April 04
Mozambique: Nine Blinded Due to Self-Medication for Conjunctivitis
The health authorities at Nampula Central Hospital (HCN), in northern Mozambique, have been forced to remove the eyes of nine patients due to complications caused by… Read more »
April 02
Mozambique: Authorities Ban Entry of Dangerous Dogs
Mozambique's National Livestock Development Directorate has announced a ban on the entry into the country of dangerous breeds of dogs, as well as cross-bred offspring of uncommon… Read more »
March 26
Mozambique: Health Workers Threaten to Resume Strike As of Thursday
The Association of United Mozambican Health Professionals (APSUSM) has threatened to resume its nationwide strike as of Thursday supposedly because the Health Ministry (MISAU), has… Read more »
March 12
Mozambique: - Conjunctivitis Outbreak Spreads to Seven Mozambican Provinces
The Mozambican health authorities have already recorded over 8,000 cases of conjunctivitis, since the disease has spread to seven provinces in less than a month. Read more »
January 12
Mozambique: - Health Minister Denies Outbreak of New Covid-19 Variant
Mozambican Health Minister Armindo Tiago has claimed that information circulating on social media about the outbreak of a more virulent variant of Covid-19 is out of date and only… Read more »
January 15
Mozambique: - Health Authorities Deny Shortage of Food and Insulin
The director of Maputo Central Hospital (HCM), Mouzinho Saide, has denied rumours that the hospital is facing a shortage of food and of insulin. Read more »
January 10
Mozambique: 14 Cholera Disinformation Incidents Lead to Three Deaths
A wave of disinformation about the causes of cholera has led to the murder of at least three community leaders and the destruction of 50 houses in the northern Mozambican province… Read more »
January 07
Mozambique: Ministry Launches Vaccination Campaign Against Cholera
The Mozambican Health Ministry has announced the launch, as of Monday, of a mass vaccination campaign against cholera, in the provinces most affected by the disease. Read more »
December 19, 2023
Mozambique: Disinformation About Cholera Leads to Destruction in Nampula
Unknown individuals have destroyed nine houses in the Muite administrative post, in Mecuburi district, in the northern Mozambican province of Nampula, following a wave of… Read more »
December 13, 2023
Mozambique: - Mozambique to Introduce New Vaccines in National Vaccination Calendar
Mozambique's National Health Service (SNS) intends to introduce, in the near future, new vaccines in the National Vaccination Calendar. Read more »
December 11, 2023
Mozambique: Disinformation On Cholera Causes Death of Four in Montepuez
Disinformation about cholera has caused the death of four community leaders who have been murdered in Nacuca village, in Montepuez district, in the northern Mozambican province of… Read more »
November 15, 2023
Mozambique: PGR Initiates Proceedings Concerning Crimes Against Public Health
The Mozambican Attorney General's Office (PGR) began, from January to September this year, 282 criminal proceedings concerning crimes against public health. Read more »
Mozambique: Cholera Causes at Least 150 Deaths in Two Months
- TANZANIAN COMPANY SPILLS FUEL IN BEIRA PORT Maputo, 15 Nov (AIM) - The Tanzanian oil and gas company Lake Oil has spilled 90 litres of fuel in the central Mozambican port of… Read more »
November 08, 2023
Mozambique: Government Sends Brigades to Monitor Cholera Cases
The Mozambican government has sent brigades to four provinces to monitor the outbreak of diarrheal diseases at the start of the 2023-2024 rainy season. Read more »
November 07, 2023
Mozambique: - Health Workers Guarantee Services for Another 15 Days
The Association of United Health Professionals of Mozambique (APSUM) - which claims to represent nurses, laboratory technicians, drivers and other health sector professionals -… Read more »
September 21, 2023
Mozambique: Polio Vaccination Extended in Tete and ZambÉzia
The Mozambican Ministry of Health has extended the vaccination campaign against polio in the central provinces of Zambézia and Tete, since it found that a large number of… Read more »
September 11, 2023
Mozambique: Of Presidential Guard Attack Journalist
Members of the Mozambican Presidential Guard, the military unit that protects President Filipe Nyusi, attacked a journalist as he was interviewing the President on Saturday, after… Read more »
September 07, 2023
Mozambique: Ninth Round of Polio Vaccination Under Way in Maputo
The health authorities in Maputo city have announced that they will carry out the ninth round of the polio vaccination campaign between 13 and 17 September. Read more »
September 06, 2023
Mozambique: New Equipment for Mozambican Hospitals
The Mozambican Ministry of Health on Tuesday began distributing new medical and surgical equipment, and auxiliary diagnostic material, to all the country's health units that… Read more »
August 21, 2023
Mozambique: - Malaria Kills At Least 200 in First Half of 2023
At least 210 people died of malaria in Mozambique in the first six months of this year. Read more »
August 16, 2023
Mozambique: Government Threatens to Sack Striking Doctors
Mozambique's Deputy Minister of State Administration, Inocencio Impissa, warned on Tuesday that doctors currently on strike, who have only been given provisional appointments in… Read more »
August 15, 2023
Mozambique: Cholera Outbreak Said to Be Under Control in Nampula
Mozambique's Deputy Minister of Health, Ilesh Jani, has guaranteed that the recent cholera outbreak, in the northern province of Nampula, is now under control, and so does not pose… Read more »
Mozambique: Mozambique to Introduce Vaccine Against Malaria Next Year
Mozambique will introduce for the first time a vaccine against malaria as of next year, according to the Ministry of Health delegate for Vertical Control of Malaria, Inês… Read more »
August 11, 2023
Mozambique: Provincial Governor Wants Action Against All Striking Doctors
The governor of the central Mozambican province of Manica, Francisca Tomas, has called on the provincial authorities to take disciplinary action against all doctors in the province… Read more »
August 09, 2023
Mozambique: Prevent Doctors From Providing Health Care Free of Charge
The Mozambican police on Tuesday dispersed a group of doctors who were providing health care free of charge under tents erected on a municipal field in the outer Maputo… Read more »