Alonso, pedro L;
Sacarlal, jahit;
Aponte, john J;
Leach, amanda;
Macete, eusebio;
Milman, jessica;
Mandomando, inacio;
Spiessens, Bart;
Guinovart, caterina;
Espasa, mateu;
Bassat, quique;
Aide, pedro;
Anyinam, opokua Ofori;
Navia, margarita M;
Corachan, sabine.
Background: Development of an effective malaria vaccine could greatly contribute to disease control. RTS,S/AS02A is a pre-erythrocytic vaccine candidate based on Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite surface antigen. We aimed to assess vaccine efficacy, immunogenicity, and safety in young African childr...
Background: In Mozambique, malaria is the principal cause of morbidity and mortality. Efforts are being made to increase control activities within communities. These activities require management decisions based on evidence of malaria incidence. Although some data generated are of poor quality, there is ...
Objectives: To compare two separately funded, but operationally similar, residual household-spraying (RHS) initiatives; one rural and one peri-urban in southern Mozambique.
Methods: The rural programme is a regional project involving the participation and co-ordination of organizations across three coun...
O desenvolvimento epidemiológico de qualquer actividade, serviço ou programa pressupõe a existência de mecanismos que permitam avaliar o seu funcionamento, bom como medir o seu grau de implementação. Mais importante ainda é a medição da eficácia de todo o processo.
Hoje, muito de conhecimento e...
Epidemiological Monitoring,
Health Information Systems,
50230,
Paralysis,
Measles,
Cholera,
Malaria,
Disease Prevention,
Health Profile,
Health Personnel,
Communicable Disease Control,
Noncommunicable Diseases,
Hospital Units
Background: Falciparum malaria affects pregnant women, especially primigravidae, but before malaria control programmes targeted to them can be designed, a description of the frequency and parity pattern of the infection is needed. There is little information on the frequency and effect of submicroscopic ...
Long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) are one of the main methods used for controlling malaria
transmission in Mozambique. The proliferation of several types of LLINs and the re-emergence of insecticide resistance in the local vector populations poses challenges to the local malaria control prog...
the main purpose of the present thesis was to elucidate the causes and circunstances that surround maternal deaths occuring in hospital de Maputo (HCM). The specific aims were 1: to identify the major causes of direct and indirect maternal deaths, and by utilizing the audit approach, to address the avoid...
The main purpose of the present thesis was to elucidate the cause and circumstances that surround maternal deaths occurring in Hospital Central de Maputo (HCM).The specific aims were 1. To identify the major causes of direct maternal deaths, and utilizing the audit approach to address the avoidability as...
Prenatal Care,
Adolescent,
Malaria,
Child,
Mortality,
Abortion,
Pregnancy, High-Risk,
Women,
Hospitals,
Violence
Health experts fear epidemics of several infectious diseases in Mozambique as floods recede and mosquitoes begin breeding. According to Pierre Kahozi of WHO, malaria is already endemic in the region but there are fears that a much greater outbreak might occur. Scores of suspected cases of cholera were re...
