Mozambique has recorded 2,343 cases of cholera in the last four months of the current outbreak, with a total of 28 deaths, according to data from the Ministry of Health. In the last week alone, almost 600 new cases and two deaths were reported, highlighting the continuing pressure of the disease on the health system, Lusa wrote.
According to the daily bulletin from the National Directorate of Public Health, with data from September 3 to January 15, the country went from 1,721 cases and 23 deaths, recorded up to January 7, to 2,279 cases and 28 deaths in the most recent assessment of the disease’s evolution.
The province of Nampula remains the most affected by the outbreak, with 1,079 cases and a cumulative total of 13 deaths. It is followed by the province of Tete, with 885 cases and also 13 deaths, while the province of Cabo Delgado has 379 cases and two deaths.
In the 24 hours prior to the closing of the latest bulletin, 64 new cases of cholera were reported, with 44 people hospitalized. In the same period, the fatality rate fell from 1.5% in the previous week to 1.2%, although it remains above the 0.5% recorded in December.
In the previous outbreak, which occurred between October 17, 2024, and July 20, 2025, data from the National Directorate of Public Health indicate that the country recorded a total of 4,420 infected people. Of this number, 3,590 cases were reported in the province of Nampula, with 64 deaths recorded throughout the country.
In 2025, at least 169 people died from cholera in Mozambique, out of a total of around 40,000 cases. The information was released on December 10 by Health Minister Ussene Isse, who called on communities to strictly comply with individual and collective hygiene measures.
Responding to questions from members of parliament in Maputo, the minister stressed that cholera remains a public health problem in the country. “We have received around 3.5 million doses of vaccine to treat and prevent cholera, and there is one aspect I would like to mention: of those 169 deaths from cholera, around 70% occurred in the community,” he said.
The Mozambican government aims to eliminate cholera “as a public health problem” by 2030, under a plan approved on September 16, 2025, by the Council of Ministers. Valued at 31 billion meticais, the goal is “to have a Mozambique free of cholera as a public health problem by 2030,” ensuring communities have access to safe water, sanitation, and quality health care, according to government spokesman Inocêncio Impissa.
