HAI - Health Alliance International

Health Alliance International (HAI) began in 1987 as the "Mozambique Health Committee," formed by a group of North American doctors and nurses who had worked in Mozambique during its civil war following independence from Portugal.

The Mozambique Health Committee's early work focused on supporting the new national government in the face of attacks from an insurgent group (RENAMO) funded by the apartheid government of South Africa and the United States. RENAMO's attacks on roads, schools and health clinics set off a civil conflict that lasted for more than 15 years. The Mozambican Health Committee supported the government's struggling primary health care system, and provided health care for refugees in the central region of the country. The organization also advocated in the United States to help shift U.S. policy away from support of apartheid.

Immediately after the peace accords in 1992, the Mozambique Health Committee expanded its efforts to support the emerging Mozambican health system through provision of health workers, training, and material support to the Ministry of Health.

Health Alliance International is also affiliated with the University of Washington’s Department of Global Health. Our campus mail address is Box 354809.