Esta tese é resultado de pesquisas etnográficas realizadas no distrito de Homoíne, Província de Inhambane, no Sul de Moçambique. Visando compreender como se dá a experiência da população local com o HIV/Aids num contexto rural, a partir de suas concepções "tradicionais" sobre as doenças e cur...
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/epidemiology,
Anthropology, Cultural/trends,
ddcs0573780,
d0001630,
d0073980,
d0085190,
d0066780,
d0588720,
Witchcraft/psychology,
Medicine, Traditional/adverse effects,
Family/ethnology
Temos imensa satisfação em apresentar o relatório final do Inquérito Integrado Biológico e Comportamental (Integrated Biological and Behavioral Survey – IBBS) entre Homens que fazem Sexo com Homens (HSH) em Moçambique (IBBSHSH 2011). Trata-se do primeiro inquérito representativo desta natureza c...
A morte de uma mulher, devido a complicações da gravidez ou parto, constitui uma tragédia no seio da família e uma grande perda na sua comunidade, pois a mulher é, em geral, o suporte moral, social e económico da família e da comunidade. A morte materna também afecta o desenvolvimento das crianç...
Midwifery/education,
Infant, Newborn/growth & development,
Obstetric Labor Complications,
Maternal-Child Health Services,
Infant Mortality/trends,
Maternal Mortality/trends,
Women's Health/classification,
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/diagnosis,
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/prevention & control,
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/drug therapy,
Malaria/prevention & control,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Células Treg sao elementos fundamentais na manutenção da homeostasia ao nível do
sistema imunolodégico. Defeitos nestas células tém sido implicados no desenvolvimento de
varias imunopatologias de origem autoimune ou infecciosa, incluindo aquelas que ocorrem
ao nivel dos órgãos imunoprivilegiados...
Westerman, Larry E;
Kohatsu, Luciana;
Ortiz, Astrid;
McClain, Bernice;
Kaplan, Jonathan;
Spira, Thomas;
Marston, Barbara;
Jani, Ilesh V;
Nkengasong, John;
Parsons, Linda M.
Quality assurance (QA) is a systematic process to monitor and improve clinical laboratory practices. The fundamental components of a laboratory QA program include providing a functional and safe laboratory environment, trained and competent personnel, maintained equipment, adequate supplies and reagents,...
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/therapy,
Anti-Retroviral Agents/therapeutic use,
CD4 Lymphocyte Count/instrumentation,
CD4 Lymphocyte Count/methods,
CD4 Lymphocyte Count/standards,
Laboratories/standards,
Medical Laboratory Personnel/standards,
Quality Assurance, Health Care,
Specimen Handling/methods,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Background: A legacy of colonial rule coupled with a devastating 16-year civil war through 1992 left Mozambique economically impoverished just as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic swept over southern Africa in the late 1980s. The crumbling Mozambican health care sys...
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/transmission,
Chronic Disease,
Medication Adherence,
Risk Reduction Behavior,
Epidemics,
Heterosexuality,
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning Transmission,
Mortality,
Prevalence,
Health Systems,
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome,
Viruses/immunology,
Midwifery,
Therapeutics,
Syndrome,
Attitude,
Poverty,
HIV,
Risk,
Medication Adherence/statistics & numerical data,
Africa/epidemiology,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Knowledge,
Behavior,
Perception,
Disease Prevention,
Gender Identity,
Pharmaceutical Preparations,
Ethanol,
Delivery of Health Care,
Infrastructure
A Vigilância Epidemiológica do HIV‐SIDA, permite conhecer diferentes aspectos
relacionados à distribuição e à disseminação da infecção pelo HIV. Dados obtidos por
estes estudos são de fundamental importância para definir programas de prevenção e
controle desta doença. Neste trabalho são...
Background: Recent data have shown that HTLV-1 is prevalent among HIV positive patients in Mozambique, although the impact of HTLV-1 infection on HIV disease progression remains controversial. Our aim was to determine the phenotypic profile of T lymphocytes subsets among Mozambican patients co-infected b...
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Middle Aged,
Human T-lymphotropic virus 1,
Physiology,
Allergy and Immunology,
HTLV-I Infections,
Virology,
Pathology,
Blood,
Flow Cytometry,
Women,
Disease Progression,
CD4 Lymphocyte Count,
Adult,
HIV,
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome,
Antibodies, Monoclonal,
Flow Cytometry,
T-Lymphocytes,
Leukemia, T-Cell
Anti-Retroviral Agents,
HIV,
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome,
Opportunistic Infections,
Therapeutics,
Diagnosis,
Pregnant Women,
Adult,
Adolescent,
Disease Prevention,
Mozambique,
Pandemics
