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Mozambique
Responding to disease outbreaks, providing care to people with advanced HIV, and addressing the needs of people displaced by conflict in Cabo-Delgado province.
News update
MSF suspends activities in Mocímboa da Praia as violence surges
September 26, 2025 – Following attacks this month in Mocímboa da Praia, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has made the painful decision to temporarily suspend activities in the town and district. An upsurge of violence in northern Mozambique is making it extremely difficult to safely deliver medical activities in multiple areas of Cabo Delgado province. MSF calls on all armed actors to actively ensure the protection of civilians, humanitarian workers, and medical facilities from the ongoing violence.
Medical activities in Mocímboa da Praia were being carried out in collaboration with the Ministry of Health. Services included emergency, maternity, and other lifesaving care at the District Rural Hospital of Mocímboa da Praia, as well as the referral system that enables patients with severe conditions to be transferred to other facilities. Mental health and psychosocial support, as well as outreach activities run by community health workers in remote areas, have also been suspended. Some patients requiring specialized care have been referred to health facilities in Pemba and Mueda.
Throughout 2025, due to insecurity, MSF has been forced to temporarily suspend some medical activities across locations in Cabo Delgado on several occasions, from days to weeks at a time.
"MSF remains committed to standing by the people of Cabo Delgado and to resuming activities in Mocímboa da Praia as soon as we obtain guarantees that our staff will be able to work in a safe manner,” says Víctor García Leonor, MSF head of operations for Mozambique.
Our work in Mozambique
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been working in Mozambique for 40 years, filling crucial health care gaps, such as in treatment for HIV, and assisting people affected by conflict and natural hazards.
What's happening in Mozambique?
In Cabo Delgado province, where about 580,000 people remained displaced due to ongoing conflict and unrest, our teams continued to provide health care through community-based activities and support to health facilities in the districts of Palma, Mocímboa da Praia, Macomia, Mueda, Muidumbe, and Nangade.
In May 2024, Macomia was attacked by an armed group; MSF’s warehouse was looted and our cars stolen. This attack and the increased insecurity forced us to suspend our work in Macomia town, temporarily cease running our mobile clinics and outreach activities in the district, and reduce some services in other areas of Cabo Delgado.
How we're helping in Mozambique
In December, following the devastation caused by Cyclone Chido that affected over 680,000 people, we launched an emergency response in the Mecufi and Nanlia districts of northern Mozambique. Our response focused on providing lifesaving emergency health care, mental health support, rehabilitating damaged health facilities, and restoring essential water, sanitation, and hygiene services.
How we're helping
201,100
Outpatient consultations
113,000
Malaria cases treated
6,010
Individual mental health consultations
370
People receiving HIV antiretroviral treatment
*Data from MSF International Activity Report 2024
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