Thirty-one people have lost their lives to measles across the country since the first outbreaks in July last year, health authorities said. Between July and January, 1191 cases of the disease were diagnosed in the provinces of Cabo Delgado, Niassa, Nampula, Zambézia and Sofala, with the northern region registering...
At least 31 people died of measles, out of a total of 1,191 cases diagnosed positive in the Central and Northern regions, between July 9 and January 28. The information was released this Friday (31) in Maputo by the deputy national director of Public Health at the Ministry of Health (MISAU),...
The provinces of Cabo Delgado, Zambézia and Sofala may be free of the measles outbreak, after two months without any new episodes of the disease, the health authorities said. The trend is the result of the implementation of actions to control the transmission of the disease in the communities, with emphasis on raising awareness about the forms of prevention,...
Nampula, Zambézia and Sofala have recorded outbreaks of measles, following laboratory confirmation of samples of suspected cases, bringing the number of provinces with episodes of the disease to five. According to the "Notícias" publication, the data on the epidemiological situation regarding measles points to 546 patients since the outbreak of the disease in...
A measles vaccination campaign is due to start soon and is expected to reach around 1.7 million children and adolescents in Cabo Delgado province. At the moment, according to Filipe Mateus, from the Public Health Department at the Ministry of Health, the mobilization of financial resources for the campaign is underway and...
The country recorded 18 deaths from measles, 17 of them in Cabo Delgado, between July 9 and August 14. A total of 238 measles cases were reported, 170 in Cabo Delgado and 68 in Niassa. The figures were confirmed today, Monday (19), by the President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, during...