The current outbreak already exceeds the number of sick and dead in this period in about half the time of the previous one
Mozambique registered another 111 new cases of cholera in the current outbreak, in 24 hours, with one death, bringing the total to almost 5,500 infected since September, with 71 deaths, according to official data to which Lusa had access.
According to the latest disease bulletin from the National Directorate of Public Health, with data from September 3 to February 16, of the total of 5,499 cases of cholera recorded in that period, 2,341 were in the province of Nampula, with a total of 32 deaths, and 2,095 in Tete, with 28 deaths, in addition to 895 in Cabo Delgado, with eight deaths.
On a smaller scale, the total points to 95 cases of cholera, and one death, in the province of Zambézia, and 71 cases and two deaths in the province of Manica.
In the 24 hours prior to the closing of this bulletin alone (February 16), another 111 cases and one death were confirmed in Nacala-Porto, Nampula province, with the overall national fatality rate at 1.3%.
In the previous cholera outbreak, according to data from the National Directorate of Public Health from October 17, 2024 to July 20, 2025, there were 4,420 infected people, of which 3,590 in Nampula province, and a total of 64 deaths.
The current outbreak already exceeds the number of sick and dead people in this period in about half the time of the previous one.
Mozambique vaccinated 1.7 million people against cholera in five days of campaigning in four provinces, exceeding the target previously set, the Government announced last week.
According to the spokesperson for the Council of Ministers, Inocêncio Impissa, from 4 to 8 February, 1,790,410 people were vaccinated in the provinces of Cabo Delgado and Niassa, in the north, and Sofala and Zambézia, in central Mozambique, corresponding to 102% of the initially announced population.
The Government of Mozambique wants to eliminate cholera “as a public health problem” in the country by 2030, according to the plan approved on September 16 by the Council of Ministers and valued at 31 billion meticais (418.5 million euros).
The objective is “to have a Mozambique free of cholera as a public health problem by 2030, where communities have access to safe water, sanitation and quality healthcare, achieved through multisectoral actions, coordinated and informed by scientific evidence”, said Inocêncio Impissa then.
