Antibiotic overuse is a major public health challenge worldwide and it can result in the emergence and spread of drug resistance. In Mozambique, there are limited data related to primary care physicians' antibiotic prescription patterns. The aim of this study was to assess the antibiotic prescription pat...
A Tripanossomose é uma doença causada por tripanossoma, protozoários flagelados transmitidos por moscas pertencentes ao género Glossina spp., vulgarmente chamadas moscas Tsé-Tsé. A distribuição geográfica da Tripanossomose observa-se sobretudo na África subsaariana, onde afeta quer humanos, cau...
A mulher grávida, ao se deparar com as transformações físicas, hormonais, psíquicas e de inserção social, vivencia a manifestação de sintomas de transtornos mentais, no pré-natal, dentre eles a ansiedade e a depressão. O objetivo geral desta pesquisa foi avaliar a presença de indicadores de a...
Depression/psychology,
Anxiety/therapy,
Pregnancy,
Social Support,
Anxiety/drug therapy,
Mozambique,
Patient Health Questionnaire/standards,
Mental Health Assistance,
Depression/drug therapy,
d0113200,
ddcs0500840,
d0491680
Sambo, Júlia;
Cassocera, Marta;
Chissaque, Assucênio;
Bauhofer, Adilson Fernando Loforte;
Roucher, Clémentine;
Chilaúle, Jorfélia;
Moiane, Idalécia Cossa;
Guimarães, Esperança, L;
Coutinho, Lena Manhique;
Anapakala, Elda;
Bero, Diocreciano, M;
Langa, Jerônimom, S;
Polman, Katja;
Gonçalves, Luzia;
Deus, Nilsa de.
Diarrhoea is associated with undernutrition and this association is related to increased morbidity and mortality in children under-five. In this analysis we aimed to assess the frequency and associated factors of undernutrition in children under-five with diarrhoea. A hospital-based cross-sectional study...
Coutinho, Lena Manhique;
Chiani, Paola;
Michelacci, Valeria;
Taviani, Elisa;
Bauhofer, Adilson Fernando Loforte;
Chissaque, Assucênio;
Cossa-Moiane, Idalécia;
Sambo, Júlia;
Chilaúle, Jorfélia;
Guimarães, Esperança Lourenço;
Salência, Judite;
Cassocera, Marta;
Bero, Diocreciano Matias;
Langa, José Paulo;
De Deus, Nilsa.
Analyze the frequency of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) pathotypes and their antimicrobial resistance profiles among children aged <15 years with diarrhea in four Mozambican provinces.
Methods: A cross-sectional hospital-based surveillance program of diarrhea was implemented in Maputo,
Sofala, Zamb...
Background: Although diagnosis and treatment of diarrhoea are considered easy, statistics show that 525,000 children worldwide die annually due to diarrhoea, 90% of the deaths are in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, and Mozambique account for 6.9%. Assessment of practices of diagnosis and treatment of ...
Estima-se que uma em cada três pessoas vivendo com HIV (PVHIV) e que está em seguimento,tenha doença avançada e apresente alto risco de morte por doença grave (doença aguda definidora de estadio 3 ou 4 da OMS).
A taxa de mortalidade dos pacientes que se apresentam com doença avançada varia ente 2...
Ao abrigo da Lei 7/96, que define as bases gerais do Sistema Estatístico Nacional, o Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), de acordo com o Despacho publicado no Boletim da República No. 39/2000, I Série, de 27 de Setembro de 2000, delega oficialmente a Direcção de Planificação e Cooperação (...
Background: Antenatal care (ANC) clinics remain important entry points to HIV care for pregnant women living with HIV-including adolescents. Prior knowledge of their HIV status at ANC enrollment is crucial to providing services for prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV. We examined kn...
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/transmission,
HIV Testing/statistics & numerical data,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/prevention & control,
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/epidemiology,
Prenatal Care/statistics & numerical data,
Eswatini/epidemiology,
Ethiopia/epidemiology,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Cambaco, Olga;
Gachuni, Noni;
Distler, Rebecca;
Cuinhane, Carlos;
Parker, Emily;
Mucavele, Estevão;
Bassat, Quique;
Chauque, Célia;
Saute, Franscisco;
Munguambe, Khátia;
Sacoor, Charfudin.
In low-and middle-income countries, many infants and children remain unregistered in both civil registration and healthcare records, limiting their access to essential rights-based services, including healthcare. A novel biometric registration prototype, applying a non-touch platform using smart phones a...
Health Smart Cards/organization & administration,
Biometric Identification/methods,
Caregivers/psychology,
Mozambique,
d0036950,
d0170280,
Fathers/psychology,
Health Smart Cards/ethics,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/psychology,
Pilot Projects,
Records,
Rural Population
