The health authorities in Sofala say that the cholera situation, which has been ravaging five districts of the province since the end of last year, is now under control. According to the provincial director of Health in Sofala, Neusa Joel, who was speaking during a visit by the president of the provincial assembly, by Monday the province had a cumulative...
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is concerned about the worsening cholera outbreak in some countries in the region and is looking for measures to respond to the spread of the disease. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Tanzania and South Africa are some of the countries affected. This Saturday,...
The district of Mecubúri, located in the north of Nampula province, continues to stand out in terms of misinformation about cholera, an infectious disease that, by the way, is severely affecting the area. According to a report in the newspaper Ikweli, the population of Mecubúri still believes that diarrheal diseases and cholera are distributed by the government authorities...
Mozambican health authorities have reported at least 150 deaths in the country over the last two months, following cholera outbreaks in the central and northern regions. With 41% of the total cumulative cases reported across the country, the district of Gilé, in the central province of Zambézia, was the one that registered...
Health authorities in the central province of Zambézia declared cholera outbreaks in three districts on Monday, with a cumulative 499 people hospitalized due to the disease. The information was revealed by the provincial health director in Zambézia, during a press conference. "The province has cholera outbreaks in the districts...
The Republic of Mozambique Police (PRM) in Zambezia have arrested four individuals accused of vandalizing and setting fire to homes, allegedly because the owners are responsible for the cholera outbreak in the region. The incident took place in the town of Magige, in the district of Guruè, where four homes, two of which were set on fire and the rest totally destroyed....
Maputo province has now been declared cholera-free, following the control of a case that was diagnosed in a seven-year-old child in the district of Matutuíne. According to the Provincial Director of Health in Maputo, Daniel Chemane, who was speaking on Sunday, after 30 days of health surveillance, with the discovery of the first...
The cholera outbreak that has been affecting Mozambique since September 2022 has killed 75 people and more than 470 patients are currently hospitalized. The province of Tete, in the center of the country, has the highest incidence. The cholera outbreak affecting eight provinces has killed 75 people, out of a total of 10,697 cases since September...
An outbreak of cholera has been declared in the city of Pemba, in Cabo Delgado. The announcement comes a day after the government declared an outbreak in the city of Quelimane, Zambezia province. The announcement was made this Friday by the director of the Provincial Health Service in Cabo Delgado, Anastácia Lidimba, at a press conference...
The Minister of Health, Armindo Tiago, announced yesterday that a cholera outbreak has been declared in the city of Quelimane, in the center of the country, the most devastated by Cyclone Freddy and where the disease has killed six people since Wednesday. "The provincial authorities are to declare [an outbreak of] cholera today and an Operational Center will be set up to...