Mozambique has for many years suffered from a high burden of HIV with an estimated prevalence of 11.1% among adults age 15–49 years. In response, Positive Health, Dignity, and Prevention (or Positive Prevention as it is known in Mozambique), was developed as a method of integrating HIV care and prevent...
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Nhacolo, ariel;
Marti, helena;
Munguambe, humberto;
Jamise, edgar;
Guinovart, caterina;
Cirera, laia;
Amone, felimone;
Macete, eusébio;
Bassat, quique;
Rabinovich, regina;
Alonsok, pedro;
Sacoor, charfudin;
Saute, francisco;
Aide, pedro.
Objectives: A Demographic and Health Platform was established in Magude in 2015, prior to the deployment of a project aiming to evaluate the feasibility of malaria elimination in southern Mozambique, named the Magude project. This platform aimed to inform the design, implementation and evaluation of the ...
Makacha, Liberty;
Makanga, Prestige Tatenda;
Dube, Yolisa Prudence;
Bone, Jeffrey;
Munguambe, Khátia;
Katageri, Geetanjali;
Sharma, Sumedha;
Vidler, Marianne;
Sevene, Esperança;
Ramadurg, Umesh;
Charantimath, Umesh;
Revanka, Amit r;
Dadelszen, Peter von.
July Travel time to care is known to influence uptake of health services. Generally, pregnant women who take longer to transit to health facilities are the least likely to deliver in facilities. It is not clear if modelled access predicts fairly the vulnerability in women seeking maternal care across dif...
Em 2018 foi realizado o Inventário Nacional sobre a Disponibilidade e Prontidão de Infra-estruturas,
Recursos e Serviços de Saúde (SARA), implementado pelo Instituto Nacional de Saúde com base na
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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
Targeted approaches to further reduce maternal mortality require thorough understanding of the geographic barriers that women face when seeking care. Common measures of geographic access do not account for the time needed to reach services, despite substantial
evidence that links proximity with greater ...
O artigo apresenta um panorama da trajetória recente das desi‑
gualdades em saúde nos dois países. Partindo da sistematização de dados produzidos pelos órgãos oficiais, de estatística
e saúde, mostra como evoluíram os indicadores de acesso à saúde. Observa‑se a redução das desigualdade...
Health Centers,
Primary Health Care,
Health Status Indicators,
Health,
Rural Areas,
Health Status Indicators,
Health Services Accessibility,
Health Status,
Health Policy,
Disease Prevention,
Pharmaceutical Preparations,
Professional Training,
Maternal and Child Health,
Vaccines/administration & dosage
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Sharma, sumedha;
Vidler, mariamme;
Sid at, mohsim;
Munguambe, khatia;
Dadelszen, peter;
Seven, esperança.
Background: Pre-eclampsia is one of the leading causes of maternal death in Mozambique. Limited access to health care facilities and a lack of skilled health professionals contribute to the high maternal morbidity and mortality rates in Mozambique and indicate a need for community-level interventions. Th...
Community Health Services,
Community Health Workers,
Mozambique,
Eclampsia/therapy,
Eclampsia/mortality,
Health Policy,
Health Services Accessibility,
Maternal Death/prevention & control,
Maternal Health,
Maternal Health Services,
Maternal Mortality,
Pre-Eclampsia/mortality,
Pre-Eclampsia/therapy,
Professional Role,
Pregnancy
O artigo apresenta um panorama da trajetória recente das desigualdades
em saúde nos dois países. Partindo da sistematização de dados produzidos pelos órgãos oficiais, de estatística
e saúde, mostra como evoluíram os indicadores de acesso à saúde. Observa‑se a redução das desigualdades em ...
