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An in depth analysis of the knowledge, attitude and practices towards the use of Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) in the nicoadala district in mozambique

Sitao, Victor.
Malaria in Mozambique is one of the ten leading causes of morbidity and mortality. Malaria is responsible for up to 44% of all outpatient consultations, 57% of pediatric admissions and a leading cause of low birth weight in newborns. Consistent use of insecticide treated bed nets (ITNs) for malaria preve...
Malaria, Morbidity, Outpatients, Government, Attitude, Referral and Consultation, Knowledge, Mozambique, Infant, Low Birth Weight, Insecticide-Treated Bednets
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Severe malaria and concomitant bacteraemia in children admitted to a rural Mozambican hospital

Bassat, quique; Mandomando, inácio; Sigaúque, betuel; Guinovart, caterina; Aide, pedro; Sacarlal, Jahit; Nhampossa, tacilta; Bardají, azucena; Morais, luís; Machevo, Sonia; Letang, emilio; Macete, eusébio; Aponte, john J; Alonso, pedro l; Menéndez, clara; Roca, anna.
Trop. med. int. health; 14 (9), 2009
Objectives: To describe the prevalence, aetiology and prognostic implications of coexisting invasive bacterial disease in children admitted with severe malaria in a rural Mozambican Hospital. Methods: Retrospective study of data systematically collected from June 2003 to May 2007 in a rural Mozambican ho...
Bacteremia/complications, Bacteremia/microbiology, Bacteremia/epidemiology, Bacteremia/metabolism, Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections/epidemiology, Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections/mortality, Malaria/epidemiology, Malaria/complications, Mozambique
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A 10 year study of the cause of death in children under 15 years in Manhiça, Mozambique

Sacarlal, Jahit 123; Nhacolo, Ariel Q; Sigaúque, Betuel; Nhalungo, Delino A; Abacassamo, Fatima; Sacoor, Charfudin N; Aide, Pedro; Machevo, Sonia; Nhampossa, Tacilta; Macete, Eusébio V; Bassat, Quique; David, Catarina; Bardají, Azucena; Letang, Emili; Saúte, Francisco; Aponte, John J; Thompson, Ricardo; Alonso, Pedro L.
BMC public health (Online); 9 (67), 2009
Approximately 46 million of the estimated 60 million deaths that occur in the world each year take place in developing countries. Further, this mortality is highest in Sub-Saharan Africa, although causes of mortality in this region are not well documented. The objective of this study is to describe the m...
Cause of Death, Child Mortality/trends, Communicable Diseases/mortality, Mozambique/epidemiology, Socioeconomic Factors, Congenital Abnormalities/mortality, Infant Mortality/trends, Malaria/mortality, Risk Assessment
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Cost-effectiveness of malaria intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi) in Mozambique and the United Republic of Tanzania

Hutton, guy; Schellenberg, david; Tediosi, fabrizio; Macete, eusebio; Kahigwa, elizeus; Sigauque, betuel; Mas, xavier; Trapero, marta; Tanner, marcel; Menendez, clara; Alonso, pedro; Trilla, antoni.
Bull. W.H.O. (Online); 87 (2), 2009
Objective: To estimate the cost-effectiveness of malaria intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi) using sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP). Methods: In two previous IPTi trials in Ifakara (United Republic of Tanzania) and Manhiça (Mozambique), SP was administered three times to infants before 9 m...
Antimalarials/economics, Antimalarials/therapeutic use, Cost-Benefit Analysis/economics, Malaria/prevention & control, Malaria/epidemiology, Pyrimethamine/economics, Pyrimethamine/therapeutic use, Mozambique/epidemiology
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Situação de Sistema de Informação do Programa Nacional de Luta contra o Paludismo em Guiné-Bissau: Estudo de caso

SILVA, Antonio Ramos da.
O primeiro plano nacional de desenvolvimento sanitário (PNDS) da Guiné-Bissau, para o quinqénio 1998-2002, tinha como missão, contribuir para a melhoria da situação sócio-económica e do bem-estar da população guineense, por intermédio do reforço e desenvolvimento do sistema nacional de saúde...
Endemic Diseases, Malaria, 29654, Population, Health, Information Systems, Tinea, Guinea-Bissau, Disease, Health Information Systems
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Manual de formação para o manejo de casos de malária

Mabunda, Samuel; Castelo Branco, Ana cristina; Macome, Atália; Streat, Elizabeth; Machai, Maria José Pires; Mariano, Alda; Tsabete, Sérgio; Carvalho, Eva de; Cossa, Elias; Samucene, Honório; Naueia, Eva; Sualei, Sualei Juma; Niquic, Adriano.
A malária continua a ser o principal desafio para a saúde pública e para o desenvolvimento sustentável em Moçambique. Apesar dos esforços empreendidos pelo MISAU e Parceiros na luta contra Malária, esta doença para além do impacto directo na saúde da população, ainda exerce um peso socioecon...
Malaria, Public Health, Disease, Poverty, Morbidity, Antimalarials, Professional Training, Health Personnel, Mozambique, Health
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A country-wide malaria survey in Mozambique. II. Malaria attributable proportion of fever and establishment of malaria case definition in children across different epidemiological settings

Mabunda, samuel; Aponte, john j; Tiago, armindo; Alonso, pdro.
Malar. j. (Online); 8 (74), 2009
Background: Protection against clinical malaria episodes is acquired slowly after frequent exposure to malaria parasites. This is reflected by a decrease with increasing age in both parasite density and incidence of clinical episodes. In many settings of stable malaria transmission, the presence...
Malaria/epidemiology, Temperature, Sensitivity and Specificity, Blood/diagnostic imaging, Precautionary Principle, Prevalence, Plasmodium falciparum, Parasites/genetics, Microscopy, Logistic Models, Malaria/blood, Confidence Intervals, Surveys and Questionnaires/statistics & numerical data, Infections, Age Groups, Fever/diagnosis, Cost of Illness, -Determination/methods, Fingers/growth & development, Mozambique
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