The cholera outbreak in Mozambique has worsened in recent weeks, with another 2,200 new cases and six deaths reported, bringing the total number of deaths since September 2022 to 150, according to official data that Lusa had access to this Thursday.
The current cholera outbreak in Mozambique has recorded 36,617 cases from September 14, 2022 to November 8, 2023, resulting in 150 deaths, according to the latest disease update from the National Directorate of Public Health.
Over the previous 24 hours, another 75 new cases were reported and 50 people were hospitalized due to the disease.
The data bulletin as of September 5 – after stabilizing in August – listed 144 deaths and a total of 34,352 cases, with only one area with an active outbreak.
That brings Mozambique to 2,265 deaths in about two months, with a further six deaths reaching seven areas with an active outbreak on November 8, a period that marks the start of the country’s rainy season.
Overall, since 14 September 2022, the province of Zambezia continues to be the worst affected with a total of 13,972 cases and 38 deaths, followed by Sofala with 7,527 cases and 30 deaths, Tete with 3,775 cases and 3,775 deaths . 24 deaths and Nias with 3,501 cases and 25 deaths.
The Mozambican government announced on Tuesday it was sending teams to the country’s four cholera-affected provinces to monitor the situation and find solutions to stop the disease, a day after outbreaks were announced in some areas.
Teams will be deployed from Friday to Nampula and Cabo Delgado (in the north of the country), as well as Zambezia and Tete (in the center), provinces that are “showing signs of the need for a more thorough approach to outbreaks of vomiting and diarrhea.” “associated with cholera,” Filiman Suaze, spokesman for the Council of Ministers, said during a press conference after an executive meeting in Maputo.
The teams “are going to these provinces to monitor the location and, above all, to better coordinate the solutions that the government can propose on this issue,” Filiman Suaze said.
Health authorities in the Zambezia province in central Mozambique declared cholera outbreaks in the districts of Gurué, Mocouba and Gilet on Monday, leaving a total of 499 people hospitalized due to the disease.
Cholera is a disease that causes severe diarrhea, which is treatable but can lead to death from dehydration if not treated promptly.
The disease is largely caused by eating contaminated food and water due to lack of sanitation facilities.
In May, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that there would be a global shortage of cholera vaccines by 2025 and that the disease could affect as many as a billion people in 43 countries, noting Mozambique in October as having one of the highest incidence rates. countries at risk.
Mozambique is considered one of the countries hardest hit by climate change in the world, a situation that is worsening the resilience of infrastructure and services that prevent the disease.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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