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WHERE ARE THE MOST ACUTE NEEDS?
For the purpose of this analysis, Acute Needs were defined as critical gaps in essential systems required to sustain life and prevent lifethreatening conditions. All districts with sufficient data, including all districts of Cabo Delgado and Nampula provinces, were flagged as experiencing Acute Needs.
Macomia, Nangade, and Meluco emerged as areas of particular concern due to the convergence of severe deprivations across multiple systems (food security, water access, living conditions, and health services), combined with recent shocks. However, limitations in available health outcome data (nutrition and morbidity) constrained the ability to fully analyse mortality risk.
WHO IS MOST AT RISK?
In Macomia, all three population groups - internally displaced persons (IDPs), non-displaced, and returnees appeared to face greater lifethreatening vulnerabilities.
In Nangade and Meluco, non-displaced and returnee populations initially appeared to be at higher risk. However, in Nangade, nearly 8,000 people were displaced following two waves of non-state armed group (NSAG) attacks in late 2025—after the analysis period. In the context of a severely weakened health system and poor living conditions in IDP sites, this recent largescale displacement suggests that conditions may have deteriorated considerably since the analysis period.