Like most malaria-endemic countries, Mozambique relies on tabulation of confirmed malaria test–positive febrile patients to track incidence of malaria. However, this approach is potentially biased by incidental malaria parasitemia in patients with fever of another etiology. We compared pan-Plasmodium a...
Background Palliative care is an essential part of medical practice but it remains limited, inaccessible, or even absent in low andmiddle income countries. Objectives Toevaluate the general knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Mozambican physicians on palliative care. Methods Across–sectional observa...
Palliative Care,
Neoplasms/diagnosis,
Euthanasia/statistics & numerical data,
Hospitals/trends,
Neoplasms,
Physicians/statistics & numerical data,
Surveys and Questionnaires/statistics & numerical data,
Paternalism/ethics,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Aged,
Attitude of Health Personnel,
Cross-Sectional Studies,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Middle Aged,
Palliative Care/psychology,
Surveys and Questionnaires
Brooke, b d;
Raman, j;
Frean, j;
Rundle, k;
Maartens, f;
Misiani, e;
Mabuza, a;
Barnes, k I;
Moonasar, d p;
Dlamini, q;
Charles, s;
Blumberg, l.
The COVID-19 global pandemic reached South Africa (SA), Mozambique and Eswatini in March 2020.[1] Since then an exponential increase in SARS-CoV-2 infections has severely stretched SA’s healthcare system, especially in terms of in-hospital treatment of severe cases. The impact of COVID-19 in Mozambique...
COVID-19/transmission,
Delivery of Health Care/trends,
Coinfection/drug therapy,
51607/prevention & control,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
South Africa/epidemiology,
Malaria/epidemiology,
SARS-CoV-2/growth & development,
Movement/radiation effects,
Pandemics/prevention & control,
Atmospheric Precipitation,
Risk,
Hospitalization
Results from two recently established population-based registries in Mozambique are reported: Beira in the central region (2014-2017) and Maputo, the capital city, in the South (2015-2017). The results are compared to those from Maputo (Lourenço Marques at the time) in 1956-1960 (appearing Cancer Incide...
Dengo-Baloi, liliana;
Boothe, makini;
Baltazar, cynthia semá;
Sathane, isabel;
Langa, denise chitsondzo;
Condula, manuel;
Ricardo, helena;
Inguane, celso;
Teodoro, eugénia;
Gouveia, lídia;
Raymond, henry f;
Horth, roberta.
Background: Prior to 2014, data about health seeking behaviors or service uptake for People who inject drugs (PWID) in Mozambique did not exist. We present the results from the formative assessment component of the Biological and Behavioral Survey (BBS). Methods: Standardized interview guides were used d...
Pharmacies/organization & administration,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/statistics & numerical data,
Needle Sharing,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Middle Aged,
Interviews as Topic,
Mental Health Services/organization & administration,
Health Services Accessibility/statistics & numerical data,
Health Behavior,
Harm Reduction,
Focus Groups,
Adolescent,
Qualitative Research,
Social Stigma,
Social Work/statistics & numerical data,
Substance Abuse, Intravenous/epidemiology
A fístula obstétrica continua a ser um problema de saúde comum em países de baixa e média renda,
apesar das tendências de aumento dos partos institucionais nesses países. As circunstâncias socio-comportamentais
em que a fístula ocorre, assim como suas consequências, são pouco documentadas, pri...
Delivery of Health Care/standards,
Delivery, Obstetric/standards,
Health Facilities,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Middle Aged,
Health Services Accessibility,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Obstetric Labor Complications/prevention & control,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/psychology,
Postpartum Period/psychology,
Pregnancy,
Prenatal Care/psychology,
Vesicovaginal Fistula/epidemiology,
Vesicovaginal Fistula/surgery
A Tuberculose Latente (TBL) é definida como um estado de resposta imunológica persistente à estimulação pelo antígeno do Mycobacterium tuberculosis sem evidência de manifestação clínica da doença activa.
A probabilidade de progressão da infecção para doença activa depende de vários factor...
Menéndez, clara;
Quintó, llorenç;
Castillo, paola;
Fernandes, fabiola;
Carrilho, carla;
Ismail, mamudo r;
Lorenzoni, cesaltina;
Hurtado, juan carlos;
Rakislova, natalia;
Munguambe, khátia;
Moraleda, cinta;
Maixenchs, maria;
Macete, eusebio;
Mandomando, inacio;
Martínez, miguel, j;
Alonso, pedro, j;
Bassat, quique;
Ordi, jaume.
Background
Although an increasing number of pregnant women in resource-limited areas deliver in health-care facilities, maternal mortality remains high in these settings. Inadequate diagnosis and management of common life-threatening conditions is an important determinant of maternal mortality. We analys...
Em Moçambique a malária é responsável por 60% de todas as admissões pediátricas, por 40% do total de consultas e ainda por 30% de todas as mortes registadas nos hospitais (2).Com vista a reverter esse cenário, o governo moçambicano, por intermédio do Programa Nacional de Combate à Malária (PCN...
Malaria/epidemiology,
Malaria, Avian,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Artemether/therapeutic use,
Artemether/supply & distribution,
Lumefantrine/therapeutic use,
Lumefantrine/supply & distribution,
Medical Care/methods,
Malaria, Falciparum/diagnosis,
Malaria, Falciparum/drug therapy,
Malaria, Falciparum/prevention & control,
Malaria, Falciparum/transmission,
Anopheles/virology
Moçambique possui uma epidemia do HIV com uma prevalência nacional de 13.2% entre os adultos
na faixa etária de 15-49 anos 1
e, estima-se que o país possui a oitava mais alta taxa de prevalência de
HIV no mundo 2
. Os comportamentos heterossexuais de risco, incluindo parceiros múltiplos e
concorren...
HIV/growth & development,
Infections/transmission,
Vulnerable Populations/statistics & numerical data,
Risk,
Women, Working/statistics & numerical data,
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/diagnosis,
Surveys and Questionnaires/statistics & numerical data,
Women's Health/legislation & jurisprudence,
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/drug therapy,
Mozambique/epidemiology
