Mozambique’s health authorities will begin a cholera vaccination campaign today in the four provinces most affected by the current outbreak of the disease, the news agency Lusa reports.
The week-long campaign is expected to reach more than 2.2 million people in the provinces of Cabo Delgado, Zambézia, Tete and Sofala.
According to the most recent data, from 1 October 2023 to 2 January 2024, Mozambique recorded a total of 8,266 cases of cholera and 20 deaths in six affected provinces.
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“The four provinces selected are home to the most critical districts in this resurgence of the outbreak in the country,” the National Public Health Services said.
More than 1,130 vaccination teams, comprising over 7,300 personnel, have been mobilised for the US$1.3 million operation, which will be carried out at health centres and by mobile teams, visiting different localities on a door-to-door basis.
The vaccination teams will also operate in areas with high pedestrian traffic such as markets and sports grounds, authorities say.
