Mozambique: 2.4 Million People Living With HIV
[AIM] The number of people living with HIV in Mozambique rose from 2.2 to 2.4 million between 2021 and 2022, according to Deputy Health Minister Ilesh Jani. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 13, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Mozambique: USAID Grants U.S.$75 Million to Improve Nutrition in Zambezia
[AIM] The United States government, through its Agency for International Development (USAID), will disburse US$75 million over the next five years to support actions aimed at reducing malnutrition in six districts of the central province of Zambezia. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 12, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Mozambique: Cholera Spreads to Nacala
[AIM] The current Mozambican cholera outbreak has now spread to the northern port of Nacala. On 6 April, the Nampula provincial health authorities declared a cholera outbreak in Nacala, with one death recorded. "Right now, there is a cholera outbreak in Nacala Port. We have 32 patients hospitalised", the Nampula provincial chief doctor, Celma Xavier, told reporters. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 12, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Mozambique: Vaccination Against Cholera Reaches 1.1 Million People
[AIM] Maputo -- About 92 per cent of the target figure of 1,277,539 people have been vaccinated against cholera in the central Mozambican provinces of Sofala, Manica and Zambezia, according to the health authorities. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 7, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Largest ruby ever to come to auction may fetch over $30 million
A 55.22-carat ruby is poised to become the largest — and should it sell for over $30.3 million, the most valuable — gem of its kind ever to appear at auction. The stone is set to go under the hammer in New York in June, less than a year after Canadian firm Fura Gems discovered it at one of its…#furagems #mozambique #sotheby #estreladefura #staroffura #portuguese #sunriseruby #myanmar #geneva #switzerland (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Mozambique: Mozambique Battles Cholera in Cyclone's Aftermath
[VOA] Quelimane, Mozambique -- Cyclone Freddy killed hundreds of people in February and March as it pummeled Madagascar, Malawi, and Mozambique. While the long-running storm's victims were mostly in Malawi, floodwaters in Mozambique have created a fresh threat there from cholera. Cases have nearly doubled in one week to 19,000 amid a shortage of facilities, many of which were badly damaged by the cyclone, especially in the worst-hit province of Zambezia. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 6, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Mozambique: General Hospital Receives First Batch of Equipment
[AIM] Maputo -- The construction of Beira General Hospital, in the central Mozambican province of Sofala, budgeted at 27.6 million Euros, is concluded and it has started to receive the first batch of equipment. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 5, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Mozambique: Cholera Vaccine Is 'Effective and Safe'
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's Deputy Health Minister, Ilesh Jani, on Thursday guaranteed that the vaccine against cholera, currently being administered in parts of central Mozambique, is effective and safe. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 3, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Mozambique: Gaza to Vaccinate Over 500,000 Cattle Against Anthrax
[AIM] Maputo -- The agricultural authorities in the southern Mozambican province of Gaza intend to vaccinate, between April and July, over 500,000 head of cattle against anthrax. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 3, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Mozambique works to contain cholera outbreak after cyclone
Weeks after massive Cyclone Freddy hit Mozambique for a second time, the still-flooded country is facing a spiraling cholera outbreak that threatens to add to the devastation (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Mozambique: Mozambique Starts Vaccination Against Cholera
[AIM] Maputo -- A vaccination campaign against cholera starts on Thursday), and is expected to cover over 1.7 million people. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 30, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Mozambique: Over 40,000 Cattle Vaccinated in Tete
[AIM] Maputo -- Over 40,000 head of cattle have been vaccinated against foot-and-mouth disease in the central Mozambican province of Tete. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 30, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Mozambique: Mozambique Receives Vaccines Against Cholera
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique has received 1.7 million doses of vaccines against cholera, a disease that has so far killed 85 people among 17,646 cases diagnosed. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 29, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Mozambique: Officials Begin Massive Post-Cyclone Cholera Vaccination Drive
[VOA] Maputo, Mozambique -- Health officials in Mozambique are set to hold a massive cholera vaccination campaign in Quelimane, a city hit hard by Cyclone Freddy earlier this month. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 29, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

The neglected epidemic-risk factors associated with road traffic injuries in Mozambique: results of the 2016 INCOMAS study - Peralta-Santos A, Gimbel S, Sorensen R, Covele A, Kawakatsu Y, Wagenaar BH, Augusto O, Ásbjörnsdóttir KH, Gloyd SS, Cuembelo F, Sherr K.
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Source: SafetyLit - March 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Pedestrians and Bicycles Source Type: news