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Mozambique is prone to a wide range of natural disasters, which regularly cause major damage and set back economic growth, especially in the disaster-affected areas. The country has a land surface of about 799,380 km² and a total population of 20.1 million inhabitants, of which 51.9 per cent are female. The population is dispersed over 11 provinces, 128 districts, 394 administrative posts, 1,072 localities and 10,025 villages. Natural and man-made disasters have long-lasting consequences due to the high level of vulnerability and poverty of the population. This has been is further exacerbated by the debilitating HIV pandemic, which national prevalence rate is 16% (CNCS, 2007). The malaria country prevalence rates in children vary from 40% to 90% but it represents 30% of hospital deaths. Under-five mortality rate is 152 per 1,000 live births and maternal mortality ratio is 1,000 per 100,000 live births. Chronic malnutrition reaches 45.7% of the under-5 children in rural areas, reflecting the shocking level of food insecurity.