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Mozambique boosts HPV vaccination to reach high coverage

30 April 2024

Maputo – Nine-year-old Ana Sitoe and Isabel Cossa*, learners at Guava Primary School in Marracuene, Maputo, have both received their first vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) thanks to an immunization drive targeting young girls.

"I was afraid of the needle, but I knew that the vaccine was good for protecting our health against this disease, so that we can play, study, grow up and fulfil our dreams in the future," Ana says.

Africa’s polio certification commission calls for increased action in 2024 to rebuil...

03 November 2023

Maputo – The Africa Regional Certification Commission for Polio Eradication (ARCC) has advised Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, together with health partners, to urgently address gaps in polio immunity in order to prevent outbreaks. This recommendation follows a week of intense discussions between partners, countries and ARCC members in Maputo, Mozambique, from 31 October to 3 November 2023, on the response to ongoing polio outbreaks in the region.

Maputo – “I wouldn’t have known about the dangers of polio if it weren’t for my small radio,” says Faize Mobate, a guard at a residential compound near Matola, on the periphery of Maputo in Mozambique.

Community radios help protect Mozambicans against polio

23 October 2023

High-quality cold chain protects polio vaccines for Mozambique’s children

15 June 2023

Maputo – Delivering polio vaccines to every district of the African Region is a complex undertaking, as national authorities and health partners fighting polio in Mozambique know only too well.

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.

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