Administrative Details

Source

World Health Organization

Created

2024-08-25 9:18 PM

Updated

2024-08-25 11:23 PM

Notes

Outbreak of Cholera in Mozambique grew exponentially since December 2022. Heavy rainfall in the first weeks of February worsened the situation. Neighboring country Malawi is facing the deadliest cholera outbreak in history. There is frequent bordering between the two countries which is likely contributing to the spread.

Epidemiologic Details

Suspected Case Def

Any person presenting with or dying from acute watery diarrhoea.

Confirmed Case Def

A suspected case with Vibrio cholerae O1 or O139 confirmed by culture or PCR.

Primary Time Criteria

ONSET

Primary Test Type

Culture

Observation Properties

Case and death counts could include double-counting of overlapping observations
# of Observations

8

Earliest Observation

2022-09-14

Latest Observation

2023-02-19

Observation Frequency

Other (158)

Deaths

74

Suspected Cases

10477

Confirmed Cases

99

Observation Fields

Standard

Location
TL
TR
Primary
Phantom
deaths
sCh
cCh
tested

Custom

CFR
Case Fatality Rate (%)

Observations

Location
TL
TR
deaths
sCh
cCh
tested
CFR
AFR::MOZ.Mozambique 2022-09-14 2023-02-19 37 5237 0.7
AFR::MOZ.Mozambique 2022-09-14 2023-02-19 99 182
AFR::MOZ::Niassa::(Chimbonila|Lago|Lichinga|Mandimba|Mecanhelas|Muembe|Ngauma|Sanga) 2022-09-14 2023-02-19 16 2525 0.6
AFR::MOZ::Sofala::(Beira|Buzi|Caia|Cheringoma|Chibabava|Gorongosa|Maringue|Marromeu|Muanza) 2022-09-14 2023-02-19 3 1354 0.2
AFR::MOZ::Tete::(Angonia|Cahora Bassa|Chiuta|Doa|Marara|Moatize|Mutarara|Tete|Tsangano) 2022-09-14 2023-02-19 12 1271 0.9
AFR::MOZ::Zambezia::Milange 2022-09-14 2023-02-19 14
AFR::MOZ::Gaza::Cidade De Xai-Xai 2022-09-14 2023-02-19 4 42 9.5
AFR::MOZ::Manica::Tambara 2022-09-14 2023-02-19 2 34 5.9
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