Mozambique News

Maputo – 8th, April 2020 – Mozambique has registered seven (7) new positive cases for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to seventeen (17), in which nine (9) are local transmissions, announced the Ministry of Health of Mozambique.

Maputo – 1st, April 2020 – In Mozambique, the cases confirmed positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has increased to a total of ten (10), announced the Ministry of Health of Mozambique, with two (2) more cases confirmed in the last 24 hours.

Maputo - 25, March 2020 – In Mozambique, the cases confirmed positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has increased to a total of five (5), announced the Minister of Health of Mozambique, Dr. Armindo Tiago, with two more cases confirmed in the last 24 hours.

Maputo - 24, March 2020 – Mozambique has registered two (2) more cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours, totaling three (3) cases confirmed in the country, announced the Ministry of Health of Mozambique in Maputo.

The second confirmed case is a close contact to the first patient tested positive in Mozambique, announced on 22 March 2020. 

Maputo - 22, March 2020 - Professor Dr. Armindo Tiago, Minister of Health of Mozambique, has reported the country’s first case of COVID-19. The patient is a 75 years old male that recently returned from United Kingdom (UK) on 20 March 2020. The patient is believed to have contracted the virus in United Kingdom.  

BEIRA, Mozambique – The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially handed over a prefabricated clinic to Sofala Provincial Health Directorate (DPS). This will facilitate access to adequate health services for the population of Inhajou.

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?