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 »
February 17, 2023
Mozambique: Two Cholera Deaths in Manica
Chimoio (Mozambique), 16 Feb (AIM) - Two people have died of cholera, and a further 30, suffering from diarrhoeal diseases, are hospitalised in Tambara district, in the central… Read more »
February 01, 2023
Mozambique: Over A Million Children To Be Medicated Against Malaria in Nampula
Maputo, 30 Jan (AIM) - 1.2 million children aged between three and 59 months in the northern Mozambican province of Nampula will be covered by the seasonal malaria prevention… Read more »
January 17, 2023
Mozambique: Call for Preventive Measures Against Cholera and Covid-19
Health Minister Armindo Tiago on 10 January called for strengthened preventive measures against cholera and Covid-19. Speaking to reporters after the weekly meeting of the Council… Read more »
Mozambique: USAID Donates Oxygen Cylinders
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) on 12 January announced the delivery of 100 oxygen cylinders for each provincial hospital in Mozambique and 285 oxygen… Read more »
November 29, 2022
Mozambique: 9.4 Million Cases of Malaria This Year
The Mozambican health authorities diagnosed 9.4 million cases of malaria in the first nine months of this year, according to Health Minister Armindo Tiago. This was an increase of… Read more »
November 03, 2022
Mozambique: Negotiations to Avert Medical Doctor's Strike End in Deadlock
Negotiations between the Mozambican government and the Medical Association (AMM), which sought to find a solution to avert a doctor's strike that is set to begin on Monday next… Read more »
October 28, 2022
Mozambique: Mozambique / Doctors Threaten to Go On Strike Over Wages
Mozambique's Medical Association (AMM) on Friday threatened to go on a national strike from 07 November if the government fails to correct inconsistencies in the Single Wage Table… Read more »
October 25, 2022
Mozambique: Mozambique - Civil Society Demand More Investments in Health Sector
Mozambican civil society organisations (CSOs) are demanding more investments in the health sector as a means to improve quality healthcare services provided to the people,… Read more »
November 02, 2022
Mozambique: Mozambique / Attempted Suicides Worry Healthy Authorities
Maputo, 25 Out (AIM) - The Maputo Central Hospital (HCM), the largest health unit in Mozambique, is concerned with increasing number of suicides and attempted suicides across the… Read more »
October 30, 2022
Mozambique: Health Minister Asks Doctors to Reconsider Strike
The Mozambican Health Minister, Armindo Tiago, on Saturday asked the Mozambican Medical Association (AMM) to reconsider its call for on a nationwide strike, starting on 07… Read more »