Educators Without Borders
Outreach in Africa
Elizabeth Walker
and
David Walker
Dept. of Neurobiology and Anatomy
West Virginia University
Topics of Discussion
Mozambique
UCM School of Medicine
Visit to a Health Clinic
UCM Projects Underway
Conclusions
Mozambique - born above the
floodwaters
Mar 2, 2000 100 miles from Maputo
Brother’s Brother Foundation
Jan 2001 - Brother’s Brother
Foundation arranged for a
container of new medical
books to arrive by sea in the
port of Beira.
.
Shipping paid for by Rotary
Clubs of southwestern
Pennsylvania, US Embassy
in Mozambique, and USAID.
Universidade Católica de Moçambique
School of Medicine
A first class of sixty students began at UCM in August 2000. The
academic program utilizes student - centered, problem - based
learning.
Quality of Life in Mozambique
per capita GDP is US$ 220
life expectancy is 44 years
overall literacy estimated at 40% -
women at 25%, men at 60%, rural
women at 15%
infant mortality 135 per 1,000 live
births
under 5 mortality 80 per 1,000 live
births
maternal mortality 15 per 1,000 live
births
Quality of Life – Health Care
40% of entire population is children
under 5 and young mothers
only 30% of entire population has
access to health care, living within
15 kilometers of a health facility
40% of health facilities have no
trained staff
Visit to a Health Clinic
UCM physicians and medical students visit, train, and work at
several rural health clinics. Pictures taken at Altera de Manga.
Quality of Life – HIV seroprevalences
UCM Medical Projects
Underway and Proposed
USAID grant - “Partnership for Rural Health Education
in Mozambique” – objectives include strengthening
central MZ rural health system and build capacity at
UCM Medicine – WV Rural Health Education
Partnerships serves as a model
NIH grant in preparation – “Comprehensive
International Program of Research on AIDS”
UCM Centre for Study of HIV / AIDS
Other UCM Projects
Underway and Proposed
New UCM website.
US State Dept Global Technology Corps (GTC) grant
– Web Development and Networking workshops.
GTC grant – planning infrastructure for Interactive
Distance Learning (IDL).
New Faculty of Tourism, Management & Informatics
(computer science) at Pemba.
Future - Community Outreach Centres at Catholic
Mission - School - Rural Health Clinic.
Future - Extended support system for rural health
clinic physicians and nurses.
www.ucm.ac.mz
Build Internet Infrastructure
first step – at UCM Faculty of Agriculture, Cuamba
Try www.ICSmultimedia.com Demo #2
Conclusions
since 1996 UCM is a bright spot . . .
It is the second largest university in
Mozambique
It has decentralized the institutions of higher
education - with 6 campuses in 4 cities
It has contributed to economic recovery of
central and northern Mozambique, where
half of the population lives