The cholera vaccination campaign began today in the provinces of Cabo Delgado, Zambézia, Tete and Sofala. The Ministry of Health plans to immunize around 2.2 million people in these provinces that are most affected by the disease in the country. In Zambézia, the campaign launched by the Secretary of State in the province, Cristina Mafumo, will cover the districts of Alto Molocué, Gurué, Mocuba and Gilé.To this end, the Health sector has allocated more than one million, one hundred and seventy thousand doses of vaccines that will be used to immunize families, as a measure to prevent and combat the disease.Official data indicate that cholera It has caused one death and the hospitalization of 1,500 people since the outbreak began last year. At the moment, nine patients are admitted to treatment centers for diarrheal diseases. The head of the Department of Public Health at the Provincial Health Services in Zambézia, Canancho Machala, who provided the data, said that everything is ready to start the campaign which ends this Friday. Source:O País
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