Introduction: People living with HIV (PLHIV) and who are aware of their HIV status can access and benefit from antiretroviral therapy (ART) with subsequent individual and public health benefits; however, many PLHIV are unaware of their HIV status. We assessed the magnitude and determinants of self-report...
AIDS Serodiagnosis/statistics & numerical data,
Diagnostic Tests, Routine/standards,
HIV/isolation & purification,
HIV Infections/diagnosis,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Mass Screening/standards,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/psychology,
Self Report,
Socioeconomic Factors,
Stereotyping
Gong, estelle;
Dula, janeth;
Alberto, carla;
Albuquerque, amanda de;
Steenland, maria;
Fernandes, quinhas;
Cuco, rosa marlene;
Sequeira, sandra;
Chicumbe, sérgio;
Samo Gudo, Eduardo;
McConnell, margaret.
Background: Antenatal care (ANC) provides a range of critical health services during pregnancy that can improve maternal and neonatal health outcomes. In Mozambique, only half of women receive four or more ANC visits, which are provided for free at public health centers by maternal and child health (MCH)...
Démolis, Rachel;
Botão, Carlos;
Heyerdahl, Léonard W;
Gessner, Bradford D;
Cavailler, Philippe;
Sinai, Celestino;
Magaço, Amílcar;
Gargasson, Jean-Bernard Le;
Mengel, Martin;
Guillermet, Elise.
While planning an immunization campaign in settings where public health interventions are subject to politically motivated resistance, designing context-based social mobilization strategies is critical to ensure community acceptability. In preparation for an Oral Cholera Vaccine campaign implemented in N...
Abstract. Globally, approximately 5.9 million children under 5 years of age died in 2015, a reduction of over 50% since 1990. Millennium Development Goal 4 established the goal of reducing child mortality by two-thirds by 2015. Multiple countries have surpassed this goal; however, regional and within-cou...
Child Health/statistics & numerical data,
Infant Mortality,
Sustainable Development/legislation & jurisprudence,
Fever/mortality,
Diarrhea, Infantile/mortality,
Respiratory Tract Diseases/mortality,
Child Health Services,
Mozambique,
Child Health Services/standards,
Child, Preschool,
Cross-Sectional Studies,
Forecasting,
Infant,
Logistic Models,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/statistics & numerical data,
Rural Population/statistics & numerical data,
Socioeconomic Factors,
Surveys and Questionnaires
Munguambe, khátia;
Boene, helena;
Vidler, marianne;
Sawchuck , diane;
Firoz, tabassum;
Makanga, prestige tatenda;
Bique, cassimo;
Qureshi, rahat;
Macete, eusébio;
Menéndez, clara;
Dadelszen, peter von;
Sevene, esperança.
Background: In countries, such as Mozambique, where maternal mortality remains high, the greatest contribution of mortality comes from the poor and vulnerable communities, who frequently reside in remote and rural areas with limited access to health care services. This study aimed to understand women's h...
Boene, helena;
Vidler, marianne;
Sacoor, charfudin;
Nhama, abel;
Nhacolo, ariel;
Bique, cassimo;
Alonso, pedro;
Sawchuck, diane;
Qureshi, rahat;
Macete, eusébio;
Menendez, clara;
Dadelszen, peter von;
Sevene, esperança;
Munguambe, khátia;
Munguambe, khátia.
Background: Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest maternal mortality ratio at 500 deaths per 100,000 live births. In Mozambique maternal mortality is estimated at 249-480 per 100,000 live births and eclampsia is the third leading cause of death. The objective of this study was to describe the community unde...
Community Mental Health Services/statistics & numerical data,
Community Participation,
Eclampsia,
Maternal Mortality,
Midwifery,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care,
Perception,
Pre-Eclampsia,
Pregnancy,
Prenatal Care,
Residence Characteristics,
Mozambique
Nala, Rassul;
Cummings, Beverley;
Celso, Inguane;
Benedetti, Marcos;
Chissano, Marcos;
Sathane, Isabel;
Young, Peter;
Silva, Danilo;
Mirjahangir, Joy;
Grasso, Mike;
Raymond, H Fisher;
McFarland, Willi;
Lane, Tim.
The population of men who have sex with men (MSM) has been largely ignored in HIV-related policies and programming in Mozambique and there is little information about the contribution of MSM to the HIV epidemic. An integrated biological and behavioral study among MSM using respondent-driven sampling was ...
Mozambique,
HIV Infections/blood,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/prevention & control,
Homosexuality, Male/statistics & numerical data,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/statistics & numerical data,
Prevalence,
Risk Factors,
Risk-Taking,
Seroepidemiologic Studies,
Vulnerable Populations/statistics & numerical data
Baltazar, cynthia semá;
Raposo, cristina;
Jani, ilesh, v;
Shodell, daniel;
Correia, della;
Silva, cristiane gonçalves da;
Kalou, mireille;
Patel, hetal;
Parekh, bharat.
Simplified HIV testing based on oral fluid (OF) may allow the expansion of HIV infection counseling and testing (CT) while reducing the risk due to exposure to needles and blood collection. This study evaluated the performance and acceptability of two OF tests (the OraQuick Advance Rapid HIV-1/2 and the ...
Nhampossa, Tacilta;
Mandomando, Inacio;
Acacio, Sozinho;
Nhalungo, Delino;
Sacoor, Charfudin;
Nhacolo, Ariel;
Macete, Eusebio;
Nhabanga, Arnaldo;
Quintó, Llorenç;
Kotloff, Karen;
Levine, Myron M;
Nasrin, Dilruba;
Farag, Tamer;
Bassat, Quique;
Alonso, Pedro.
In the predominantly rural Manhiça district, in southern Mozambique, diarrhea is one of the leading causes of death among children under 5 years. Caretakers randomly selected from the Demographic Surveillance Database were invited to participate in a community-based survey on use of healthcare services ...
Caregivers/psychology,
Diarrhea, Infantile/epidemiology,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Health Surveys,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/psychology,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/statistics & numerical data,
Prevalence,
Primary Health Care/statistics & numerical data,
Risk Factors,
Rural Population,
Severity of Illness Index,
Mozambique/epidemiology
HIV prevalence rates in Zambézia Province were estimated to be 12.6% in 2009. A number of educational campaigns have been aimed at improving HIV transmission and prevention knowledge among community members in an effort to reduce infection rates. These campaigns have also encouraged people to seek healt...
Anti-HIV Agents/therapeutic use,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Africa,
Residence Characteristics,
Delivery of Health Care,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/psychology,
HIV Infections/therapy,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Medicine, African Traditional,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/psychology,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/statistics & numerical data,
Rural Population/statistics & numerical data,
Sexual Partners/psychology