Health Alerts

The rise in the number of malaria infections reported from January to March in north and NE regions has been blamed on heavy rainfall earlier this year – cases are up by around 10 percent compared to 2019. While across the northern border in Angola, cases of malaria in the central province of Huambo also climbed - from 127,000 to more than 150,000 (highest rates in Chicala-Cholohanga, Chinjenje, Londuimbali and Ucuma). Authorities are also managing an outbreak of measles said to be affecting Huambo and Ecunha. Read more