Background: In Mozambique, socio-economic and cultural factors influence the wide adoption of disease preventive measures that are relevant for malaria control strategies to promote early recognition of disease, prompt seeking of medical care, sleeping under insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), and taking i...
Socioeconomic Factors,
Cultural Factors,
Cross-Sectional Studies,
Surveys and Questionnaires,
Malaria/prevention & control,
Mozambique,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Malaria/psychology,
Rural Population/statistics & numerical data
Feldman, Mitra;
Krylova, Vera Lacey;
Farrow, Poppy;
Donovan, Laura;
Zandamela, Edson;
Rebelo, Joaquim;
Rodrigues, Maria;
Bulo, Antonio;
Ferraz, Carlos;
Rodrigues, Humberto;
Feltrer, Arantxa Roca;
Baker, Kevin.
Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at the frontline of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic response, yet there is a paucity of literature on their knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) in relation to the pandemic. Community Health Workers (CHWs) in Mozambique are known locally as agentes poliv...
COVID-19/epidemiology,
Community Health Workers/education,
Cross-Sectional Studies,
Health Education/methods,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Mozambique,
Online Systems,
Pandemics/prevention & control,
Surveys and Questionnaires
Examinamos os fatores associados ao rastreamento do vírus da imunodeficiência humana (HIV) e desenvolvemos um mapa de superfície de prevalência de rastreamento de HIV usando técnicas de interpolação espacial para identificar as áreas geográficas com as maiores e menores taxas de rastreamento de ...
Malaria remains one of the most prevalent infectious diseases in the tropics and subtropics, andMozambiqueisnotanexception. To design geographically targeted and effective intervention mechanisms of malaria, an up-to-date map that shows the spatial distribution of malaria is needed. This study analyzed 2...
Malaria/epidemiology,
Residence Characteristics,
Communicable Diseases,
Tropical Ecosystem,
Indicators and Reagents,
Infections/mortality,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Surveys and Questionnaires/statistics & numerical data,
Mothers/education,
Methods,
Prevalence,
Probability,
Risk,
Public Health,
Mortality/trends
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
A COVID-19 surgiu nos meados do mês de dezembro do ano 2019, na Cidade Chinesa de Wuhan. Trata-se de uma doença que rapidamente se espalhou pelo mundo, o que levou a Organização Mundial da Saúde a classificar a doença como pandemia em 11 de março de 2020. O objectivo do presente estudo foi de iden...
In sub-Saharan Mozambique, high adolescent fertility rates are a significant public health
problem. Understanding the consequences of teenage pregnancies facilitates effective
strategies for improving the quality of care of both mother and the newborn.
Aims
To identify the factors associated with adolesc...
Abortion, Induced,
Comprehension,
Episiotomy,
Health Strategies,
Cross-Sectional Studies,
Pregnancy in Adolescence,
HIV Infections,
Surveys and Questionnaires,
Prevalence,
Public Health,
Mozambique
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
Background: In many countries, there is evidence that intimate partner violence is prevalent among young women. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and the factors associated with intimate partner violence in young women (aged 15-24 years) attending secondary schools in Maputo, Mozambique.
Metho...
