title: Ministerial Decree No. 9/88, 20 January 1988.
abstract: This Decree sets forth the organizational framework of the public health services in Mozambique. Among the departments of the National Directorate for Social Action within the public health services is the Department of Childhood Support. This Department has the following functions: "a) to organize, direct, and control the implementation of childhood support programs, with the aim of protecting and supporting children; b) to provide special assistance to children seven years old or younger, including assistance related to their health and pedagogical needs; c) to expedite and support the creation of childhood assistance units primarily addressed to the needs of working mothers; d) to provide assistance to orphans and abandoned or neglected children ten years old or younger; this assistance may, in exceptional cases, be extended up to the time a child's primary education ends; e) to plan and participate in the implementation of community-level programs addressing alternative actions of childhood support and the role or adults in the development and general education of children; f) to organize, direct, control, and equip the network of social units in the area of child support; g) to formulate rules and regulations, with the aim of preserving and furthering the goals of the childhood support units, while insuring their adequate operation."
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000349:Africa; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D000351:Africa, Eastern; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D009073:Mozambique; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011640:Public Policy
keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Age Factors; Child--legal aspects; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Eastern Africa; Laws And Statutes; Mozambique; Population; Population Characteristics; Portuguese Speaking Africa; Social Protection--legal aspects; Youth