Baltazar, Cynthia Semá;
Langa , José Paulo;
Baloi , Liliana Dengo;
Wood, Richard;
Ouedraogo, Issaka;
Lafourcade, Berthe-Marie Njanpop;
Inguane, Dorteia;
Chitio, Jucunu Elias;
Mhlanga, Themba;
Gujral, Lorna;
Gessner, Bradford D;
Munier, Aline;
Mengel, Martin A.
Background: Mozambique suffers recurrent annual cholera outbreaks especially during the rainy season between October to March. The African Cholera Surveillance Network (Africhol) was implemented in Mozambique in 2011 to generate accurate detailed surveillance data to support appropriate interventions for...
Decroo, Tom;
Telfer, Bárbara;
Dores, Carla Das;
Branco, Ricardo A;
Santos, Natacha Dos;
Mkwamba, Alec;
Dezembro, Sergio;
Joffrisse, Mariano;
Ellman, Tom;
Metcalf , Carol.
Objectives
Estimate the effect of participation in Community ART Groups (CAG) versus individual care on retention-in-care (RIC) on antiretroviral therapy (ART).
Design
Retrospective cohort study.
Setting
High levels of attrition (death or loss-to-follow-up (LTFU) combined) on ART indicate that delivery...
Rationale: Mozambique has recorded cyclically epidemic outbreaks of cholera. Antibiotic therapy is recommended in specific situations for management and control of cholera outbreaks. However, an increase in resistance rates to antibiotics by Vibrio cholerae has been reported in several epidemic outbreaks...
Vibrio cholerae/drug effects,
Environmental Monitoring,
Drug Resistance, Microbial,
Health,
Tetracycline,
Vibrio cholerae/isolation & purification,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Cholera/microbiology,
Cholera/epidemiology,
Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use
Salvador, Crizolgo;
Rafael, Bernardete;
Matsinhe, Francisco;
Matsinhe, Francisco;
Candrinho , Baltazar;
Muthemba , Rosália;
Carvalho, Eva;
Naueia, Eva;
Sacarlal, Jahit;
Namboze, Josephine;
Tiago , Armindo;
Warsame, Marian;
Enosse, Sónia.
he resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to anti-malarial drugs continues to challenge malaria control. We assessed the therapeutic efficacy and safety of artemether-lumefantrine (AL), the first-line treatment of uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria, in children under five years of age in Mozambique. We con...
Antimalarials/therapeutic use,
Artemisinins/therapeutic use,
Malaria/epidemiology,
d0109630,
d0200660,
d0161330,
Artemether, Lumefantrine Drug Combination,
Drug Combinations,
Ethanolamines/therapeutic use,
Fluorenes/therapeutic use,
Malaria, Falciparum/therapy,
Malaria, Falciparum/epidemiology,
Malaria, Falciparum/parasitology,
Plasmodium falciparum/genetics,
Polymerase Chain Reaction,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Background
Studies have been conducted in developing countries using SMS to communicate with patients to reduce the number of missed appointments and improve retention in treatment, however; very few have been scaled up. One possible reason for this could be that patients or staff are dissatisfied with t...
Ukah, U Vivian;
Mbofana , Francisco;
Rocha, Beatriz Manriquez;
Loquiha, Osvaldo;
Mudenyanga, Chishamiso;
Usta, Momade;
Urso, Marilena;
Drebit, Sharla;
Magee, Laura A;
Dadelszen, Peter von.
In well-resourced settings, reduced circulating maternal-free placental growth factor (PlGF) aids in either predicting or confirming the diagnosis of preeclampsia, fetal growth restriction, stillbirth, preterm birth, and delivery within 14 days of testing when preeclampsia is suspected. This blinded, pro...
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Pre-Eclampsia/blood,
Prospective Studies,
ddcs0347820,
d0017240,
d0109490,
d0072300,
Gestational Age,
Placenta Growth Factor/blood,
Pre-Eclampsia/diagnosis,
Pre-Eclampsia/epidemiology,
Prenatal Care/statistics & numerical data,
Survival Rate/trends
HIV stigma continues to be a major challenge to addressing HIV/AIDS in various countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including Mozambique. This paper explores the multidimensional nature of HIV stigma through the thematic analysis of five qualitative studies conducted in high HIV prevalence provinces in Mozam...
López-Varela, Elisa;
García-Basteiro, Alberto L;
Augusto, Orvalho J;
Fraile, Oscar;
Bulo, Helder;
Ira, Tasmiya;
Gondo, Kizito;
Ingen, Jakko Van;
Sacarlal, Johit;
Alonso, pedro L;
Naniche, Denise.
Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) can cause disease which can be clinically and radiologically undistinguishable from tuberculosis (TB), posing a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge in high TB settings. We aim to describe the prevalence of NTM isolation and its clinical characteristics in children from...
Meggi, Bindiya;
Bollinger, Timothy;
Mabunda, Nédio;
Vubil, Adolfo;
Tobaiwa, Ocean;
Quevedo, Jorge I;
Loquiha, Osvaldo;
Vojnov, Lara;
Peter, Trevor F;
Jani, Ilesh V.
The long delay in returning test results during early infant diagnosis of HIV (EID) often
causes loss-to-follow-up prior to antiretroviral treatment (ART) initiation in resource-limited
settings. A point-of-care (POC) test may help overcome these challenges. We evaluated
the performance of the LYNX p24 A...
Anti-HIV Agents/therapeutic use,
Early Diagnosis,
HIV Infections/diagnosis,
HIV Infections/therapy,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/immunology,
Point-of-Care Testing/standards,
Reproducibility of Results,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Sensitivity and Specificity,
HIV-1/immunology
Background: Malaria is the leading cause of death among children in Mozambique. Prevalence and factors associated with malaria are not well studied among children in rural Zambézia Province. Whether prevalence of malaria varies across diverse districts within the province is unknown. Methods: A cross...
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Diagnosis,
Education,
Socioeconomic Factors,
Malaria/epidemiology,
Prevalence,
Logistic Models,
Methods,
Blood,
Diagnostic Tests, Routine,
Fever,
Beds,
Cross-Sectional Studies
