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seriously, from time to time sending us a few boxes of
drugs and medicines.  But even these have been inadequate,
especially in that they tended to send to us their
surplus materials and, as they come from temperate
climates, not necessarily those drugs and medicines
suitable for treating tropical diseases v/hich v/e can use
and of which we are in desperate need.  Among the most
common complaints treated by our medical staff are
malaria, yaws, scabies, protein deficiencies, bilharzia,
hookworm, intestinal parasites, and pneumonia.
Here again I must mention the verv important
assistance which our two East African neighbours, Tanzania
and Kenya, have from time to time given us, especially
when it has been necessary to push in vaccines for
innoculations against the epidemics of one kind or
another which occasionally break out amongst the displaced
population within Mozamnique.  During the last two years,
for instance, 100,000 people have been vaccinated against
smallpox.
Coming back to the presentation of some of the
facts concerning the provision of medical services within
Mozambique, I should like to add an important a
considerations  Funds.
As everybody knows, it is net possible to establish and
maintain any medical services, no matter how humble they
may be, v/ithout counting on some source of funds to pay
for at least occasional expenses.  Our situation is not
an exception to this rule.  On the contrary, because of
the fact that v/e are at war, v/e lack funds even more.
It is therefore imperative that the United Nations and/
or individual states which care for the cause for which
v/e fight should give special attention to the financing
of our medical services.  Those of us v/ho are responsible
for the direction of the medical services are.constantly
bombarded with requests from the various medical centres
within Mozambique asking for more and more drugs and
medicines, for medical and surgical equipment; for
bandages, clothing, for vehicles to transport medicines
from one place to another, etc.  'ithout funds it is
difficult to satisfy even the very minimum of these
requests.  And as a result of our inability to satisfy
them our very devoted medical workers are unable to save
most of those who could be saved from death.