Since the seventh pandemic caused by Vibrio cholerae biotype El Tor began in Indonesia in 1961, most regions of the world continue to report cholera outbreaks.1 Cholera is most common in rural areas or communities where sanitation conditions and water supply are problematic.2 In 1997, a cholera epidemic ...
Em 1997, data do último censo, a população moçambicana era em número de 16.099.246 habitantes. Segundo as estimativas do Instituto Nacional de Estatística em Moçambique (INE) referente a 2005, a população moçambicana é de 19.420.036 habitantes. Moçambique situa-se na faixa sul-oriental do Con...
Na altura da Independência nacional, o País tinha apenas umas poucas
dezenas de moçambicanos com formação superior. Hoje temos vários milhares de licenciados, centenas de mestrados e mais de 300
doutorados nacionais.
O País independente investiu na formação de quadros. As centenas de
doutorados ...
In Mozambique most of demographic data are obtained using census or sample survey including indirect estimations. A method of collecting longitudinal demographic data was introduced in southern Mozambique since 1996 (DSS -Demographic Surveillance System in Manhiça district, Maputo province), but the ext...
Objective: To describe attitudes to the expanded programme on immunization (EPI) and intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi), and perceptions of the relationship between them. In particular, whether the introduction of IPTi negatively affects community attitudes to, or use of, EPI; or, conver...
Introduction: The reference intervals of haematological and biochemical indices currently used in Africa are derived from data collected from populations living in industrialized countries. Few studies have been performed in Africa questioning the validity of these values when applied to local African po...
Introduction: Anaemia is the most frequent haematological disorder in childhood. The notion that defines naemia does not change throughout life, although parameters used for its evaluation show significant variations during childhood. Haematocrit (Hct) (%) is usually defined as three times the value of h...
