Mozambique will start receiving an injectable HIV vaccine every six months from the United States of America, assured the President of the Republic. Daniel Chapo made the statement while reviewing his working visit to the country.
At the conclusion of his visit to the United States, Daniel Chapo expressed satisfaction, noting that he secured three important agreements, including one that allows Mozambique to receive the latest vaccines for HIV treatment.
“The American government has approved ten countries worldwide to benefit from the latest HIV treatment medication. This medicine, approved by the U.S. government for ten countries, including Mozambique, is a major breakthrough, because our brothers and sisters living with HIV currently have to take daily pills. This medicine is a vaccine—it is injectable and only needs to be administered every six months,” explained the President, adding that the vaccine has already been tested.
Chapo left the U.S. expressing gratitude to the world power, then led by Donald Trump, for announcing the continuation of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) project, which will finance infrastructure projects mainly in the central region of Mozambique.
“As you know, when the Trump administration took office, it made several budget cuts, including reductions to USAID support. The MCC also faced cuts… and in Southern Africa, the only country where the project can still be implemented is Mozambique. So Mozambique is the only MCC ‘survivor’ in the region,” said the Head of State.
During Mozambique’s presence at the United Nations, the President also advocated for greater African representation, including a permanent seat on the UN Security Council.
Source: O País
