The second generation CCS is developed at the same time as Mozambique reaches the last stage of the implementation of its second Poverty Reduction Programme (PARPA – Plano de Acção para a Redução da Pobreza Absoluta), and as the country prepares to assess its achievements, and review the challenges and constraints relating to the acceleration of interventions for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This is also a time when key policy documents and plans are being developed and approved, following the formulation of the Health Sector Strategic Plan 2007–2012. The implementation of the CCS will occur within a less than favourable financial environment at.
