Upgrading an 80-year-old Building into an Antimicrobial Children‘s Cancer Hospital in Just 5 Days Powered by the Collaboration between MINIWIZ, The Government of Mozambique and CHAI based on Modular Trash-made AIRTILE Technology.

Mozambique, February 25, 2025 – MINIWIZ in partnership with the Ministry of Health, Central Hospital of Maputo, National Institute of Health (CISPOC), the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) and with support from the Embassy of Ireland has successfully introduced Taiwan’s circular technology to Africa, completing a 700-square-meter upgrade of Mozambique’s century-old pediatric cancer center in just five days. This marks Africa’s first active antimicrobial hospital ward surfacing built from recycled and upcycled materials, offering a revolutionary solution to regions with medical resource shortages.

The First Large-scale Medical-graded Architecture Application of Recycled Materials in Africa.

Limited medical infrastructure often leads to infection risks for children, preventing proper recovery and care, especially for children with cancer. By utilizing modular construction and dry-assembly methods, MINIWIZ significantly reduced construction time, simplified the building process, and minimized the use of chemicals, lowering the environmental impact on the healthcare space. Furthermore, the upcycled building materials are embedded with antibacterial properties, ensuring higher hygiene and safety standards, ultimately providing a healthier and safer medical environment. This will contribute to the National Child Cancer Program in reaching improved survival rates of patients to over 60%.¹

MINIWIZ partnered with the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), which has been working with the Ministry of Health of Mozambican health ministry since 2002 to support medical infrastructure and healthcare services. By integrating innovative technology and public-private partnerships, this initiative is providing a solution for resiliency and reduced environmental footprint. The medical space upgrade of children’s treatment hospital not only improves patient care but also provides a replicable model for future medical facilities and hospital, schools and other infrastructure in the region.

Modular Technology Accelerates Healthcare Upgrades & Localized Production

Looking ahead, MINIWIZ plans to deploy its decentralized upcycling technology in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, allowing local production of antibacterial modular tiles using locally collected plastic waste. This circular medical innovation will enable scalable hospital upgrades while increasing critical demands for high-end application of the ever growing plastic waste materials. By transforming local waste into high performance medical-grade building materials, this approach not only promotes resource recycling but also reduces dependence on imported construction materials. Ultimately, it aims to establish a self-sustaining and scalable model for future medical infrastructure upgrades in Africa.

From Pandemic-Response Wards to Global Healthcare Innovation

During the pandemic, MINIWIZ actively developed circular technology applications into the healthcare sector. In collaboration with the Taiwan Design Research Institute (TDRI), MINIWIZ created the 93 beds negative pressure MAC wards pandemic treatment center for New Taipei City, at the height of COVID outbreak built entirely from locally upcycled waste materials. The circular MAC Ward clean room technology is now scaling around the world in different sectors from hospitals to semiconductors clean rooms to AI data center modules.


[1] https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/cancer-in-children