Results: 479

Enterovirus detection in stool samples from Mozambican children with acute gastroenteritis

Acta trop.; 238 (106755), 2022
Enteroviruses (EV) are predominantly enteric viruses, present in all parts of the world causing disease in humans with a broad spectrum of clinical presentations. The purpose of this study was to identify non-polio enteroviruses (NPEV) in stool samples collected from children with acute gastroenteritis (...

Effects of COVID-19 on child health services utilization and delivery in rural Mozambique: a qualitative study

Introduction After the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, more than 184 million cases and 4 million deaths had been recorded worldwide by July 2021. These are likely to be underestimates and do not distinguish between direct and indirect deaths resulting from disruptions in health ca...

Estudo piloto de tripanossomose em cães na região da ponta do ouro e machangulo, moçambique
Pilot study of trypanosomosis in dogs in the region of ponta do ouro and machangulo, mozambique

A Tripanossomose é uma doença causada por tripanossoma, protozoários flagelados transmitidos por moscas pertencentes ao género Glossina spp., vulgarmente chamadas moscas Tsé-Tsé. A distribuição geográfica da Tripanossomose observa-se sobretudo na África subsaariana, onde afeta quer humanos, cau...

Characterizing Undernourished Children Under-Five Years Old with Diarrhoea in Mozambique: A Hospital Based Cross-Sectional Study, 2015–2019

Nutrients; 14 (1164), 2022
Diarrhoea is associated with undernutrition and this association is related to increased morbidity and mortality in children under-five. In this analysis we aimed to assess the frequency and associated factors of undernutrition in children under-five with diarrhoea. A hospital-based cross-sectional study...

Molecular characterization of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli isolates from children with diarrhea: A cross-sectional study in four provinces of Mozambique: Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli in Mozambique

Int. j. infect. dis; 121 (), 2022
Analyze the frequency of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) pathotypes and their antimicrobial resistance profiles among children aged <15 years with diarrhea in four Mozambican provinces. Methods: A cross-sectional hospital-based surveillance program of diarrhea was implemented in Maputo, Sofala, Zamb...

Assessment of diagnosis and treatment practices of diarrhoea in children under five in Maputo-Mozambique

Background: Although diagnosis and treatment of diarrhoea are considered easy, statistics show that 525,000 children worldwide die annually due to diarrhoea, 90% of the deaths are in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, and Mozambique account for 6.9%. Assessment of practices of diagnosis and treatment of ...

Impact of the Implementation of Laboratory Information System (WWDISA) on Timely Provision of HIV-1 Viral Load Results in a Rural Area, Inhambane, Mozambique

WWDISA is an optional module of the DISA Laboratory Information system (LIS) that offers a web portal that allows access to test results over the internet for patient clinical management. This study aims to assess the applicability of using the WWDISA web application, and the lessons learned from its imp...

PLANO DE MONITORIA & AVALIAÇÃO 2022 - 2026
MONITORING & EVALUATION PLAN 2022 - 2026 DRUG SUPPLY CHAIN AND HEALTH PRODUCTS IN MOZAMBIQUE

Durante os últimos 5 anos, a Central de Medicamentos e Artigos Médicos (CMAM), tem vindo a medir a performance da cadeia de abastecimento desde o nível Central, Provincial até à Unidade Sanitária, em resposta a um dos postulados do Plano Estratégico de Logística Farmacêutica (PELF) 2014-2024,...

Known HIV status among adolescent women attending antenatal care services in Eswatini, Ethiopia and Mozambique

Reprod. health; 18 (90), 2021
Background: Antenatal care (ANC) clinics remain important entry points to HIV care for pregnant women living with HIV-including adolescents. Prior knowledge of their HIV status at ANC enrollment is crucial to providing services for prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV. We examined kn...

COVID-19 imported cases and severity: expected information from genomic characterization of SARS-CoV-2 strains in Mozambique

J. infect. dev. ctries; 15 (12), 2021
Introduction: The novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), etiological agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first reported in China in December 2019 and spread worldwide. As of March 6th, 2021, there have been 116,670,105 million confirmed cases globall...