Contact tracing is an important strategy to interrupt the spread of infectious disease and prevent new cases. After the confirmation of the first positive case of COVID-19 in Mozambique on March 22, 2020, case investigation and contact tracing were immediately initiated, which included clinical and labor...
Balate, dionísia alfredo;
Manhiça, ivan;
Macuacua, bachir;
José, benedita;
Banze, denise;
Langa, josé carlos;
Baltazar, cynthia semá;
Sacarlal, jahit;
Rossetto, erika valeska;
Khosa, celso.
Introduction: multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) remains a public health problem worldwide. In Mozambique, cases of MDR-TB have increased annually. In 2018, 1,206 cases were reported, as compared to 943 cases in 2017. The aim of this study was to assess the surveillance system for multidrug-resist...
Antitubercular Agents/therapeutic use,
Databases, Factual,
Tuberculosis,
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant,
Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Mozambique,
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant/diagnosis,
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant/therapy,
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant/epidemiology
Ao efectuarmos a revisão deste manual pretendemos apresentar uma nova dinâmica sobre os principais conceitos relativos a Biossegurança e Bioprotecção, suas interfaces essenciais e permitir que esses conhecimentos teóricos se desdobrem em acções práticas no dia-a-dia dos funcionários e colaborad...
Di Gennaro, Francesco;
Marotta, Claudia;
Ramirez, Lucy;
Cardoso, Hamilton;
Cinturao, Vasco;
Bavaro, Davide Fiore;
Mahotas, Dezi Cornelia;
Lazzari, Marzia;
Chimundi, Natalia;
Atzori, Andrea;
Chaguruca, Izilda;
Tognon, Francesca;
Guambe Dos Anjos, Helga;
De Meneghi, Giovanna;
Tribie, Mireille;
Del Greco, Fabrizia;
Namarime, Edson;
Occa, Edoardo;
Putoto, Giovanni;
Pozniak, Anton;
Saracino, Annalisa.
Adolescent mental health (MH) is a significant global health concern, which is extremely relevant when referring to adolescents and youth living with HIV (AYHIV). In Mozambique, ∼52% of the population is <18 years and the country has the world's eighth highest HIV prevalence (insert citation). We perfo...
Alcoholism/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/complications,
HIV Infections/psychology,
Health Services,
Mental Health,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/epidemiology,
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/psychology
Introdução: A crescente carga global de Doenças Não Transmissíveis (DNTs) exige sistemas de vigilância que permitam acompanhar as tendências e avaliar o impacto de intervenções. O objectivo destes estudos foi testar modelos de vigilância hospitalar e comunitária de factores de risco e de DNTs....
Disease,
Chronic Disease,
Communicable Diseases,
Noncommunicable Diseases,
Referral and Consultation,
Health Strategies,
Longitudinal Studies,
Prospective Studies,
Hospitals,
Incidence,
Epidemiological Monitoring,
Mozambique,
Pilots,
Urban Population,
Prevalence,
Risk,
Health,
Surveillance in Disasters,
Methods,
trends
Introdução: Desde o surgimento da pandemia da COVID-19 até 26 de Abril de 2022, houve 508 041 253 casos confirmados, incluindo 6 224 220 óbitos. A África contava, na altura, com 8 727 503 casos confirmados e 171 603 óbitos, enquanto Moçambique contabilizava 225 366 casos e 2 201 óbitos. Esta revi...
Em Moçambique, à semelhança de muitos países, o desenvolvimento económico está a trazer grandes benefícios, mas também mudanças negativas na dieta e estilos de vida. É preocupante a tendência crescente de prevalência de factores de risco e doenças como hipertensão arterial, obesidade, diabe...
Powelson, Jocelyn;
Magadzire, Bvudzai Priscilla;
Draiva, Abel;
Denno, Donna;
Ibraimo, Abdul;
Benate, Bonifácia Beleza Lucas;
Jahar, Lídia Carlos;
Chilundo, Baltazar;
Chinai, Jalilo Ernesto;
Emerson, Michelle;
Sofie, Kristin Beima;
Lawrence, Emily.
Objective
Immunisations are highly impactful, cost-effective public health interventions. However, substantial gaps in complete vaccination coverage persist. We aimed to describe caregivers’ immunisation experiences and identify determinants of vaccine dropout.
Design
We used a community-based partici...
Mozambique introduced monovalent rotavirus vaccine (Rotarix®) in September 2015. We
evaluated the effectiveness of Rotarix® under conditions of routine use in Mozambican children hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis (AGE). A test negative case-control analysis was performed on data collected during ...
Strydom, Amy;
Donato, celeste m;
Nyaga, martin m;
Boene, simone s;
Peenze, Ina;
Mogotsi, Milton T;
João, Eva D;
Munlela, benilde;
Potgieter, A. Christiaan;
Seheri, mapaseka L;
de Deus, Nilsa;
O’Neill, hester G.
This study presents whole genomes of seven bovine rotavirus strains from South Africa and Mozambique. Double-stranded RNA, extracted from stool samples without prior adaptation to cell culture, was used to synthesise cDNA using a self-annealing anchor primer ligated to dsRNA and random hexamers. The cDNA...
