Introdução: O aleitamento materno exclusivo é benéfico para a saúde da criança e da mãe. O AME reduz o risco de contracção de doenças infantis como diarreia, pneumonia e outras, causas principais de morbi-mortalidade infantil nos países de baixa renda. A mulher em prática do AME não somente ...
Apesar da prevenção de transmissão vertical (PTV) ser eficaz para prevenir
o HIV da mãe para o filho, aumentando o número de mulheres grávidas HIV+ em tratamento
anti-retroviral (TARV), verifica-se ainda baixa retenção nos cuidados contínuos da saúde da
mulher e c...
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
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is associated with negative physical and mental health outcomes. Although maternal health services, especially antenatal care (ANC), can act as a link to IPV resources, women experiencing IPV likely have reduced uptake of ANC due to
social and emotional barriers. Poor ANC ...
Adult,
Maternal Health Services,
Health Resources,
Women,
Prenatal Care,
Pregnancy,
Adolescent,
Ambulatory Care,
Gender-Based Violence/statistics & numerical data,
Gender-Based Violence/psychology,
Gender-Based Violence/prevention & control,
Mozambique,
Postnatal Care
Background Poor patient experience, including long waiting time, is a potential reason for low healthcare utilisation. In this study, we evaluate the impact of appointment scheduling on waiting time and utilisation of antenatal care.
Methods We implemented a pilot study in Mozambique introducing appointm...
Mozambique,
Appointments and Schedules,
Delivery of Health Care,
Prenatal Care,
Courses,
51835,
Women,
Methods,
Patients,
Pilot Projects,
Records,
Time,
Therapeutics
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)...
The assessment of pregnant women's knowledge about modes of infections transmission is essential to tailor programs to their needs. This study aimed to assess knowledge about human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) among pregnant women in Nampula - Mozambi...
Rupérez, María;
Julian, Marc Noguera;
González, Raquel;
Maculuve, Sonia;
Bellido, Rocío;
Vala, Anifa;
Rodríguez, Cristina;
Sevene, Esperança;
Paredes, Roger;
Menéndez, Clara.
Background: Few data on HIV resistance in pregnancy are available from Mozambique, one of the countries with the highest HIV toll worldwide. Understanding the patterns of HIV drug resistance in pregnant women might help in tailoring optimal regimens for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (...
Anti-HIV Agents/administration & dosage,
CD4 Lymphocyte Count/methods,
Drug Resistance, Viral,
HIV Infections/drug therapy,
Drug Resistance, Viral/drug effects,
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/prevention & control,
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/drug therapy,
Mozambique,
Prenatal Care/methods,
HIV-1/chemistry
Ukah, U Vivian;
Mbofana , Francisco;
Rocha, Beatriz Manriquez;
Loquiha, Osvaldo;
Mudenyanga, Chishamiso;
Usta, Momade;
Urso, Marilena;
Drebit, Sharla;
Magee, Laura A;
Dadelszen, Peter von.
In well-resourced settings, reduced circulating maternal-free placental growth factor (PlGF) aids in either predicting or confirming the diagnosis of preeclampsia, fetal growth restriction, stillbirth, preterm birth, and delivery within 14 days of testing when preeclampsia is suspected. This blinded, pro...
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Pre-Eclampsia/blood,
Prospective Studies,
ddcs0347820,
d0017240,
d0109490,
d0072300,
Gestational Age,
Placenta Growth Factor/blood,
Pre-Eclampsia/diagnosis,
Pre-Eclampsia/epidemiology,
Prenatal Care/statistics & numerical data,
Survival Rate/trends
Para responder os objectivos do INCAMF 2015, realizou-se um estudo de corte transversal similar à inquérito demográfico e de saúde, no qual 2,196 agregados familiares (AF) foram selecionados por via de amostragem bietapica à nível de distritos das províncias de Niassa, Cabo Delgado e Nampula, de a...
