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 the method i...
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Anti-Retroviral Agents/therapeutic use,
Antitubercular Agents/therapeutic use,
HIV Infections/therapy,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
Reminder Systems,
Telemedicine/methods,
Text Messaging,
HIV,
Health Education,
Communication,
Supply
O presente Relatório de Atividade Clínica pretende descrever as experiências e aprendiza-gens vividas ao longo do Estágio Clínico realizado em Moçambique, na Cidade da Beira, Província de Sofala, no âmbito do intercâmbio de estudantes ao abrigo Serviço de Cooperação com Países Lusófonos e L...
O Inquérito de Indicadores de Imunização, Malária e HIV/SIDA (IMASIDA 2015) em Moçambique foi
realizado com o objectivo de determinar a prevalência do HIV e SIDA e malária, bem como outros
indicadores de saúde da mulher e da criança no país. O inquérito fornece dados a nível nacional, provinc...
HIV/isolation & purification,
HIV Testing/methods,
Malaria/diagnosis,
Malaria/prevention & control,
Malaria, Falciparum/prevention & control,
Malaria, Falciparum/drug therapy,
Therapeutics/trends,
Surveys and Questionnaires/statistics & numerical data,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/diagnosis,
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/prevention & control,
Health Status Indicators,
Research Report/trends
Although Kokernot et al. found neutralizing antibodies against ZIKV in Mozambique in 1957 [20], the country has repeatedly been excluded from the list of countries with a past history of ZIKV. The current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map, the recent World Health Organization Risk Assessment...
A schistosomose e as helmintoses intestinais são endémicas em Moçambique, afetando sobretudo crianças e jovens dos meios suburbanos e rurais. O presente estudo foi realizado nos distritos de Quelimane e Gurué, na província de Zambézia-Moçambique, envolvendo 357 crianças escolares entre os cinco ...
Parasites/parasitology,
Mollusca/metabolism,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Parasitic Diseases/diagnosis,
d0160210,
d0072390,
Schistosomiasis/virology,
Parasitic Diseases/epidemiology,
Feces/parasitology,
Urine/microbiology,
Schistosoma haematobium/drug effects,
Weights and Measures/instrumentation
After the decrease in clinical malaria incidence observed in Mozambique until 2009, a steady resurgence of cases per year has been reported nationally, reaching alarming levels in 2014. However, little is known about the clinical profile of the cases presented, or the possible epidemiological factors con...
The substantial impact of cross-border collaborative control efforts on the burden of malaria in southern Africa has
previously been demonstrated through the successes of the Lubombo Spatial Development Initiative. Increases in
malaria cases recorded in the three partner countries (Mozambique, South Afri...
Malaria/prevention & control,
Malaria/epidemiology,
Health Policy,
South Africa/epidemiology,
Communicable Disease Control/methods,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Communicable Disease Control/organization & administration,
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/prevention & control,
International Cooperation,
Disease Eradication
Background: S. pneumoniae is the leading cause of acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) in children. Vaccination using the 10-valent conjugate vaccine (PCV-10) was recently introduced into the National Immunization Program in Mozambique, but data on serotype coverage of this vaccine formulation are scarce. In...
Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology,
Pneumococcal Vaccines,
DNA, Bacterial/analysis,
Ceftriaxone/pharmacology,
Microbial Sensitivity Tests,
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial,
Epidemiological Monitoring,
Meningitis, Bacterial/epidemiology,
Meningitis, Bacterial/microbiology,
Meningitis, Bacterial/prevention & control,
Penicillins/pharmacology,
Pneumococcal Infections/immunology,
Pneumococcal Infections/microbiology,
Pneumococcal Vaccines/administration & dosage,
Streptococcus pneumoniae/classification,
Streptococcus pneumoniae/genetics,
Streptococcus pneumoniae/isolation & purification,
Streptococcus pneumoniae/radiation effects,
Polymerase Chain Reaction,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Background: Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) remains heavily neglected in humans in Mozambique, even though recent outbreaks were reported in neighboring countries in humans and several cases of RVFV in cattle were reported in several districts in Mozambique.
Findings: We conducted a cross sectional study...
Rift Valley fever virus/genetics,
Antibodies, Viral,
Cross-Sectional Studies,
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay,
Immunoglobulin G,
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction,
Mozambique,
Rift Valley Fever/diagnosis,
Rift Valley Fever/epidemiology,
Rift Valley fever virus/immunology,
Serologic Tests,
Mozambique/epidemiology
A WHO-supported provincial-level population-based survey was conducted in 2007 to understand the determinants and implications for health of vaginal practices. A total of 919 women aged 18-60 were selected randomly for enrolment. This is the first population-based study of females in Tete Province, Mozam...
Sexual Health,
Reproductive Health/statistics & numerical data,
Sexually Transmitted Diseases,
Cohort Studies,
Surveys and Questionnaires/statistics & numerical data,
Family,
Foraminifera/microbiology,
Condoms/trends,
Abdominal Pain/parasitology,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
HIV Testing/statistics & numerical data
