Archive for 'Maputo'
I have just returned from a week long trip to Mozambique where I followed a pentavalent vaccine – one that tackles five diseases – from the ministry of health storage unit in the city of Maputo to the arm of a young girl in a rural village of Guija district. This trip took me out [...]
I was at a conference right in the centre of Maputo yesterday, next to the beautiful Maputo Cathedral. I took a snap of the cathedral as I left the meeting, but a better picture can be found here. I am also attaching a link to a website which has pictures of Maputo by Luis Boleo from [...]
After months without returning to my old neighbourhood, this August bank holiday Monday found me two doors away from the house I first lived in when I moved to Maputo, for another meeting at the Malaria Consortium office. However this time I had been invited to meet David Ralph, one of the finalists in the Guardian International Development [...]
As mentioned in my last blog, which announced the launch of the DFID consultation on Malaria (Malaria: breaking the cycle), I went to see Kate Brownlow, the country director of the Malaria Consortium at the end of last week. I got Kate to pose with me outside their office, as you can see here on the [...]
It has been quite a while since my last blog. My excuse is that I was acting as head of DFID Mozambique for a couple of months. However Keith Mackiggan, the head of office is back, so no more excuses and it’s good to be back blogging! Recently DFID launched a consultation on its draft Malaria [...]
As the UK approaches a second May Bank holiday, it reminds me how hectic the last one was here in Mozambique. Back at the begining of the month, the May Day bank holiday weekend proved to be quite a busy one here in Maputo with a high level visit by Michel Kazatchkine, the Executive Director [...]
On 26 April I joined the new British High Commissioner to Mozambique as he presented his credentials to President Guebuza. It was a different start to the day, with police whistles and sirens halting the traffic and with a short (and fast) car journey, from the High Commissioner’s residence, which is in central Maputo, to [...]
The streets of Maputo were very quiet last Thursday, but there was a notable presence of police on strategic street corners, and the distant sound of celebrations could be heard. A national holiday had been declared to celebrate the inauguration of Mozambique’s President. The day passed peacefully, with many of Maputo’s citizens being indoors watching [...]
Maputo was hit by edge of a tropical storm last night, with high winds, thunder, lightening and rain, and I thought it might put a damper on the events organised to mark World AIDS Day today. I was very cautious on my drive to the office through the deep puddles as last week in similar [...]
I spent Saturday afternoon with my family visiting a dance group that has been established in Mafalala bairro of Maputo. The bairro is an area of tightly packed shacks and houses on the road towards Maputo airport. The living conditions are better than those portrayed in 'Slumdog Millionaire' but the levels of poverty are similar. To access [...]
