated to both artisanal and industrial fishing.<\/p>\n

The first attacks of the conflict in Cabo Delgado took place here in 2017. Later, violence hit the town very hard and it was taken over in 2020 by members of a non-state armed group. In August last year, Mozambican and Rwandese armed forces retook control of it.<\/p>\n

Today there is no active fighting in Moc\u00edmboa and there hasn\u2019t been an incident for a long time, although the situation is volatile in neighbouring districts. The town is empty, without people living there. Administration officials regularly visit the area; the port is being dragged and services like electricity and water have been restored. But there is no trade and while the streets are mostly clean, some signs of the destruction are still visible.<\/p>\n

Why has MSF visited the town now?<\/b><\/p>\n

We ran a medical project in Moc\u00edmboa throughout 2019 until March 2020, when we were forced to evacuate our teams as the place was being attacked. Even our office was partially burnt and occupied. This was the first time we returned since these events.<\/p>\n

We have been closely monitoring the situation and engaging with the different stakeholders to understand when community members may return. As we do in other parts of the province, MSF strives to adapt to the movements of people who flee conflict or who return home to areas after being displaced, to provide impartial medical and humanitarian assistance wherever the biggest needs are.<\/p>\n

We were informed by civilian authorities that several dozen people who had spent a long time in the bush were transferred by the security forces to Moc\u00edmboa after being set free by the non-state armed group. Part of these people were sent to Nanili, a village in Moc\u00edmboa district. We were asked to do a mobile clinic to support people who stayed in the town.<\/p>\n

On 2 April, we sent a small team to Moc\u00edmboa for a one-day visit, during which we carried out consultations with 39 patients, mostly men and some teenagers and children as well. We didn\u2019t find any critical medical issues and we only had to refer one patient who was suffering from cardiac problems to the Mueda rural hospital.<\/p>\n

What will be our approach for the future?<\/b><\/p>\n

People from Moc\u00edmboa town are still spread across different areas of Cabo Delgado, with significant communities in the cities of Palma, Montepuez, Mueda, or in other villages of the district like Diaca or Nanili. The route that connects Moc\u00edmboa northwards with Palma is already useable, but the route southwards towards Macomia is still unsafe.<\/p>\n

Through our work we know many displaced people from Moc\u00edmboa would like to return home, but for them to do so, the security is crucial, and a certain restoration of the economy is imperative.<\/p>\n

Our indicator to decide what medical support we can offer will be people and their needs. We are already running medical activities in some areas of Moc\u00edmboa district and will adapt activities in the district\u2019s capital to people\u2019s return.<\/p>\n

MSF will aim to provide community members with healthcare through mobile clinics and with other humanitarian assistance as needed. We have prepositioned some basic medical kits and our teams will start preparing to support people\u2019s critical medical needs.<\/p>\n

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