O Tempo was Mozambique’s illustrated weekly magazine started during colonial times. With independence in 1975, it became a flagship for news of Frelimo government (Mozambique’s Liberation Front). Health was a recurrent topic on Tempo from 1975 onwards, usually to report on the Frelimo policies such as the nationalisation of medicine, the campaign to build latrines and the nationwide vaccination campaigns. Because Tempo was the most preeminent magazine of the time it was a propaganda machine but also an important part of the nation building after independence. Health policies were one of the pillars of legitimacy of the Frelimo government, so the way these policies are represented reflects the orientation and the aims of the government. It is also in Tempo’s pages that one could learn about doctors and medical personnel cooperation from other countries (Soviet Union, Cuba…). This news on health cooperation is thus an entry point into Mozambique’s relationship to other socialist countries bringing specialists to help build the national health system.