Canada announces support for Mozambique due to pandemic and to mitigate its secondary impacts Format Backgrounder Today, Canada announced $186 million in development assistance for new projects in Mozambique, including support in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights for women and girls. Support for COVID-19 Prevention, Surveillance and Containment in Mozambique Clinton Health Access Initiative, $10 million This project will provide technical and financial assistance to Mozambique’s National Institute of Health to help contain and prevent the spread of COVID-19. The project will support COVID-19 testing, contact tracing, health worker training and the monitoring of vaccination in the country.