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HAPPY HOLIDAYS: WE’LL BE BACK IN 2013!

Dec 12, ’12 4:02 PM
The saude e vida blog team

The Saude e Vida Team: Emanuele, Mônica and Cláudio

It is the end of a long year for the Team behind Saúde e Vida. Throughout 2012 we have shared with you stories, pictures and videos, trying to bring you different perspectives on the health sector in Mozambique. We celebrated the historical drop of child mortality in the country; we smiled at the beauty of children suffering from albinism; and we learned how Oscar winner directors can help to fight cholera.

We hope you found this blog interesting and useful and we would like to particularly thank those who contributed with articles and comments in 2012. Please continue visiting us and commenting on our posts; and help us to make Saúde e Vida a more engaging and useful blog in and outside Mozambique.

Finally, we would like to wish you all a great festive season and a wonderful start of the new year. We will be back in January 2013 with new stories, more saúde and more vida!

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IF ONLY COMMUNITIES COULD SEE THIS VIDEO…

Nov 23, ’12 9:50 AM

We are almost at the end of 2012 and recent data show that the number of cholera cases in Mozambique continues to fall. After peaking at almost 20.000 in 2009, cases have dropped for the third year in a row to 709 in 2012 (see table after the jump). More important, case fatality rate has been kept at less than 1%.

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A TURNING POINT FOR CHOLERA IN MOZAMBIQUE?

Dec 9, ’11 3:41 PM

A tent for cholera patients in Cabo Delgado ©E. Capobianco

Cholera is an ugly disease: it starts suddenly and in a matter of hours it can kill a previously healthy person. An untreated individual with cholera can produce 10-20 liters of diarrhoea per day: the resulting dehydration and electrolyte imbalances can rapidly become fatal. Whoever has seen a person vomiting or having diarrhoea due to cholera knows how terrifying the disease can be. Yet, this disease can be easily prevented and just as easily treated.  

For many decades cholera has been a leading killer in Mozambique. Despite one epidemic occurred in the northern provinces and one in the Maputo area, national epidemiological data for 2011 indicate a remarkable progress compared to previous years.

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