Background:Theobjectiveofthisstudyistoanalyzethespatialandtemporalpatternsofmalariaincidenceastodeterminethemeansbywhichclimaticfactorssuchastemperature,rainfallandhumidityaffectitsdistributioninMaputoprovince,Mozambique.Methods:ThisstudypresentsamodelofmalariathatevolvesinspaceandtimeinMaputoprovince-Mo...
Estudo qualitativo que tem como objetivo compreender os significados socioculturais relacionados à saúde, doença e morte de crianças de 0 a 5 anos na comunidade de Mopeia tendo por objeto as campanhas sanitárias governamentais em Moçambique, particularmente, vacinação de crianças, utilização d...
Immunization Programs,
50207,
Disease Prevention,
Rural Sanitation,
Mozambique,
Breast Feeding,
Vaccination,
Communicable Diseases,
Health Policy,
Infant Mortality/ethnology,
Malaria/epidemiology,
Health Promotion
A Política Nacional de Controlo da Malária oferece a estrutura e as principais linhas orientadoras com as quais o Ministério da Saúde (MISAU) pretende conduzir de uma forma sustentável, e baseada em evidências científicas, o combate a esta endemia, tendo como principal objectivo a redução da mor...
As doenças infecciosas constituem um dos principais problemas de saúde no continente
Africano especialmente na África sub-Sahariana, da qual Moçambique faz parte. A participação
de factores genéticos na susceptibilidade dos humanos as doenças infecciosas é um facto. A
identificação de marcador...
Mozambique,
Haplotypes,
Immune System,
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide,
Genotype,
Malaria,
Planning,
Population,
Disease Susceptibility,
Vitamin D,
Molecular Biology,
Communicable Diseases,
Tuberculosis,
Ethnicity,
Residence Characteristics
Determinadas alterações dos marcadores imunogenéticos são importantes para o controle de expressão gênica, ou aténa alteração da estrutura ou função de proteínas. Pequenas variações genéticas como os polimorfismos de nucleótidos únicos (SNPs, do inglês –Single Nucleotide Polymorphism)...
Malaria vector control interventions in Africa are currently being scaled up in order to attain universal access and appropriate coverage. The aim is to reduce or interrupt disease transmission, and to reach long term goals of malaria elimination and eradicatio...
Malaria in pregnancy is a public health problem for endemic countries. Economic evaluations of malaria preventive strategies in pregnancy are needed to guide health policies. Methods and Findings: This analysis was carried out in the context of a trial of malaria intermittent preventive treatment in preg...
Antimalarials/administration & dosage,
Malaria/epidemiology,
Malaria/prevention & control,
Malaria/complications,
Disease Prevention,
Cost-Benefit Analysis,
Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic/prevention & control,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic/epidemiology,
Sulfadoxine/administration & dosage,
Placebos
Malaria vector control interventions in Africa are currently being scaled up in order to attain universal access and appropriate coverage. The aim is to reduce or interrupt disease transmission, and to reach long term goals of malaria elimination and eradication. Currently, in Mozambique the main methods...
Cliff, Julie;
Lewin, Simon;
Woelk, Godfrey;
Fernandes, Benedita;
Mariano, Alda;
Sevene, Esperança;
Daniels, Karen;
Matinhure, Sheillah;
Oxman, Andrew;
Lavis, John.
Introduction Indoor residual spraying (IRS) and insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), two principal malaria control strategies, are similar in cost and efficacy. We aimed to describe recent policy development regarding their use in Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Methods Using a qualitative case study ...
Insect Vectors,
Insecticide-Treated Bednets,
Insecticides,
Malaria,
Mosquito Control,
Policy Making,
Qualitative Research,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
South Africa,
Zimbabwe,
Malaria/transmission,
Malaria/prevention & control
Malaria is one of the leading causes of death in sub‐Saharan Africa. Artemisinin‐based combination therapies are used as first‐line treatment drugs, but their marketis far from competitive. Market failures include limited availability, low quality, lackof information, and high costs of access.We es...
