The Scientific Strategy of the National Institute of Health (INS) of Mozambique 2016-2025, sets out a ten-year framework to strengthen the Institute’s role as the country’s leading public health institution through research, innovation, surveillance, laboratory services, training, and institutional development. The strategy seeks to generate scientific evidence and technological solutions that support public health policies and improve the health and well-being of the Mozambican population. It identifies eight priority thematic programmes, covering environmental and occupational health, mental health and violence, women’s and children’s health, vulnerable populations, chronic diseases, vector-borne and zoonotic diseases, major endemic diseases, and health systems. Through these programmes, the strategy aims to address emerging and persistent health challenges while aligning with national health priorities and international commitments such as the Sustainable Development Goals and global health security frameworks. To achieve these goals, the strategy establishes five cross-cutting strategic pillars: strengthening the National Health Observatory and epidemiological surveillance, expanding the national network of reference laboratories, promoting research and technological innovation, improving health education and communication, and enhancing institutional management and governance. Key objectives include improving disease surveillance and outbreak preparedness, expanding access to quality laboratory diagnostics, promoting health research and evidence-based policymaking, developing public health workforce capacities, and modernizing institutional systems and quality management. By integrating research, surveillance, training, and management functions, the strategy aims to build a stronger, more responsive, and scientifically driven public health system capable of addressing both current and future health challenges in Mozambique. The strategy clearly incorporates a One Health perspective by addressing the interconnections between human health, environmental health, animal health, and broader social determinants of health.
Mozambique · 2016-01-01