Mozambique News

MAPUTO – 8 October 2019 As the health response to cyclones Idai and Kenneth transition into the recovery phase, WHO would like to acknowledge and thank the donors and partners involved in the health response thus far.

“WHO Mozambique is very grateful for the support over the past eight months in response to the level 3 health emergencies this country has been facing,“ said Dr. Djamila Cabral WHO Representative in Mozambique.

What has been your role in the response?

To see the impact on human health. As a consequence of the disaster the whole team is monitoring disease through epidemiological surveillance. For example, cholera prompted a massive vaccination campaign and other interventions in sanitation and the provision of clean drinking water that have contributed in a major way to lowering the number of cases.

As cholera goes down malaria becomes another public health issue of greater concern so we are also working on it.

MAPUTO, Mozambique – A three-week long mission aiming to provide technical support for implementing the WHO Country Office Management Toolkits as well as staff training sessions concluded. IT, Project and Performance Management Officer from the WHO Country Office in Mali, Yahya Coulibaly, shared his technical knowledge and professional experience with all the staffs to pave the way forward for documentation practices.

António Bélio is a Nutrition Supervisor, responsible for Nutrition at Sofala Provincial Health Directorate (DPS). 

“We need participatory and engaging development of an emergency response plan, as well as resource mobilization before the disaster.”

01. What is the current situation about Pellagra and malnutrition (chronic and acute) in Sofala Province?

Maputo, 24 de Julho - On July 22 the Ministry of Health successfully completed the second round of the emergency cholera vaccination campaign in districts affected by tropical cyclone Idai which affected Sofala province in central Mozambique in March 2019.

Like the first round, held in April this year, over 800,000 people over the age of one were vaccinated.

More than 50 health facilities across Sofala Province, Mozambique, suffered serious damage from Cyclone Idai. WHO is working closely with the Ministry of Health and partners to assess and support the return of essential health services, using its Health Resources Availability Mapping System (known as HeRAMS).

“The roof had blown off most of the buildings and the water was more than one metre high. We had to move the patients out and put their beds up on top of the benches in the waiting area.

Maputo, 27 June 2019 - More than 180 trachoma specialists from around the world, including from Mozambique, are meeting in Maputo for the 22nd Meeting of the WHO Alliance for the Global Elimination of Trachoma (GET2020) meets in Maputo