Cholera outbreak in northern Mozambique
A severe cholera epidemic is currently spreading in many provinces of Mozambique. SolidarMed is helping health facilities to prepare for the high number of cholera patients and to combat the further spread of the disease.
Many provinces of Mozambique and its neighbouring country Malawi are currently experiencing a severe cholera epidemic. Its spread has been helped by heavy flooding caused by Cyclone Freddy in the spring of this year, which contaminated drinking water. Even the Cabo Delgado Province in the north of the country where SolidarMed operates has reported several cholera cases. As the disease is highly contagious and can be deadly without treatment, healthcare facilities in Cabo Delgado are likely to soon have a large number of sick people to treat.
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How SolidarMed supports
With the support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC, SolidarMed is helping six healthcare facilities prepare for the large numbers of cholera patients. SolidarMed is also putting in place measures to tackle the further spread in the province. The team is building contamination stations and ensuring availability of cholera tests and medicines to treat diarrhoea. Refresher courses on dealing with the highly infectious disease are being organised for healthcare workers and public awareness campaigns are being run. In addition, SolidarMed is helping coordinate healthcare facilities, authorities and other partners on the ground. The aim is to ensure that infection figures are systematically recorded and that all actors coordinate their activities.
Previous cholera outbreaks in the region have shown that these measures can play a key part in containing the epidemic and therefore save many lives.
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The humanitarian crisis in northern Mozambique is affecting the poorest of the poor. Find out more here.
