Mozambique: 'Misinformation About Cholera Outbreak' Led to 97 Boat Deaths
[VOA] Maputo, Mozambique -- At least 97 people died when an overloaded boat capsized and sank off the coast of Mozambique late Sunday, state-run Radio Mozambique reported, citing local officials. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 9, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Mozambique Southern Africa Source Type: news
Mozambique: More than 90 Killed As Overcrowded Boat Sinks
[DW] A makeshift ferry with nearly 130 people on board sank off the northern coast of Mozambique. Authorities said some passengers were attending a fair, while others were trying to escape a deadly cholera outbreak. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 8, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Mozambique Southern Africa Source Type: news
Mozambique: Nine Blinded Due to Self-Medication for Conjunctivitis
[AIM] Maputo -- The health authorities at Nampula Central Hospital (HCN), in northern Mozambique, have been forced to remove the eyes of nine patients due to complications caused by self-medication for hemorrhagic conjunctivitis. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 5, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Mozambique Southern Africa Source Type: news
Mozambique: Authorities Ban Entry of Dangerous Dogs
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's National Livestock Development Directorate has announced a ban on the entry into the country of dangerous breeds of dogs, as well as cross-bred offspring of uncommon breeds, "without duly justified reasons.' (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 2, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Legal and Judicial Affairs Mozambique Southern Africa Source Type: news
Mozambique: Health Workers Threaten to Resume Strike As of Thursday
[AIM] Maputo -- The Association of United Mozambican Health Professionals (APSUSM) has threatened to resume its nationwide strike as of Thursday supposedly because the Health Ministry (MISAU), has failed to fulfill promises made in the negotiations. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 26, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Economy, Business and Finance Health and Medicine Labour Mozambique Southern Africa Source Type: news
Mozambique: - Conjunctivitis Outbreak Spreads to Seven Mozambican Provinces
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities have already recorded over 8,000 cases of conjunctivitis, since the disease has spread to seven provinces in less than a month. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 15, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Mozambique Southern Africa Source Type: news
Africa: What's Behind the Worldwide Shortage of Cholera Vaccines? for Starters, They're Only Made By One Company
[The Conversation Africa] In February 2024 the World Health Organization announced southern Africa was suffering the deadliest regional outbreak of cholera in at least a decade. At the epicentre of the disaster were Malawi, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, where cholera cases surged more than four-fold between 2022 and 2023. Over 1,600 deaths were reported in the three countries. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 13, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Malawi Mozambique Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Mozambique: Violence Continues to Displace and Traumatise Thousands in Cabo Delgado
[MSF] Six years after the start of the violent conflict in the north of Mozambique, people in Cabo Delgado still live in fear. In 2024 alone, over 80,000 people have had to flee, following attacks from armed groupsIOM/DTM Mozambique -- Movement Alert Report -- 101 (08 - 25 Feb. 2024). Displaced families are in urgent need of food, shelter, relief items and healthcare. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 5, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Aid and Assistance External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Mozambique NGOs and Civil Society Southern Africa Source Type: news
Mozambique: Pregnant Students, Adolescent Mothers Leave School
[HRW] Many adolescent girls and women in Mozambique, who are pregnant or parenting, drop out of school because they face huge barriers and get inadequate support from schools at one of the most vulnerable times in their lives, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Even though Mozambique's government revoked discriminatory measures against pregnant students and adolescent mothers over five years ago, many teachers and education and school officials lack clear instructions on protecting their (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - March 1, 2024 Category: OBGYN Tags: Education Health and Medicine Mozambique Pregnancy and Childbirth Southern Africa Source Type: news
Mapping All Of 2024's Global Elections
Mapping All Of 2024's Global Elections With almost half of the world’s population residing in countries holding executive or legislative elections in 2024, it’s set to be the busiest election year ever recorded. This visualization, via Visual Capitalist's Niccolo Conte, uses collated 2024 global…#globalelections #visualcapitalist #niccoloconte #globalforecastseries #executivelegislative #iran312024 #nalegislative #southafrica #mozambique #naexecutive (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mozambique Port Critical to Chrome Exports Gets Upgraded Railway Link
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Source: Reuters: Health - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mozambique: Pregnant Students, Adolescent Mothers Don't Get Support, Leave School
[HRW] Instruct Educators on Obligations, Improve Reproductive Health Services (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - February 14, 2024 Category: OBGYN Tags: Education Health and Medicine Human Rights Mozambique NGOs and Civil Society Pregnancy and Childbirth Southern Africa Source Type: news
Africa: Cholera Outbreak in Southern Africa - a Multinational Fight
[DW] The cholera crisis has engulfed southern Africa. As cases surge across Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, lack of clean water and sanitation continue to threaten lives. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 9, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Central Africa Congo-Kinshasa Environment Health and Medicine Southern Africa Water and Sanitation Source Type: news
South Africa: Thirty Years of Rural Health Research - South Africa's Agincourt Studies Offer Unique Insights
[The Conversation Africa] In 1992 a group of academics from the University of the Witwatersrand introduced a health and socio-demographic surveillance system in remote, rural South Africa to track and understand health and wellbeing in these environments. This initiative built on pioneering work by a Wits team to establish a health systems development unit in a typical rural setting. Agincourt, in the Bushbuckridge district in rural north-eastern South Africa adjacent to Mozambique, was a microcosm of the neglected health and (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 6, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Land and Rural Issues South Africa Southern Africa Source Type: news
Mozambique: Breaking Barriers to Safe Abortion Care in Mozambique
[MSF] In Beira, a city on Mozambique's central coast, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is connecting hard-to-reach communities with safe abortion care and other sexual and reproductive health services. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 23, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Aid and Assistance External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Mozambique NGOs and Civil Society Southern Africa Source Type: news
