About Us

CCS is a Mozambican non-profit association, created in 2011, that acts as a partner of MISAU and international institutions in the fight against HIV and TB. Our mission is to support communities to fully realize their potential in protecting their health, and support health services in improving their approaches to respond to the most common diseases, with special attention to the most disadvantaged groups.

Our History

Centre for Collaboration in Health (CCS) is a non-governmental organization with non-profit social purposes, endowed with legal, patrimonial and administrative personality, constituted in October 2010. It established itself as a local partner of the Ministry of Health (MISAU) through the support of ICAP (International Center for AIDS Program) and the American Government (USG).

This institution emerges in the context of the transition process of activities supported by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), in the implementation of HIV programs in Mozambique, from International NGOs to National NGOs and Provincial Health Directorates (DPS).

Health professional administering vaccine

Offices

The CCS headquarters is located in Maputo City, with six provincial offices (Maputo City, Maputo Province, Inhambane, Nampula, Zambézia and Sofala) and implements activities in all 11 provinces of Mozambique, covering 137 of the 161 districts. In provinces where it does not have offices, CCS operates through sub-agreements with local partners, such as ICRH (Manica, Tete), Associação Progresso (Niassa) and the Aga Khan Foundation (Cabo Delgado), ensuring a national presence.

Recursos Humanos

With more than 3,500 employees, including approximately 400 permanent staff, 1,840 short-term staff and more than 1,200 volunteers, in addition to collaborating with more than 40 community organizations, mobilizing more than 2,300 community activists, CCS has consolidated significant technical, administrative and financial capacity over the last 14 years. Its work stands out in the competent management of HIV and TB programs, making it a benchmark in the national response to HIV and tuberculosis in Mozambique.

Strategic Areas

Improving communities' participation in protecting their health and improving health services' approaches to addressing the most common health problems
Strengthening CCS capacity to design, implement and advocate for effective and sustainable interventions and mobilize resources to deliver them
Creating and Maintaining Smart Partnerships to Strengthen CCS Areas of Performance