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Medical staff from Health Alliance International unload medical supplies from Direct Relief at temporary clinics in Mozambique in April, 2019. Direct Relief has been supporting the work of local groups in Mozambique as they work to treat patients still impacted by the two cyclones that swept through the country earlier this year. (Photo courtesy of Health Alliance International)

After Cyclones Idai and Kenneth, Recovery in Mozambique Continues

Epidemiologists at Harvard School of Public Health, with whom Direct Relief, Nethope, Facebook's Data for Good team, and the Northwestern University School of Medicine have been collaborating since the aftermath of Cyclone Idai, have updated their model to understand how the emergence of cholera cases could spread to better target vaccination efforts.

Predicting the Spread of Cholera in Mozambique

Families evacuate in Odisha, India, before Cyclone Fani came ashore on Friday. (Photo courtesy of Odisha Police Department)

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Millions Evacuate as Deadly Cyclone Fani Lashes India, Churns Towards Bangladesh

Cyclone Fani is on track to make landfall on Friday in India. (Map courtesy of earth.nullschool.net)

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India, Bangladesh Facing Strongest Cyclone in Decades

A medical worker fills a bucket with clean water outside an emergency treatment tent at the Macurungo Urban Health Center in Beira, Mozambique, on Friday, March 29, 2019. Cyclone Idai hit the Mozambican coast earlier this month, devastating the port city of Beira and killing at least 700 people in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi. Cyclone Kenneth is dealing a second blow to the country. (Guillem Sartorio/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Cyclone Kenneth makes landfall over Mozambique on Thursday, displacing thousands just a month after Cyclone Idai devastated the country. (Satellite image courtesy of NASA/EPA)

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Cyclone Kenneth Sweeps Through Mozambique

Tropical Storm Kenneth is tracking towards the Mozambique/Tanzania border later this week.

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Weeks After Cyclone Idai, Mozambique Braces for Second Impact with Tropical Storm Kenneth

Storm patterns in the Indian Ocean show cyclone paths since 1924.

Cyclone Idai

Rethinking Disaster Preparedness in Southern Africa After Cyclone Idai

IV solution, antibiotics and oral rehydration salts, all used to help patients treat and recover from cholera, are staged for shipment on Friday in Direct Relief's warehouse. The shipment is bound for Sofala Province in Mozambique, where the supplies will be distributed to health facilities working to treat patients with cholera. (Lara Cooper/Direct Relief)

Cyclone Idai

With Cholera, Cyclone Idai Deals Another Blow

Medical supplies arrive to equip staffers with Health Alliance International, one of local groups Direct Relief is supporting as part of Cyclone Idai response in Mozambique. (Karoline Albuquerque/Direct Relief)

Cyclone Idai

Needed Medications Arrive in Mozambique

A shipment of requested medical aid, including Emergency Medical Packs, filled with essential medicines and supplies, oral rehydration salts and antibiotics, left Direct Relief’s warehouse bound for Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi. The shipment will help equip a group of volunteer physicians from the Society of Medical Doctors, an association of medical doctors from across Malawi, for treating displaced people living in areas impacted by Cyclone Idai. (Lara Cooper/Direct Relief)

Cyclone Idai

Medical Aid Departs for Malawi in Wake of Cyclone Idai

Medical supplies bound for the Zambezia Province of Mozambique are staged at Direct Relief's warehouse in Santa Barbara, California, on Friday, March 22, 2019. The organization is shipping essential medical supplies, like antibiotics, wound care, and water purification tablets, to health partners in the region. (Lara Cooper/Direct Relief)

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