Results: 202

Gestão de medicamentos no hospital distrital de mocuba
Medicines management at mocuba district hospital

Introdução: Existe nas unidades sanitárias um baixo nível de satisfação em relação aos pedidos de medicamentos para pacientes em Moçambique. A gestão inadequada de medicamentos pode ser uma das causas para esta situação. O objetivo deste estudo foi descrever os Procedimentos de Gestão de Med...

Métodos e Estratégias de Ensino-Aprendizagem para Profissionais de Saúde
Teaching and Learning Methods and Strategies for Health Professionals

A sociedade vive em constantes mudanças, mas o processo de ensino na maioria das escolas, ainda está estruturado com metodologias de ensino deséculos passados, ou seja, usando o método tra dicional, que não consegue suprir o ensino nas escolas. Nas escolas públicas das vilas, municípios e cidades ...

Countrywide Mortality Surveillance for Action in Mozambique: Results from a National Sample-Based Vital Statistics System for Mortality and Cause of Death

Am. j. trop. med. hyg; 108 (5), 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa lacks timely, reliable, and accurate national data on mortality and causes of death (CODs). In 2018 Mozambique launched a sample registration system (Countrywide Mortality Surveillance for Action [COMSA]-Mozambique), which collects continuous birth, death, and COD data from 700 randoml...

Sociodemographic characteristics of professional categories most affected by COVID-19 in Mozambique from March to July 2020

Pan Afr. med. j; 43 (162), 2022
The risk of a worker becoming ill due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is related to occupational exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Due to the need to restore work activities in Mozambique, the study was conducted with the aim of identifying the occupational ...

Evaluation of the HIV drug resistance surveillance system in Mozambique, 2017-2018
Evaluation of the HIV drug resistance surveillance system in Mozambique, 2017-2018

Pan Afr. med. j; 43 (162), 2022
In the past ten years, the prevalence of primary Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) drug resistance has ranged from zero to 25%, with higher and increasing rates in countries with access to antiretroviral therapy (ART), a specific case in Mozambique. World Health Organization (WHO) recommended that count...

Achieving malaria testing and treatment targets for children under five in Mozambique: a cost-effectiveness analysis

Malar. j. (Online); 21 (320), 2022
Background: The entire population of Mozambique is at risk for malaria, which remains one of the leading causes of death. The 2017-2022 National Malaria Strategic Plan focuses on reducing malaria morbidity and mortality in high- and low-transmission areas. This study aimed to estimate the costs and healt...

Optimizing Routine Malaria Surveillance Data in Urban Environments: A Case Study in Maputo City, Mozambique

Am. j. trop. med. hyg; 108 (2), 2022
In urban settings in malaria-endemic countries, malaria incidence is not well characterized and assumed to be typically very low and consisting largely of imported infections. In such contexts, surveillance systems should adapt to ensure that data are of sufficient spatial and temporal resolution to info...

Burden of malaria in pregnancy among adolescent girls compared to adult women in 5 sub-Saharan African countries: A secondary individual participant data meta-analysis of 2 clinical trials

PloS med; 19 (9), 2022
Malaria is among the top causes of death in adolescent girls (10 to 19 years) globally. Adolescent motherhood is associated with increased risk of adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes. The interaction of malaria, adolescence, and pregnancy is especially relevant in malaria endemic areas, where rates of...

Conditions to eliminate cholera in Mozambique - the pathway for the development of the national cholera plan

Pan Afr. med. j; 42 (), 2022
Cholera disproportionately affects the most vulnerable segments of the population, particularly those who have low or no access to basic water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). Despite some improvements in WASH conditions, cholera still represents a persistent challenge in Mozambique, where outbreaks occu...

Evaluation of the health information system for monitoring and evaluating the voluntary medical male circumcision program in Mozambique, 2013-2019

Pan Afr. med. j; 42 (236), 2022
the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Mozambique has increased from 11.5% in 2009 to 13.2% in 2015. The Mozambique Ministry of Health (MOH) developed a 5-year strategy (2013-2017) for male voluntary medical circumcision (VMMC) to increase in the provinces where there is the greatest num...