Yan, tingting;
Mullany, Luke C;
Subedi, Seema;
Haze, Elizabeth A;
Khatry, Subarna K;
Mohan, Diwakar;
Zeger, Scott;
Tielsch, James M;
LeClerq , Steven C;
Katz, Joanne.
Objectives: To assess the association between maternal characteristics, adverse birth outcomes (small-for-gestational-age (SGA) and/or preterm) and neonatal mortality in rural Nepal.
Design: This is a secondary observational analysis to identify risk factors for neonatal mortality, using data from a rand...
Levy, karen;
Garn, joshua V;
Cumbe, zaida adriano;
Muneme, bacelar;
Fagnant-Sperati, christine s;
Hubbard, Sydney;
Júnior, antonio;
Manuel, joão luís;
Mangamela, Magalhães;
McGunegill, sandy;
Miller-Petrie, molly k;
Snyder, jedidiah s;
Victor, courtney;
Waller, lance a;
Konstantinidis, konstantinos t;
Clasen, thomas f;
Brown, joe;
Nalá, rassul;
Freeman, matthew c.
Introduction: Despite clear linkages between provision of clean water and improvements in child health, limited information exists about the health impacts of large water infrastructure improvements in low-income settings. Billions of dollars are spent annually to improve urban water supply, and rigorou...
Water Supply/methods,
Cohort Studies,
Ethics Committees, Research,
Gastrointestinal Microbiome,
Humans,
Infant,
Mozambique,
Pregnancy,
Prospective Studies,
Waterborne Diseases/transmission,
d0148810
Background: Internationally-accredited laboratories are recognised for their superior test reliability, operational performance, quality management and competence. In a bid to meet international quality standards, the Mozambique National Institute of Health enrolled the National Tuberculosis Reference La...
Nhacolo, Ariel;
Jamisse, Edgar;
Augusto, Orvalho;
Matsena, Teodomino;
Hunguana, Aura;
Mandomato, Inácio;
Arnaldo, Carlos;
Munguambe, Khátia;
Machete, Eusébio;
Saúte, Francisco;
Alonso, Pedro;
Savour, Charfudin.
The Manhic¸a Health Research Centre [Centro de Investigac¸~ao em Sau´de de Manhic¸a (CISM)] has been running a Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) since 1996, in the district of Manhic¸a, 80 km North of Maputo City (the capital of Mozambique). As indicated in the original cohort profil...
Dados do Programa Conjunto das Nações Unidas para HIV/SIDA (ONUSIDA), estimam que, em 2018, 2.2 milhões de pessoas viviam com HIV (PVHIV). Destas, 56% faziam Tratamento Antirretroviral (TARV) e apenas 45% estavam em supressão viral (< 1000 cópias/mL). Vários são os factores que podem estar associa...
Background: Technological advances and high throughput biological assays can facilitate discovery science in biobanks from population cohorts, including pregnant women. Biological pathways associated with health outcomes differ depending on geography, and high-income country data may not generalise to lo...
Em 2018 Moçambique contava com cerca de 2.2 milhões de pessoas vivendo com HIV (PVHIV), e destas 55% (1.212.562) eram pacientes activos em Tratamento Antiretroviral (TARV), segundo as estimativas de modelagem do Programa Conjunto das Nações Unidas para HIV/SIDA (ONUSIDA) de 2019.
Um dos maiores desaf...
Soro, Laura Fuente;
Varela, Elisa López;
Augusto, Orvalho;
Bernardo, Edson Luis;
Sacoor, Charfudin;
Nhacolo, Ariel;
Castillo, Paula Ruiz;
Alfredo, Charity;
Karajeanes, Esmeralda;
Vaz, Paula;
Naniche, Denise.
Patients lost to follow-up (LTFU) over the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cascade have poor clinical outcomes and contribute to onward HIV transmission. We assessed true care outcomes and factors associated with successful reengagement in patients LTFU in southern Mozambique.
Newly diagnosed HIV-posi...
: Malaria remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Mozambique. Increased investments
in malaria control have reduced the burden, but few studies have estimated the costs of malaria in the country. This
paper estimates the economic costs associated with malaria care to households and to the h...
Shen, Ye;
King, Charles H;
Binder, Sue;
Zhang, Feng;
Whalen, Christopher C;
Secor, W. Evan;
Montgomery, Susan P;
Mwinzi, Pauline N. M;
Olsen, Annette;
Magnussen, Pascal;
Kinung’hi, Safari;
Phillips, Anna E;
Nalá, Rassul;
Ferro, Josefo;
Aurelio, H Osvaldo;
Fleming, Fiona;
Garba, Amadou;
Hamidou, Amina;
Fenwick, Alan;
Campbell Jr, Carl H;
Colley, Daniel G.
Background: The Schistosomiasis Consortium for Operational Research and Evaluation (SCORE) focus is on randomized trials of different approaches to mass drug administration (MDA) in endemic countries in Africa. Because their studies provided an opportunity to evaluate the effects of mass treatment on Sch...
