Informes

Diagnosed HIV-positive two years ago, Kayana Kandagona* suffers regular episodes of dizziness. However, this is not the cause of the 34-year-old’s anxiety as she waits for a routine appointment at a faith-based organisation’s outpatient clinic in…

Highlights From January until the end of March 2017, 276,238 children, under the age of five years, have been screened for acute malnutrition, of which 19,151 children with severe acute malnutrition were admitted to nutrition treatment programmes. UNICEF,…

Highlights Good rains continued to the end of season in most areas, resulting in positive production expectations in several countries. The high seasonal rainfall improved dam and groundwater levels, providing good water availability for irrigation over the coming…

Highlights WFP extends its emergency response to June when cereal harvest is expected to be completed. Harvest is typically between March to July March is the peak of the hunger season, when food is most scarce. As harvests…

Maize, maize meal and rice are the most important food commodities for poor. Maize is the staple food for the poor, with maize meal most often used as a substitute. Rice is also used as alternate…

Key Points Nationwide, prices have dropped for rice, maize grain and maize meal Maize meal continues to be most expensive in Tete Most traders across the country have no stocks of cowpeas Food Security Outlook Thanks to the harvest, the prices…

Food availability and access improve significantly as harvest starts Key Messages April marks the beginning of a new consumption year with the arrival of the green or main harvest across the majority of the country, significantly improving food…

Key points: In March, maize grain prices fell almost everywhere in anticipation of the green harvest Maize meal prices in most districts are below the year-on-year national average Rice prices fell from February except in Chigubo, Mabalane, Doa, Marara…

MAPUTO – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes an additional US$2.7 million contribution from the United States to support pregnant and nursing women, and people living with HIV (PLHIV) or TB on anti-retroviral treatment.…

Highlights In February, Cyclone Dineo hit coastal Inhambane Province affecting nearly 551,000 people and destroying 27,000 hectares of crops. WFP scaled up its El Niño drought response. In February, WFP assisted 748,925 people, while working to enhance their…