from ARMANDO DOMINGOS in Maputo, Mozambique
Mozambique Bureau
MAPUTO, (CAJ News) – MÉDECINS Sans Frontières (MSF or Doctors Without Borders) launched an emergency intervention in northern Mozambique to respond to the needs of the more than 100 000 people forced to flee their homes in recent weeks.
The intervention has been launched in Nampula province, where MSF teams have been providing medical care and essential services in the areas of Eráti district with the highest concentration of displaced families.
During November, a non-state armed group carried out multiple attacks in Nampula province, triggering the third and, so far, largest wave of displacement in northern Mozambique since July 2025.
This wave of displacement is part of a broader humanitarian crisis caused by the eight-year-long conflict in Cabo Delgado, which has periodically spilled over into neighbouring provinces, including Nampula.
MSF provides medical consultations, maternity services, nutrition support and psychosocial counselling in Alua Velha, Alua Seda, and Miliva.
Malaria remains the leading cause of consultations, followed by acute diarrhoeal diseases, respiratory infections and skin conditions.
In collaboration with the Ministry of Health, MSF is also supporting vaccination campaigns to protect displaced families from preventable diseases.
Emerson Finiosse, an MSF medical doctor, said between December 4 and 15, they had conducted over 860 medical consultations.
He said there was a high prevalence of malaria, with over 30 percent of positive cases among the people who reach them.
Many women who come to MSF mobile clinics for ante-natal consultations are receiving this service for the first time.
“This is a worrying indicator of the state of the health system even before sudden displacements occur,” Finiosse said.
Islamist groups are blamed for the insurgency in Mozambique.
– CAJ News