epidemiological estimates from the 2021 Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) emphasize the existing gender disparities, where women face a higher risk of HIV/AIDS exposure. In Mozambique, as of 2021, the HIV prevalence rate among the adult population stood at 12.5%, with an even more concern...
Henriques, Viola;
Bi, Angela;
Khosa, Dalva;
Mateus, Zacarias;
da Rocha, Massada;
Amado, Vand;
Taela, Atanásio;
DeUgarte, Daniel A;
Schindele, Andreas;
Buck, W. Chris.
To close diagnostic gaps for children living with HIV, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends routine opt-out provider-initiated testing and counselling (PITC) for inpatient wards in high-prevalence countries, which includes nucleic acid testing as part of Early Infant Diagnosis (EID) programmes ...
Chisenga, Mukosha;
Dlamini, Bongani;
Mwendera, Nyasha;
Maquina, Paulo;
Hamainza, Busiku;
Martins, José Franco;
Saute, Francisco;
Bock, Henrico;
Gosling, Roly;
Bennett, Adam;
Smith, Jennifer;
Kleinschmidt, Immo.
Background The importation of parasites across borders remains a threat to malaria elimination. The Southern African Development Community Malaria Elimination Eight (E8) established 39 border health facilities on 5 key international borders between high and low-burden countries. These clinics aimed to im...
The investment in health services in low- and middle-income countries has increased substantially in recent years.1 Such investment has been led by unprecedented efforts to combat major diseases, enabled by the availability of lower-cost and effective drug regimens for treatment and prophylaxis, along wi...
Background: Plasmodium falciparum infection in pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa is often asymptomatic. As these forms of malaria are often submicroscopic and difficult to diagnose by conventional methods (microscopy and/or rapid diagnostic test), diagnosis requires the use of molecular techniques suc...
Castilho, Paula Ruiz;
Imputiua, Saimado;
Xie, Kexin;
Elobolobo, Eldo;
Nicolas, Patricia;
Montana, Julia;
Jamisse, Edgar;
Munguambe, Humberto;
Materrula, Felisbela;
Casellas, Aina;
Deng, Xinwei;
Marathe, Achla;
Rabinovich, Regina;
Saute, Francisco;
Chaccour, Carlos;
Sacoor, Charfudin.
Many geographical areas of sub-Saharan Africa, especially in rural settings, lack complete and up-to-date demographic data, posing a challenge for implementation and evaluation of public health interventions and carrying out large-scale health research. A demographic survey was completed in Mopeia distri...
Fernandes, quinhas;
orvalho, augusto;
Machai, helena;
Pfeiffer, james;
Carone, marco;
Pinto, norton;
Carimo, naziat;
Ramiro, isaías;
Gloyd, stephen;
Sherr, kenneth.
Introduction: Overall, resilient health systems build upon sufficient, qualified, well-distributed, and motivated health workers; however, this precious resource is limited in numbers to meet people's demands, particularly in LMICs. Understanding the subnational distribution of health workers from differ...
Rodríguez, Daniela C;
Macicame, Ivalda;
Adriano, Antonio;
Chicumbe, Sergio;
Duce, Pedro;
Kante, Almamy;
Mavie, Victor A;
Mbalane, Etelvina;
Nhachungue, Sheila;
Titus, Nordino;
Dyk, Fred Van;
Amouzou, Agbessi.
Donor transitions, where externally funded programs transfer to country ownership and management, are increasingly common. The Countrywide Mortality Surveillance for Action - Mozambique (COMSA) project established a nationwide surveillance system capturing vital events at the community level with funding...
In sub-Saharan Africa, recent data about causes of adult death and care-seeking during illnesses are limited. This analysis examines adult deaths using verbal and social autopsy data from a nationally and provincially representative sample registration system in Mozambique. Causes of death among those 18...
Mortality data, especially concerning deaths by cause, are critical for understanding the burden of disease, planning and monitoring of interventions aimed at reducing morbidity and mortality, as well as monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals for health (goal 3). In sub-Saharan Africa and most limi...
