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Comparing COVID-19 physical distancing policies: results from a physical distancing intensity coding framework for Botswana, India, Jamaica, Mozambique, Namibia, Ukraine, and the United States

Global. health; 17 (1), 2021
Background: Understanding the differences in timing and composition of physical distancing policies is important to evaluate the early global response to COVID-19. A physical distancing intensity monitoring framework comprising 16 domains was recently published to compare physical distancing approaches a...

Explaining utilization of HIV prevention and testing services among university students in Mozambique: results from a mixed methods study

BMC public health (Online); 21 (1891), 2021
In Mozambique, HIV infection disproportionately affects young adults, particularly women. Despite awareness and knowledge of HIV transmission, many university students have not received HIV testing and continue to engage in high-risk sexual behaviors, including inconsistent condom use. Further understand...

In vivo efficacy and safety of artemether-lumefantrine and amodiaquine-artesunate for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Mozambique, 2018

Malar. j. (Online); 20 (1), 2021
Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) has been the recommended first-line treatment for uncomplicated malaria in Mozambique since 2006, with artemether-lumefantrine (AL) and amodiaquine-artesunate (AS-AQ) as the first choice. To assess efficacy of currently used ACT, an in vivo therapeutic efficacy...

Factors associated with use of insecticide-treated net for malaria prevention in Manica District, Mozambique: a community-based cross-sectional survey

Malar. j. (Online); 20 (1), 2021
Background: Insecticide-treated net (ITN) use is crucial for preventing malaria infection. Despite significant improvements in ITN access and use over the past two decades, many malaria-endemic countries in sub-Saharan Africa have not yet reached global targets for universal coverage of ITNs. To reduce t...

Reduced exposure to malaria vectors following indoor residual spraying of pirimiphos-methyl in a high-burden district of rural Mozambique with high ownership of long-lasting insecticidal nets: entomological surveillance results from a cluster-randomized trial

Malar. j. (Online); 20 (1), 2021
Background: The need to develop new products and novel approaches for malaria vector control is recognized as a global health priority. One approach to meeting this need has been the development of new products for indoor residual spraying (IRS) with novel active ingredients for public health. While init...

The cascade of care of HIV after one year of follow-up in a cohort of HIV-positive adult patients in three health settings of Morrumbene in rural Mozambique

Trop. med. int. health; 26 (11), 2021
To assess the state of the retention in care of HIV patients in three health settings in Morrumbene, a rural district of Inhambane Province, Mozambique. We evaluated potential factors associated with early loss to follow-up (LTFU), retention in care and ART adherence during the first year of follow-up. ...

African National Public Health Institutes Responses to COVID-19: Innovations, Systems Changes, and Challenges

Health Secur; 19 (5), 2021
National public health institutes (NPHIs)-science-based governmental agencies typically part of, or closely aligned with, ministries of health-have played a critical part in many countries' responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Through listening sessions with NPHI leadership, we captured the experiences of...

Avaliação do sistema de informação para monitoria e avaliação de mortes maternas institucionais ocorridas entre Janeiro de 2017 a Junho de 2019 na Cidade de Maputo
Evaluation of the information system for monitoring and evaluation of institutional maternal deaths that occurred between January 2017 and June 2019 in Maputo City

Introdução: Morte materna é um indicador com enorme importância na saúde pública ao nível Mundial, 99% de mortes maternas ocorrem em países em desenvolvimento. Apesar dos avanços nos sistemas de informação, há ainda relatos sobre subnotificações importantes em muitos países. Foi levado a ...

Pesquisa antropologica sobre os determinantes socias que influenciam a desnutricao cronica nos distritos de ancuabe, balama, montepuez w namuno, na provincia de cabo delgado
Anthropological research on the social determinants that influence chronic malnutrition in the districts of ancuabe, balama, montepuez and namuno, in the province of cabo delgado

Pesquisa antropologica sobre os determinantes socias que influenciam a desnutricao cronica nos distritos de ancuabe, balama, montepuez w namuno, na provincia de cabo delgado As organizações Medicus Mundi (MM) e Médicos del Mundo (MdM) estão a implementar dois projectos que procuram “Contribuir par...

Sucessos e desafios da implementação da Vigilância Nacional de Diarreias (ViNaDia) em Moçambique

Introdução: o Instituto Nacional de Saúde de Moçambique, implementou a Vigilância Nacional de Diarreias (ViNa Dia) em 2014 cujo principal objectivo é determinar a carga de diarreias em crianças dos 0 aos 14 anos de idade, e os agentes etiológicos associados, em quatro províncias de Moçambique....