August 10, 2023
Mozambique: Striking Doctors Seek Injunction
The Mozambican Medical Association (AMM) has asked the Administrative Tribunal to issue an injunction that would annul the effect of administrative measures taken by the Health… Read more »
August 08, 2023
Mozambique: Mozambique Needs 800,000 Doses of Vaccine Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease
Mozambique's veterinary authorities are mobilising funds for the purchase of a further 800,000 doses of vaccine against foot-and-mouth disease, aiming to complete the immunisation… Read more »
July 29, 2023
Mozambique: Doctors' Strike Extended for Further 21 Days
The Mozambican Medical Association (AMM) has decided to extend the current strike by doctors for a further 21 days, on the grounds that "irregularities' persist regarding the new… Read more »
July 27, 2023
Mozambique: - Doctors Threaten to Extend Strike for a Further 21 Days
The Mozambican Medical Association (AMM) has threatened to extend for a further 21 days the doctors' strike that began on 10 July. Read more »
July 24, 2023
Mozambique: Minister Praises Doctors Who Work Despite the Amm Strike
Mozambican Health Minister Armindo Tiago on Friday congratulated all the doctors who have continued to attend to patients in the country's health units, despite the strike called… Read more »
June 12, 2023
Mozambique: Ministry Preparing New Polio Vaccination Campaign
The Mozambican Health Ministry plans to vaccinate over 15 million children under the age of 15, in a further round of vaccination against polio. Read more »
May 21, 2023
Mozambique: Nyusi Seeks Aid to Strengthen National Health Systems
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has urged the rich countries to demonstrate their solidarity with actions, in order to improve the well-being of the people of developing… Read more »
May 18, 2023
Mozambique: HIV/Syphilis Community Surveillance Under Way in Maputo Suburbs
Mozambique's National Health Institute (INS), through the Polana Caniço Health Center (CISPOC), is carrying out HIV/Syphilis community surveillance in Maputo suburbs. Read more »
May 04, 2023
Mozambique: Ministry Finds It Difficult to Obtain More Cholera Vaccines
The Mozambican Health Ministry is finding it difficult to obtain more doses of vaccine against cholera. Read more »
April 18, 2023
Mozambique: Ministry Wants More Cholera Vaccines
The Mozambican Health Ministry has been facing difficulty in obtaining more doses of vaccine against cholera, because of the huge international demand for this vaccine. Read more »
April 12, 2023
Mozambique: May Have Spread to Maputo
Cholera may have spread to Maputo, according to sources in the municipal health services, cited in a report in Wednesday's issue of the independent daily, "O Pais'. Read more »
April 11, 2023
Mozambique: 2.4 Million People Living With HIV
The number of people living with HIV in Mozambique rose from 2.2 to 2.4 million between 2021 and 2022, according to Deputy Health Minister Ilesh Jani. Read more »
Mozambique: USAID Grants U.S.$75 Million to Improve Nutrition in Zambezia
The United States government, through its Agency for International Development (USAID), will disburse US$75 million over the next five years to support actions aimed at reducing… Read more »
Mozambique: Cholera Spreads to Nacala
The current Mozambican cholera outbreak has now spread to the northern port of Nacala. On 6 April, the Nampula provincial health authorities declared a cholera outbreak in Nacala,… Read more »
April 06, 2023
Mozambique: Vaccination Against Cholera Reaches 1.1 Million People
About 92 per cent of the target figure of 1,277,539 people have been vaccinated against cholera in the central Mozambican provinces of Sofala, Manica and Zambezia, according to the… Read more »
April 04, 2023
Mozambique: General Hospital Receives First Batch of Equipment
The construction of Beira General Hospital, in the central Mozambican province of Sofala, budgeted at 27.6 million Euros, is concluded and it has started to receive the first batch… Read more »
March 31, 2023
Mozambique: Gaza to Vaccinate Over 500,000 Cattle Against Anthrax
The agricultural authorities in the southern Mozambican province of Gaza intend to vaccinate, between April and July, over 500,000 head of cattle against anthrax. Read more »
Mozambique: Cholera Vaccine Is 'Effective and Safe'
Mozambique's Deputy Health Minister, Ilesh Jani, on Thursday guaranteed that the vaccine against cholera, currently being administered in parts of central Mozambique, is effective… Read more »
March 30, 2023
Mozambique: Mozambique Starts Vaccination Against Cholera
A vaccination campaign against cholera starts on Thursday), and is expected to cover over 1.7 million people. Read more »
Mozambique: Over 40,000 Cattle Vaccinated in Tete
Over 40,000 head of cattle have been vaccinated against foot-and-mouth disease in the central Mozambican province of Tete. Read more »
March 28, 2023
Mozambique: Mozambique Receives Vaccines Against Cholera
Mozambique has received 1.7 million doses of vaccines against cholera, a disease that has so far killed 85 people among 17,646 cases diagnosed. Read more »
March 24, 2023
Mozambique: U.S. Pledges Continued Support in Fighting Tuberculosis
The US Embassy in Maputo has pledged that the US will continue "to support Mozambique in taking concrete actions to fight the tuberculosis epidemic'. Read more »
March 20, 2023
Mozambique: Shortage of Medicines to Treat Cholera
The health authorities in the central Mozambican province of Zambezia have expressed concern that they are running out of medicines to treat cholera and other diseases. Read more »
March 15, 2023
Mozambique: Of Districts With Cholera Outbreaks Grows
The number of districts in Mozambique with outbreaks of cholera rose from 27 to 32 in a week, according to the Cholera Daily Bulletin issued by the Ministry of Health. Read more »
February 23, 2023
Mozambique: 37 Deaths From Cholera, According to Health Minister
37 people have died of cholera in Mozambique since the start of the current outbreak last December, according to Health Minister Armindo Tiago, cited in Thursday's issue of the… Read more »