Maternity in far-west

Mozambique

Assignment done for Marie Claire Italia and the NGO Save the Children

in May 2011

A young mother at Chokwé maternity

One of the doctor of the maternity village build in Mabalane at 4 hours of drive from the nearest town with medical device. Here pregnant women can live the last months of their maternity close to a medical team.

In the surroundings of Mabalane; the hospital draw 50 000 people

A young mother explain that she know condom are distributed but men do not want to hear about them. adding that «there is nothing to do about it»

In the village of Chivongoene, at 2 hours drive from Mabalane

A nurse at the hospital of Chokwé; she is doing the night shift and feel quite cold

A mother with her last child followed at the maternity village in Mabalane

On the road to Chivongoene

In one of the only restaurant of Chokwé

Five pregnant women coming from all Mabalane surroundings to stay in one of this small house that makes up the maternity village

Next page : a young mother in Mabalane and the head of the village

Left: a young mother in Mabalane

hospital

Right: workers that just finished buil-ding the Save the Children Hospital

Helmets and a member of the Save the Children motorcycle squad ; they are 5 and everyday they travel dozens of kilometers to go in remote village and inform them about pregnancy, HIV or condom issues

Nurses at Chokwe’s hospital

Teaching outdoor; in villages surrounding Mabalane medical but also teaching equipment are lacking

A mother with her son in Chivongoene coming back from getting water at the well

In chokwe’s hospital

Fausta Tembe is the doctor in the Mabalane district; at just about 30 years old, she is part of the new middle class coming from Maputo the capital

A mother crossed on the road of Mabalane