Background: The entire population of Mozambique is at risk for malaria, which remains one of the leading causes of death. The 2017-2022 National Malaria Strategic Plan focuses on reducing malaria morbidity and mortality in high- and low-transmission areas. This study aimed to estimate the costs and healt...
Introdução: Os riscos, acidentes e doenças profissionais a que os trabalhadores de saúde estão expostos no ambiente hospitalar, constitui um problema de saúde pública reconhecido mundialmente, em particular em Moçambique. Objectivo: analisar os riscos, acidentes e doenças profissionais dos traba...
Mozambique,
Accidents, Occupational,
Accidents, Occupational/statistics & numerical data,
Accidents, Occupational/legislation & jurisprudence,
d0097840,
ddcs0202010,
Occupational Diseases/psychology,
Occupational Diseases/therapy,
Health Personnel/classification
Em termos de infraestruturas, há poucas unidades sanitárias, de tal forma que a situação se torna mais gritante quando a pirâmide da divisão administrativa parte do topo para a base, isto é, da província até a localidade, onde algumas localidades nem uma unidade sanitária têm. E este facto faz...
A deficiência de vitamina A (DVA) é um problema de grande interesse em saúde pública, visto
que, afecta em todo o mundo, aproximadamente 19 milhões de mulheres grávidas e 190 milhões de crianças em idade pré-escolar, sendo a maioria nas regiões da África e Sudoeste da
Ásia (OMS, 2013). Global...
Mabunda, nédio;
Vieira, lúcia;
Chelene, imelda;
Maueia, cremildo;
Zicai, ana flora;
Duajá, ana;
Chale, falume;
Chambal, lúcia;
Vubil, adolfo;
Augusto, orvalho.
Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection can be prevented by vaccination. Exposure to blood or body fluids poses a high risk of transmission of HBV in health care workers (HCWs). This study aimed to determine the prevalence of markers of exposure, susceptibility, and protection to HBV infection in H...
Hepatitis B/prevention & control,
Hepatitis B virus/genetics,
Hepatitis B/epidemiology,
Hepatitis B/diagnosis,
Prevalence,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Humans,
Hepatitis B,
d0036950,
Health Personnel,
Immunity
Arnaldo, Paulo;
Mabunda, Nédio;
Wesley Young, Peter;
Tran, Tiffany;
Sitoe, Nádia;
Chelene, Imelda;
Nhanombe, Armando;
Ismael, Nália;
Júnior, António;
Cubula, Basílio;
Frederico Inlamea, Osvaldo;
Gudo, Eduardo;
Jani, Ilesh Vinodrai.
The extent of population exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was uncertain in many African countries during the onset of the pandemic.
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study and randomly selected and surveyed general population and occupational groups from 6 J...
Mandlate, Flávio;
Greene, M. Claire;
Pereira, Luís F;
Sweetland, Annika C;
Kokonya, Donald;
Duarte, Cristiane;
Cournos, Francine;
Oquendo, Maria A;
Wainberg, Milton L;
Sidat, Mohsin;
Sevene, Esperança;
Mello, Marcelo F.
Introduction
Depression is the most common mental disorder among people living with HIV/AIDS and has a negative impact on HIV treatment outcomes. Training lay HIV counselors to identify and manage depression may contribute to improved patient access and adherence to treatment, and reduce stigma and discr...
Baker, Kevin Baker;
Aide, Pedro;
Bonnington, Craig A;
Rassi, Christian;
Richardson, Sol;
Feltrer, Arantxa Roca;
Rodrigues, Maria;
Sitoe, Mercia;
Tarquino, Ivan Alejandro Pulido;
Enosse, Sonia;
McGugan, Caitlin 6;
Carvalhho, Eva Amelia;
Saute, Francisco;
Aparicio, Alfredo Gabriel Mayor;
Candirnho, Baltazar.
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is a highly effective community-based intervention to prevent malaria infections in areas where the malaria burden is high and transmission occurs mainly during the rainy season. In Africa, so far, SMC has been implemented in the Sahel region. Mozambique contributes...
Mozambique,
ddcs0167350,
d0009620,
Residence Characteristics,
d0577660,
d0188900,
d0082880,
Chemoprevention/methods,
d0658400,
d0043640,
Drug Resistance/radiation effects
Sitoe, Nádia;
Sambo, Júlia;
Mabunda, Nédio;
Nguenha, Neuza;
Chilaúle, Jorfélia;
Rafael, Julio;
Macicane, Anésio;
Chelene, Imelda;
Viegas, sofia;
Jani, Ilesh;
Medenyanga, Chishamiso;
Loquiha, Osvaldo;
Sacks, Jillian.
Background: In resource-poor countries, antigen-based rapid tests (Ag-RDTs) performed at primary healthcare and community settings improved access to SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics. However, the technical skills and biosafety requirements inherent to nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal (OP) specimens limit the scal...
Azam, khalide;
Khosa, celso;
Viegas, sofia;
Massango, isabel;
Bhatt, nilesh;
Jani, ilesh;
Heinrich, Norbert;
Hoelscher, michael;
Gillespie, Stephen, H.
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a difficult-to-treat disease requiring the combination of four antibiotics for a minimum of 6 months. Rapid and quantitative biomarkers to monitor treatment response are urgently needed for individual patient management and clinical trials. C-reactive protein (CRP) is oft...
