After the Ebola outbreaks the world is again facing a challenge in which human behaviours and contact history play crucial roles in determining the trends in disease spreading within and across communities. With the onset of the recent coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, several issues related to co...
Menéndez, clara;
Quintó, ilorenç;
Castillo, paola;
Carrilho, carla;
Ismail, mamudo, r;
Lorenzoni, cesaltina;
Fernandes, fabiola;
Hurtado, juan carlos;
Rakislova, natalia;
Munguambe, khátia;
Maixenchs, maria;
Macete, eusebio;
Mandomando, inacio;
Martínez, miguel, j;
Bassat, quique;
Alonso, pedro, i;
Ordi, jaume.
Background: Accurate information on causes of death (CoD) is essential to estimate burden of disease, track global progress, prioritize cost-effective interventions, and inform policies to reduce mortality. In low-income settings, where a significant proportion of deaths take place at home or in poorly-r...
Autopsy/methods,
Cause of Death/trends,
Rural Population,
Pneumonia/diagnosis,
Clinical Diagnosis,
Tuberculosis/diagnosis,
Health Facilities,
HIV/growth & development,
Mortality/trends,
Population,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Baltazar, cynthia semá;
DeLima, yara voss;
Ricardo, helena;
Botão, carlos;
Langa, denise chitsondzo;
Costa, paulino da;
Malamule, diosdélio;
Augusto , angelo;
Viegas, sofia;
Obisie-Nmehielle, nkechi;
Tomm-Bonde, laura;
Mulekya, francis bwambale.
As part of ongoing efforts to generate evidence needed on HIV and tuberculosis (TB) to inform policies and programs aimed to improve the health outcomes of migrants and communities affected by migration and mining, a preliminary investigation was conducted through a biological and behavioral (BBS) approa...
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/epidemiology,
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/psychology,
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/drug therapy,
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/virology,
Awareness,
Knowledge,
Latent Tuberculosis/epidemiology,
Latent Tuberculosis/microbiology,
Latent Tuberculosis/psychology,
Latent Tuberculosis/transmission,
Mass Screening,
Miners/psychology,
Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Prevalence,
Risk Factors,
Rural Population,
Sexual Behavior,
Surveys and Questionnaires,
Transients and Migrants/psychology,
Mozambique
Kim, jane;
Floriano, florência;
Castro, georgina de;
Manuel, joão luís;
Inguane, celso;
Asbjornsdottir, kristjana h;
Chale, falume;
Zucule, justina;
Sherr, kenneth;
Gimbel, sarah.
The scaling of Option B+ services, whereby all pregnant women who test HIV positive are started on lifelong antiretroviral therapy upon diagnosis regardless of CD4 T-cell count, is ongoing in many high HIV burden, low-resource countries. We developed and evaluated a tablet-based mobile learning (mLearnin...
Anti-HIV Agents,
Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active,
Clinical Competence,
Health Personnel,
Mozambique,
Nurses, Male,
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious,
Rural Population,
Urban Population,
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Menéndez, Clara;
Castellsagué, Xavier;
Renom, Montse;
Sacarlal, Jahit 1;
Quintó, Llorenç;
Lloveras, Belen;
Klaustermeier, Joellen;
Kornegay, Janet R;
Sigauque, Betuel;
Bosch, F. Xavier;
Alonso, Pedro L.
There is limited information on the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections and the prevalence of cervical neoplasia in rural sub-Saharan Africa. This study describes the prevalence and the etiology of STIs and the prevalence of cervical neoplasia among women in southern Mozambique. An age-stratifi...
Sexually Transmitted Diseases/epidemiology,
Sexually Transmitted Diseases/etiology,
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/epidemiology,
Syphilis/epidemiology,
Rural Population,
Sexual Behavior,
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial/epidemiology,
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial/etiology,
Mozambique,
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious,
Sexual Partners,
Trichomonas vaginalis/isolation & purification,
Papillomaviridae/genetics
Arinze, folasade;
Gong, wu;
Green, ann f;
Schacht, caroline de;
Carlucci, james g;
Silva, wilson;
Claquin, gael;
Tique, josé a;
Stefanutto, marzio;
Graves, erin;
Rompaey, sara van;
Alvim, maria fernanda sardella;
Tomo, simão;
Moon, troy d;
Wester, william.
Before the 2015 implementation of "Test and Start," the initiation of combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) was guided by specific CD4 cell count thresholds. As scale-up efforts progress, the prevalence of advanced HIV disease at ART initiation is expected to decline. We analyzed the temporal trends i...
Matsuzaki, mika;
Sherr, kenneth;
Augusto, orvalho;
Kawakatsu, yoshito;
Ásbjörnsdóttir, kristjana;
Chale, falume;
Covele, alfredo;
Manaca, nelia;
Muanido, alberto;
Bradley, wagenaar h;
Mocumbi, ana o;
Gimbel, sarah.
Background: Hypertension (HTN) is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, and its prevalence has been rising in low- and middle-income countries. The current study describes HTN prevalence in central Mozambique, association between wealth and blood pressure (BP), and HTN monitoring and diagnosis...
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
Menéndes, Yara Alonso;
Olga, Cambaco;
Mindú, Carolina;
Nhantumbo, Hoticha;
Uamusse, Titos;
Matsinhe, Graça;
Matsinhe, Benigna;
Manjate, Rosa Marlene;
Bardají, Açucena;
Menéndez, Clara;
Sevene, Esperança;
Munguambe, Khátia.
Mozambique has one of the highest cervical cancer incidence rates in the world. Health interventions are still being conceived solely from a non-communicable disease standpoint despite that it is also a sexual and reproductive health problem. The objective of this study was to assess the extent to which ...
Curto, ariadna;
Gonzalez, david donaire;
Manaca, maria, n;
González, raquel;
Sacoor, charfudin;
Rivas, ioar;
Gascon, mireia;
Wellenius, gregory, a;
Querol, xavier;
Sunyer, jordi;
Macete, eusebio;
Menéndez, clara;
Tonne, cathryn.
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has the highest proportion of people using unclean fuels for household energy, which can result in products of incomplete combustion that are damaging for health. Black carbon (BC) is a useful marker of inefficient combustion-related particles; however, ambient air quality data a...
