Diarrea caused nearly 400 deaths in the country.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced that between the 1st of January to September of this year, diarrheal diseases killed a total of 388 people in the country.

During the same period were registered in the country a cumulative total of 568,464 cases and 388 deaths (case fatality rate 0.07%) against 524 949 cases and 295 deaths (case fatality rate 0.06%) in 2014.
Increase in the number of deaths may be related to malnutrition or diarrhea through immunodeficiency.
With regard to children under five years, in 2015 there were a cumulative total of 285,869 cases and 172 deaths (case fatality rate 0.06%), compared with 271 034 cases and 159 deaths (case fatality rate 0.06%) in 2014, representing a reduction both in the number of cases and an increasing number of deaths (8.2%). The Tete, Cabo Delgado, Niassa, Zambezia, Nampula and Sofala, Gaza and Maputo have registered an increase in the number of diarrhea cases.

According to the Minstry Of Health was a few cases of cholera were confirmed in the province of Nampula (Nampula City and Malema District) and Niassa Province (Cuamba district, Mecanhelas and Lake).

However, under the new rules and procedures for elaborate outbreak declaration according to the guidelines of the World Health Organization, these sporadic cases of cholera are insufficient for epidemic declaration in these provinces