Traditional healers are commonly utilised throughout sub-Saharan Africa instead of - and in concert with - biomedical facilities. Traditional healers are trusted providers and prominent community members and could be important partners in improving engagement with HIV services in endemic contexts. Our st...
Mugabe, Vánio André;
Mahumane, Arlete;
Baltazar, Cynthia Semá Baltazar;
Rossetto, Érika Valeska;
Nhabomba, Crescêncio Sequeira;
Fataha, Neusa;
Nyamula, Unicia;
Sotomane, Angélica;
Irugula, Wilson;
Canze, Benigno;
Inlamea, Osvaldo Frederico;
Kitron, Uriel;
Ribeiro, Guilherme Sousa;
Gudo, Eduardo Samo.
In mid-June 2019, 3 months after cyclone Idai landfall in Mozambique, health authorities of Nhamatanda district reported an outbreak of Pellagra. Applying a mixed-method protocol, we carried out an investigation to characterize cases of pellagra, identify the associated factors for the outbreak using a c...
Chaccour, carlos;
Zulliger, rose;
Wagman, joe;
Casellas, aina;
Nacima, amilcar;
Elobolobo, eldo;
Savaio, binete;
Saifodine, abuchahama;
Fornadel, christen;
Richardson, jason;
Robertson, molly;
Saute, francisco.
Attaining the goal of reducing the global malaria burden is threatened by recent setbacks in maintaining the effectiveness of vector control interventions partly due to the emergence of pyrethroid resistant vectors. One potential strategy to address these setbacks could be combining indoor residual spray...
Infant,
Insecticide-Treated Bednets/statistics & numerical data,
Insecticides/administration & dosage,
Organothiophosphorus Compounds/administration & dosage,
Incidence,
Mosquito Control,
Malaria, Falciparum/epidemiology,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Organothiophosphorus Compounds/supply & distribution,
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Stelzle, Dominik;
Faussett, Peter Godfrey;
Jia, Chuan;
Amiesimaka, Obreniokibo;
Mahy, Mary;
Castor, Delivette;
Mameletzis, loannis Hodges;
Chitembo, Lastone;
Baggaley, Rachel;
Dalal, Shona.
Background Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a WHO-recommended HIV prevention method for people at high risk for acquiring HIV, is being increasingly implemented in many countries. Setting programmatic targets, particularly in generalised epidemics, could incorporate estimates of the size of the populatio...
HIV Infections/prevention & control,
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis,
Sexually Transmitted Diseases/prevention & control,
Sexually Transmitted Diseases/epidemiology,
Risk Assessment,
Incidence,
Geographic Information Systems,
Anti-HIV Agents/therapeutic use,
Malawi/epidemiology,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Zambia/epidemiology
Nhama, abel;
Nhamússua, lídia;
Macete, eusébio;
Bassat, quique;
Salvador, crizolgo;
Enosse, sónia;
Candrinho, baltazar;
Carvalho, eva;
Nhacolo, arsénio;
Chidimatembue, arlindo;
Saifodine, abuchahama;
Zulliger, rose;
Lucchi, naomi;
Svigel, samaly s;
Moriarty, leah f;
Halsey, eric s;
Mayor, alfredo;
Aide, pedro.
Background: Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) has been the recommended first-line treatment for uncomplicated malaria in Mozambique since 2006, with artemether–lumefantrine (AL) and amodiaquine–artesunate (AS–AQ) as the first choice. To assess efficacy of currently used ACT, an in vivo...
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Artemether/administration & dosage,
Artesunate/administration & dosage,
Algorithms,
Malaria, Falciparum,
Malaria/drug therapy,
Lumefantrine,
Infections,
Efficacy/methods,
34628,
Patients,
Parasites,
Lost to Follow-Up,
Polymerase Chain Reaction,
Recurrence,
Safety,
Therapeutics,
Molecular Diagnostic Techniques
A disseminação global do SARS-CoV-2 decorre a um ritmo veloz. Menos de um ano após a sua detecção pela primeira vez na China, já foram notificadas mais de 32 milhões de pessoas infectadas em cerca de 200 países e territórios.1 O impacto da COVID-19, a doença causada pelo SARS-CoV-2 em humanos, ...
precaução transmissão cruzada e a importância de consciencializar e actualizar os profissionais de saúde sobre as medidas e os riscos de contaminação intra-hospitalar....
16359/methods,
eHealth Strategies,
COVID-19/epidemiology,
Public Health,
Disease Prevention,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Risk,
Health Centers,
National Health Strategies,
COVID-19/prevention & control,
Epidemiological Monitoring,
Health Personnel/statistics & numerical data
A disseminação global do SARS-CoV-2 decorre a um ritmo veloz. Menos de um ano após a sua detecção pela primeira vez na China, já foram notificadas mais de 32 milhões de pessoas infectadas em cerca de 200 países e territórios. O impacto da COVID-19, a doença causada pelo SARS-CoV-2 em humanos, j...
Results from two recently established population-based registries in Mozambique are reported: Beira in the central region (2014-2017) and Maputo, the capital city, in the South (2015-2017). The results are compared to those from Maputo (Lourenço Marques at the time) in 1956-1960 (appearing Cancer Incide...
Giroux, Mathieu Maheu;
Marsh, Kimberly;
Doyle, Carla M;
Godin, Arnaud;
Delaunay, Charlotte Lanièce;
Johnson, Leigh F;
Jahn, Andreas;
Abo, Kouamé;
Mbofana, Francisco;
Boily, Marie-Claude;
Buckeridge, David L;
Hankins, Catherine A;
Eatong, Jeffrey W.
HIV testing services (HTS) are a crucial component of national HIV responses. Learning one's HIV diagnosis is the entry point to accessing life-saving antiretroviral treatment and care. Recognizing the critical role of HTS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) launched the 90-90-90 tar...
Anti-Retroviral Agents/therapeutic use,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
d0078580,
d0117950,
d0149440,
d0580280,
d0000829220,
HIV Infections/diagnosis,
HIV Infections/drug therapy,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
High-Throughput Screening Assays/methods,
Models, Theoretical,
Serologic Tests
