HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CRISIS IN THE CONTEXT IF COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN MOZAMBIQUE: the specific case of Cabo Delgado

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic comes at a time when there was considerable development in the indicators of human development. Each year the world progressed in terms of access to education and in longevity as well as on income stabilization. This progress may not be at the desired level, however, it had a relevant meaning because it is an advance in the Social sphere. The year 2020 is marked by several economic concerns that affect both development and growth. It is in the search for an economic analysis of the impact of covid-19 in Mozambique based on an investigation of the trend in human development indicators that this study emerges. Assuming some of the basic of the UNDP indicators on human development, with emphasis on health, per capita income and education, the study adopts a quantitative approach mixed with qualitative, focusing on the case of Cabo Delgado. The study concludes that COVID-19 has contributed to the decline of Human development Indicators across the country, but that the situation is worse in the Province of Cabo Delgado due to the double scourge situation by the covid-19 and the war. The decision to restrict hospital medical care is causing a silent and uncontrolled social disruption, as it is unknown what may be happening to the pregnant women who are released from the maternity hospitals in a hurry and the thousands of malaria patients who at the beginning are not easily noticed as a serious disease.