board the present situation of education and the identification of challenges for the
achievement of the desired best qualitative education as a very adequate attitude.
286. Mate argues that it is important to review de profile of education subsystem through: (1) review
of the conception of basic education and the functions of primary education as the beginning
school subsystem, a subsystem of education for all, basic and general education, integrated
and interdisciplinary and as an orientation subsystem; (2) definition of a new curriculum chart
for secondary and high education with a strong connection between development of
competences and the curriculum areas; (3) a curriculum chart must be designed in such as to
allow for: the transmission of relevant knowledge; combination of science and techniques
(technology); attaining principles, methods and techniques for the building and use of
knowledge (methodology); (acquiring reflection principles on the value and building of positive
science knowledge); connection between theory and practice; acquiring of a crosscutting and
interdisciplinary knowledge; development of a strategic, critical and creative thinking;
development of ethic-deontological vision (values) and a social responsibility.
287. With regards to monitoring of quality in the sector of health, the Government created Quality
and Humanization Programme which objective is to change attitude of health sector
professionals in relation to the users, those accompanying them and the community by enlarge
where the hospitals are located. In this context, the Government, through the Ministry of Health
(MISAU), has been promoting training for directors of provincial, district and rural hospitals,
among other professionals of the sector of health with the objective of improving the quality of
services and humanization of the sector of health. Meanwhile, the MISAU organized a meeting
with public and private institutions for the discussion of ethics in teaching, quality and
humanization in the health sector. This activity is done within the context of creation of
relations between these two sectors institutions.
288. These Government´s efforts should be encouraged. However, it is undeniable challenge for
the sector that oversees this area and to all its professionals, namely, does away, once for all,
this popular perception which indicates that all health agents mistreat patients and that persists
the problem of slow or late servicing of patients in health units of the country.
289. In relation to the recommendation by the APR Panel on the need to create an integrated multi
sectoral framework to combat HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria as well as involvement of other social
stakeholders in combating HIV/AIDS, namely traditional and religious leaders, women, youth. It
should also be mentioned that Mozambique recorded a prevalence of HIV estimated at 11.5%.
TB is regarded as public health problem in Mozambique and it is raked at 19th place among the
22 countries affected by this disease in the world. With regards to malaria, it is the main cause
of infant mortality in the country.
290. Given this scenario, the Government has been implementing a multisectoral response for the
abovementioned diseases, and the main actors for these efforts are the Ministry of Health and
the National Council for Combat against AIDS (CNCS). A key instrument for the
operationalization of this response in the context of HIV/AIDS has been PEN III (2010-2014)
which, with the support of international partners like Global Initiative for Health (UNITAID),
include some innovating approaches such as HIV and TB testing with equipment which can be
assembled in rural areas. The country benefited from the construction of antiretroviral factory
with the support of Fio Cruz Foundation. In the context of malaria, the country is implementing
a National Policy for Malaria and it is also testing malaria vaccine and complementary efforts
have been carried out by civil society organizations in the context “Roll Back Malaria” initiative.
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