Background
Reaching Underserved and Remote Communities
In 2008, RMF designed the first-ever Mobile Clinic for Mozambique, with financial support from Medical Mission International, in partnership with the Zamb
ézia Provincial Directorate of Health (DPS), and with Vanderbilt University’s Friends in Global Health (FGH) as Implementing Partner. This Mobile Health Clinic is particularly valuable in reaching underserved and/or remote communities because it provides a versatile, flexible platform for primary healthcare services, education, and counseling. Since 2008, RMF’s Mobile Clinic has been providing extensive services in some of the most remote areas in Zamb
ézia Province. In subsequent years, based on the success and impact of this first Mobile Health Clinic, numerous other mobile clinics were built, providing a network of mobile outreach for some of the most remote areas of Mozambique.
Sten H. Vermund, MD, PhD, Chief Manager, Friends in Global Health, LLC, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Global Health of Vanderbilt University, says:
The Mobile Clinic has been a ground-breaking innovation for Mozambique. We are very grateful for our partnership and we are proud to note that the RMF investment served as a pilot for the nationwide expansion of mobile units in one of the world’s least capacitated nations. We thank you, your staff and your donors most sincerely.
Progress
A New Model
In June 2016, as a new RMF model to work directly with the Ministry of Health as Implementing Partner, RMF’s Founder and CEO, Dr. Martina Fuchs, handed this first Mobile Clinic over to Dr. Hidayat Kassim, Head of the Provincial Directorate of Health, Provincial Government of Zamb
ézia. RMF will continue to support operations of the Mobile Clinic as it now supplements government health services in Zamb
ézia, the most populous province of Mozambique.
Photos of RMF Mobile Clinic being handed over in June 2016
Dr. Hidayat Kassim signs paperwork to accept the Mobile Clinic from RMF.
RMF Founder and CEO, Dr. Martina Fuchs, inspects the Mobile Clinic with government officials.
Joyful handover of the Mobile Clinic
Dr. Hidayat Kassim tries out the driver’s seat.