É cada vez mais reconhecida a importância da utilização da pesquisa na área da
Saúde para a formulação de políticas. Os factores de promoção e de impedimento que
influenciam o uso da pesquisa no processo decisório têm vindo a ser sistematizados na
literatura; no entanto, nos países em desen...
Malaria,
Research Report,
Antimalarials,
Mozambique,
Public Health,
Capital Financing,
Health Services Needs and Demand,
Pharmaceutical Preparations,
34661,
Decision Making,
National Health Programs
Malaria,
Syphilis,
HIV,
Obstetrics,
Pharmaceutical Preparations,
Pharmacopoeia,
Lymphoma,
Paralysis,
Public Health,
Health Human Resource Training,
Health Policy,
Epidemiology,
Mozambique
We conducted a health facility-based survey to estimate the prevalence of malaria among febrile patients at health facilities (HFs) in Maputo City. Patients answered a questionnaire on malaria risk factors and underwent malaria testing. A malaria case was defined as a positive result for malaria by micro...
Bassat, Quique;
Machevo, Sónia;
O'Callaghan-Gordo, Cristina;
Sigaúque, Betuel;
Morais, Luís;
Ribó, Josep L;
Mandomando, Inácio;
Nhampossa, Tacilta;
Ayala, Edgar;
Sanz, Sergi;
Weber, Martin;
Roca, Anna;
L Alonso, Pedro;
Díez-Padrisa, Núria.
Malaria and severe pneumonia in hospitalized young children may show striking clinical similarities, making differential diagnosis challenging. We investigated ways to increase diagnostic accuracy in patients hospitalized with clinical symptoms compatible with malaria and severe pneumonia, in an area wit...
Malaria is among the factors thought to be involved in the pathogenesis of endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF), a restrictive cardiomyopathy of unclear etiology, with no specific therapy, which affects predominantly children and adolescents. In Africa, regions endemic with EMF are also areas with high prevalen...
Malaria modeling can inform policy and guide research for malaria elimination and eradication from local implementation to global policy. A research and development agenda for malaria modeling is proposed, to support operations and to enhance the broader eradication research agenda. Models are envisioned...
Background: Primary health care is recognized as a main driver of equitable health service delivery. For it to
function optimally, routine health information systems (HIS) are necessary to ensure adequate provision of health
care and the development of appropriate health policies. Concerns about the qual...
Primary Health Care,
Data Accuracy,
Prenatal Care,
Immunization,
Health Surveys,
Health Facilities,
Malaria,
Outpatients,
Health Policy,
Health Resources,
Health Services,
Health Information Systems,
HIV Testing,
Tuberculosis
Munguambe, hhátia;
Pool, robert;
Montgomery, catherine;
Bavo, carlos;
Nhacolo, ariel;
Fiosse, lina;
Sacoor, charfudin;
Nhalungo, delino;
Mabunda, samuel;
Macete, eusébio;
Alonso, pedro.
Background: Malaria control remains a challenge in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2006, the World Health Organization (WHO) reinforced the recommendation of indoor residual spraying (IRS) with dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) to reduce malaria transmission. The National Malaria Control Programme has been re...
World Health Organization,
Malaria,
Mosquito Control,
Data Analysis,
51607,
Culicidae,
Demography,
Efficacy,
Surveys and Questionnaires,
Insecticides,
Motivation,
Methods,
Perception,
Health Personnel,
Politics,
Observation,
Beds,
Epidemiologic Methods
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
