In 2017, the first-ever emergency medicine residency program was started in Maputo, Mozambique. This four-year program will graduate physician specialists trained in managing emergency medical care. The graduates will have the knowledge and skills to run an emergency department, direct pre-hospital care, and educate and train other physicians, nurses, and technicians in state of the art, evidence-based emergency care that is appropriate to these low-resource settings.

This investment in the training of these young, dedicated, pioneering physicians will have ripple effects that will impact the health and well-being of hundreds of thousands – or more – Mozambicans in the to decades come.