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Sociocultural and epidemiological aspects of HIV/AIDS in Mozambique

Audet, carolyn m; Burlison, janeen; Moon, troy d; Sidat, mohsin; Vergara, alfredo; Vermund, sten h.
BMC int. health hum. rights; 10 (15), 2010
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
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Análise da prevalência de HIV em mulheres grávidas de moçambique (2001‐2007)
Analysis of HIV prevalence in pregnant women in mozambique (2001-2007)Analysis of HIV prevalence in pregnant women in Mozambique (2001-2007)

Dauane, Lélio Manuel Rungo.
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...
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/epidemiology, Prevalence, HIV/immunology, HIV Infections/prevention & control, HIV Infections/transmission, HIV Infections/therapy, Epidemiological Monitoring/veterinary, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/transmission, Mozambique/epidemiology
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Human leukocyte antigen–A, –B, and –DRB1 allele and haplotype frequencies in the Mozambican population: A blood donor–based population study

Assane, António A. A; Silva, Gustavo M. Fabricio; Oliveira, Juliana Cardoso; Mabunda, Nédio E. J; Sousa, Amina M; Jani, Ilesh V; Jr., Orlando C. Ferreira; Porto, Luis C. M. S.
Hum. immunol; 71 (10), 2010
Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) has been used for several decades as genetic markers for analyzing diversity of gene pool origin, platelet transfusion, tissue transplantation, disease susceptibility or resistance, and forensic and anthropological studies. In the present study, the allele and haplotype freq...
HLA-A Antigens/genetics, HLA-B Antigens/genetics, HLA-DR Antigens/genetics, HLA-DRB1 Chains, Haplotypes, Histocompatibility Testing, Mozambique
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Risk of extended viral resistance in human immunodeficiency virus-1-infected Mozambican children after first-line treatment failure

Vaz, paula; Chaix, marie-laure; Jani, ilesh; Macassa, eugenia; Bila, Dulce; Vubil, Adolfo; Anderson, Soren; Rouzioux, christine, pharmD; Briand, nelly; Blanche, stephane.
Pediatr. infect. dis. j; 28 (12), 2009
Background: Resistant virus may be selected by sub-optimal control of HIV-1 replication during antiretroviral treatment. The incidence and profile of resistance in children receiving World Health Organization-recommended treatment remains to be evaluated on a large scale. Goals: Assessment of the frequen...
Drug Resistance, HIV-1/genetics, Anti-HIV Agents, HIV Infections/blood, Virus Replication, Analysis of Variance, HIV-1/physiology, HIV Infections/therapy, HIV Infections/virology, Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors/pharmacology, Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors/therapeutic use, Anti-HIV Agents/pharmacology, Anti-HIV Agents/therapeutic use, Treatment Failure, Mozambique
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Experiências e percepções sobre a gravidez na adolescência: um estudo fenomenológico

Mitano, fernando.
A gravidez na adolescência é um problema de saúde pública para todo o mundo e principalmente para os países em vias de desenvolvimento. Este trabalho tem como objectivos: compreender as experiências e as percepções sobre a gravidez na adoloescência sobretudo as relacionadas com a decisão de l...
Pregnancy in Adolescence, Family, Child Abuse, Sexual, Adolescent Health Services, Social Behavior, Comprehensive Health Care, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Hospitals, Maternity, Social Perception, Contraception, Mozambique
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An in depth analysis of the knowledge, attitude and practices towards the use of Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) in the nicoadala district in mozambique

Sitao, Victor.
Malaria in Mozambique is one of the ten leading causes of morbidity and mortality. Malaria is responsible for up to 44% of all outpatient consultations, 57% of pediatric admissions and a leading cause of low birth weight in newborns. Consistent use of insecticide treated bed nets (ITNs) for malaria preve...
Malaria, Morbidity, Outpatients, Government, Attitude, Referral and Consultation, Knowledge, Mozambique, Infant, Low Birth Weight, Insecticide-Treated Bednets
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Severe malaria and concomitant bacteraemia in children admitted to a rural Mozambican hospital

Bassat, quique; Mandomando, inácio; Sigaúque, betuel; Guinovart, caterina; Aide, pedro; Sacarlal, Jahit; Nhampossa, tacilta; Bardají, azucena; Morais, luís; Machevo, Sonia; Letang, emilio; Macete, eusébio; Aponte, john J; Alonso, pedro l; Menéndez, clara; Roca, anna.
Trop. med. int. health; 14 (9), 2009
Objectives: To describe the prevalence, aetiology and prognostic implications of coexisting invasive bacterial disease in children admitted with severe malaria in a rural Mozambican Hospital. Methods: Retrospective study of data systematically collected from June 2003 to May 2007 in a rural Mozambican ho...
Bacteremia/complications, Bacteremia/microbiology, Bacteremia/epidemiology, Bacteremia/metabolism, Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections/epidemiology, Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections/mortality, Malaria/epidemiology, Malaria/complications, Mozambique
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Parceria nacional para promoção da saúde materna neonatal e infantil

Moçambique. Ministério da Saúde.
A presente parceria constitui mais uma peca chave para a melhoria da saude materno neonatal e infantil.varias pesquisas sobre mortalidade materna neonatal e infantil nos paises em desenvolvimento mostram que a melhoria dos cuiadodos de saudea mae e crianca durante agraviez parto pos parto tem reduzido de...
Maternal and Child Health, Health Promotion, Child Health Services, Maternal-Child Health Services, Mozambique
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