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Mozambique - Complex Emergency and Tropical Cyclone Fact Sheet #1 Fiscal Year (FY) 2024

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SITUATION AT A GLANCE

3.3 MILLION Number of People Facing Crisis—IPC 3— Levels of Acute Food Insecurity
IPC – November 2023

2.3 MILLION Number of People in Need of Humanitarian Assistance in Mozambique
UN – December 2023

1 MILLION Number of People in Need as a Result of Tropical Cyclone Freddy, Floods, and Cholera UN – August 2023

670,000 Number of IDPs Affected by Conflict in Northern Mozambique
UN – August 2023

10,000 Confirmed cholera cases between October 2023 and January 2024
MoH – January 2024

  • The UN calls for $413 million to provide humanitarian assistance to 1.7 million vulnerable individuals in Mozambique in the 2024 HNRP.

  • An estimated 3.3 million people are projected to face Crisis—IPC 3—or worse levels of acute food insecurity between October 2023 and March 2024, an increase of approximately 700,000 people from the May–September 2023 period.

  • NSAG attacks between late December and early January resulted in six civilian deaths—including one INGO staff member—and the displacement of approximately 2,300 people. The Rapid Response Mechanism—supported by USAID/BHA—provided more than 400 IDPs with emergency assistance.

  • Cholera continues to spread, with more than 10,000 cases confirmed between October 2023 and mid-January 2024. Civilian unrest prompted by misinformation on cholera has resulted in the deaths of local leaders in Cabo Delgado Province.