Chronic malnutrition in the country remains high. Nampula province is the most affected with 46.7%, followed by Cabo Delgado with 44.7% and Zambézia with 42.7%. To reverse this scenario, the Technical Secretariat for Food and Nutrition Security in Nampula is intensifying food and nutrition education campaigns in the districts...
Yesterday, Tuesday (13), the Mozambican government approved the Food and Nutrition Security Policy (PESAN) 2024-2030 and the Strategy for its implementation, an instrument aimed at improving livelihoods, economic productivity, the longevity of citizens' lives and the country's development and prosperity. The documents approved yesterday, at another ordinary session of the Council...
The provinces of Nampula, Cabo Delgado, Zambézia, Niassa, Tete and Manica have the highest levels of chronic malnutrition, with an average of 47%. The data is contained in a demographic and health report for Mozambique 2022/2023 presented this Monday in Nampula, according to Rádio Moçambique. The report presented aims to provide updated estimates...
The Social Economic Plan and State Budget for 2023 expects coverage of children affected by this disease to increase by 8.7% and the cure rate to remain at 80%. The Health sector indicates, for example, that the malnutrition rate in the country is around 38% in children, a...
In Nampula province, vulnerable children between zero and two years of age will benefit from a basic social subsidy, aimed at alleviating poverty levels in their families. For this purpose the government of Finland will provide 2.7 million euros to the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, in order to...
The Prime Minister said that chronic malnutrition continues to be a public health problem in the country, which requires joint efforts to ensure availability and access to food. Adriano Maleiane was speaking on Monday in Maputo at the inauguration of the executive director of the Technical Secretariat for Food Security and Food Safety in Maputo.