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Headline Cyclone Idai - Mozambique 2019

Description WHO scales up health response to Cyclone Idai in Mozambique. On 2 April, almost 900 000 doses of oral cholera vaccine arrived in Beira. They were donated from the global cholera vaccine stockpile which is funded by Gavi. The campaign, also funded by Gavi, is being run by the Mozambique Ministry of Health with support from WHO, UNICEF, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and Save the Children. https://www. who. int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/combating-cholera-in-mozambiqueThe World Health Organization (WHO) is providing urgent assistance to meet the health needs of thousands of people impacted by flooding in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The floods were triggered by Tropical Cyclone Idai, which swept through the region last week. Cyclone Idai, which formed over the northern Mozambique channel, made landfall at the port of Beira and left 500 000 residents without power and means of communication. The Government of Mozambique estimates that more than 1 000 people may have died, with 600 000 persons affected in the northern provinces of Niassa, Tete and Zambezia. To expand the emergency response, WHO has deployed experts, including epidemiologists, logisticians and disease-prevention experts, to build a 40-strong team. Restoring regular health services is equally imperative as mitigating the spread of cholera and other diseases, Dr Moeti stressed. “I saw the paediatric ward of Pontagera Health Centre had been completely destroyed, the roof had been torn off and the equipment and supplies ruined by water. We must do everything we can to protect the people of Mozambique from a disease outbreak or other health problems caused by lack of access to essential services,” she said. WHO is helping to restore primary care services so that facilities can deliver essential services, including immunization, basic treatment for common illnesses, acute malnutrition and maternal care while ensuring the ongoing supply of medications for people living with HIV, tuberculosis or diabetes. See:https://www. afro. who. int/news/who-sending-urgent-health-assistance-after-cyclone-idai-displaces-thousands-people-southernhttps://www. afro. who. int/news/who-scales-health-response-cyclone-idai-mozambique

Asset date 04/08/2018

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