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
Background: It is frequently said that funding is essential to ensure optimal results from a malaria intervention control. However, in recent years, the capacity of the government of Mozambique to sustain the operational cost of indoor residual spraying (IRS) is facing numerous challenges due to restrict...
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, ...
Ao longo dos últimos dez anos, muitos passos foram
dados para a evolução e progressão da especialidade
de Gastroenterologia no nosso país,
quer em termos de formação de novos especialistas,
bem como no aumento de novos procedimentos
endoscópicos, que vieram beneficiar muito
aos utentes que freque...
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 pandemia da COVID-19, causada pelo vírus SARS-CoV-2 ou Novo Coronavírus, vem produzindo repercussões não apenas de ordem biomédica e epidemiológica em escala global, como também impactos sociais, económicos, políticos, culturais e históricos sem precedentes na história recente das epidemias,...
Intersectoral Collaboration,
Technical Cooperation,
Health Services Accessibility,
COVID-19,
Social Change,
Verbal Behavior,
Pandemics,
Health Personnel,
Access to Essential Medicines and Health Technologies,
Mozambique,
Nonverbal Communication
Background: In Mozambique, socio-economic and cultural factors influence the wide adoption of disease preventive measures that are relevant for malaria control strategies to promote early recognition of disease, prompt seeking of medical care, sleeping under insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), and taking i...
Socioeconomic Factors,
Cultural Factors,
Cross-Sectional Studies,
Surveys and Questionnaires,
Malaria/prevention & control,
Mozambique,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Malaria/psychology,
Rural Population/statistics & numerical data
Interactions between healthcare users and providers are an essential but often problematic element in therapeutic processes. In many settings worldwide, there has been a general recognition of the importance of adopting care approaches that understand patients as active agents, moving away from tradition...
Bioethics,
Communication,
Information Dissemination,
Pharmacies,
Medicine,
Patients,
Therapeutics,
Health Personnel,
Nurses,
Elements,
Ceremonial Behavior,
Pharmaceutical Preparations,
Drug Interactions,
Mozambique,
Physician-Patient Relations,
Trust
Galatas, Beatriz;
Mayor, Alfredo;
Gupta, Himanshu;
Balanza, Núria;
Jang, Ihn Kyung;
Nhamussua, Lidia;
Simone, Wilson;
Cistero, Pau;
Chidimatembue, Arlindo;
Munguambe, Humberto;
Saute, Francisco;
Aide, Pedro;
Bassat, Quique.
An ultrasensitive malaria rapid diagnostic test (RDT) was recently developed for the improved detection of low-density Plasmodium falciparum infections. This study aimed to compare the diagnostic performance of the PfHRP2-based Abbott Malaria Ag P. falciparum ultrasensitive RDT (uRDT) to that of the conv...
Antigens, Protozoan/genetics,
Parasitology/methods,
d0077700,
d0126800,
Mozambique,
Antigens, Protozoan/blood,
Cross-Sectional Studies,
Dried Blood Spot Testing/methods,
Dried Blood Spot Testing/statistics & numerical data,
Malaria, Falciparum/diagnosis,
Parasitology/statistics & numerical data,
Plasmodium falciparum/genetics
