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Outbreak response training bolsters Mozambique’s cholera control

06 April 2023

Dr Cremildo Rajabo has new confidence entering the cholera treatment centre in Lichinga district in northern Mozambique, one of the areas hardest-hit by the outbreak.

Mozambique targets 720 000 people in cholera vaccination drive

27 February 2023

Mozambique today kicked off a cholera vaccination campaign targeting around 720 000 people in eight districts as the country steps up control measures against an outbreak in which 5260 cases and 37 deaths have been recorded to date since September 2022.

Global Polio Eradication Initiative commends Mozambique’s outbreak response

23 February 2023

Maputo, 22 February 2023 – Senior representatives from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) today commended the Government of Mozambique for its ongoing polio response efforts to ensure that every child is protected from the devastating impacts of the virus.

Under the leadership of the Ministry of Health, with support from Rotary and other GPEI partners, a multi-round polio vaccination campaign is being implemented in Mozambique. Six rounds of vaccination were completed in 2022, covering all provinces of the country and reaching 8.7 million children.

Providing critical health and hygiene services to Mozambique’s conflict-affected com...

05 December 2022

Celestina Ceverano lives in Ntocota, a village in Metuge District in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado Province, which has been ravaged by armed violence since October 2017.

Data management reinforces COVID-19 vaccination in Mozambique

13 September 2022

Lichinga, Mozambique – In Mozambique’s northern Niassa province, health workers have been trained on data management for an effective rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination. The training by World Health Organization with support from the European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (the ECHO fund), is helping to ensure that all eligible people in hard-to-reach places receive the vaccine.

Raquelina Mazuze, Social Mobilizer

12 August 2022

60-year-old Raquelina Mazuze is proud of her contribution to the fight against polio as a social mobilizer in her native Mozambique.

In Mozambique, household screening keeps families malaria-free

09 August 2022

Stefina Mocuvele looks on as her grandson Nolege plays happily with his siblings. It’s a far cry from his condition three years ago, when a bout of malaria landed the then six-year-old in hospital, 10 kilometers away from their home in Matuba locality in the Chókwè district of Gaza province, Mozambique.

Widespread vaccination against COVID-19

01 August 2022

As much-needed COVID-19 vaccinations reach vulnerable groups at a camp for internally displaced persons in Mozambique’s Niassa Province, local health worker Celio Marcelino is responsible for inputting their data into the country’s digital records system.

Southern Africa in fresh vaccination drive to halt wild polio

07 July 2022

Mozambique today kicked off the third round of vaccination against wild poliovirus type 1 as southern Africa countries launch a further drive to protect all under 5 children and halt the debilitating virus from spreading. Neighbouring Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia will also embark on the third phase of mass vaccination campaigns in the coming weeks.

Mozambique vaccinates nearly all adults against COVID-19

29 June 2022

“I came to take the COVID-19 booster dose and brought my baby for (childhood routine) immunization,” says Cacilda Manjate, a young mother waiting in a consulting room of the Matola II clinic just outside Mozambique’s capital Maputo. “For me taking the vaccine is important because I have a relative who died of COVID-19. I don’t want to lose anyone else in the family.”

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