In Mozambique, more than a million children are living with HIV or are otherwise vulnerable due to HIV. In response to this crisis, the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief funds programs that serve orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV and their families. These programs retain case wo...
Clinical Governance,
HIV Infections/diagnosis,
Child, Orphaned,
d0149440,
d0062950,
HIV Infections/therapy,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Vulnerable Populations,
Mozambique
Introdução: Actualmente, os antibióticos constituem a classe de medicamentos mais consumidos no mundo. Apesar dos ganhos que o uso prudente de antibióticos possa ter na saúde dos indivíduos, a sua dispensa descontrolada e não apropriada representa uma ameaça grave à saúde pública, estando asso...
Introduction: The aim of the study described in this paper is to screen medical curricula in relation to the attention paid to intimate partner violence, by applying a framework derived from the international literature. Material and Methods: We screened curricula of five Mozambican medical schools based...
Curriculum,
Education, Medical,
Intimate Partner Violence,
Gynecology/education,
Mozambique,
Obstetrics/education,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Hildon, zoe jane‑lara;
Escorcio‑Ymayo, maria;
Zulliger, rose;
Aramburú, rosario arias de;
Lewicky, nan;
Harig, hunter;
Chidassicua, jose braz;
Underwood, carol;
Pinto, liliana;
Figueroa, maria elena.
Background: Conceptualizing gender dynamics and ways of bridging entrenched gender roles will contribute to better health promotion, policy and planning. Such processes are explored in relation to malaria in Mozambique. Methods: A multi-method, qualitative study using focus group discussions (FGDs) and i...
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
Cambaco, olga;
Menendez, yara alonso;
Kinsman, john;
Sigaúque, betuel;
Wertheim, heiman;
Do, nga;
Gyapong, margaret;
John-Langba, johannes;
Sevene, esperança;
Munguambe, khátia.
Background: Antibiotic misuse and other types of unnecessary use of antibiotics can contribute to accelerate the process of antibiotic resistance, which is considered a global concern, mostly affecting low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). In Mozambique there is limited evidence on community knowledge...
Amoxicillin/therapeutic use,
Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use,
Awareness,
Drug Resistance, Microbial,
Focus Groups,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Medication Adherence,
Mozambique,
Qualitative Research,
Rural Population,
Self Medication,
Drug Resistance, Bacterial,
Treatment Failure,
Health Strategies
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
Background: Mozambique classifies but does not yet enforce antibiotics as prescription-only-medicine (POM) allowing the public access to a variety of antibiotics that otherwise are provided on prescription. This contributes to the growing practice of self-medication with antibiotics (SMA) which systemati...
Objectives: Increasing and sustaining engagement in HIV care for people living with HIV are critical to both individual therapeutic benefit and epidemic control. Men are less likely to test for HIV compared with women in sub-Saharan African countries, and ultimately have delayed entry to HIV care. Stigma...
Communication Barriers,
Cross-Sectional Studies,
Delayed Diagnosis/prevention & control,
Demography,
HIV Infections/psychology,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Mass Screening/psychology,
Sex Factors,
Social Perception,
Social Stigma,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Background: In a background of renewed calls for malaria eradication, several endemic countries in sub-Saharan Africa are contemplating malaria elimination nationally or sub-nationally. In Mozambique, a strategy to eliminate malaria in the south is underway in the context of low endemicity levels and cro...
