A deficiência visual é caracterizada pela limitação da capacidade visual, resultante de alterações orgânicas e/ou funcionais. A realização de consultas regulares é considerada a forma mais eficiente para detecção precoce de qualquer alteração que acomete a saúde visual, sendo uma ferrament...
Baltazar, Cynthia Semá;
Horth, Roberta;
Boothe, Makini;
Sathane, Isabel;
Young, Peter;
Langa, Denise Chitsondzo;
Condula, Manuel;
Ricardo, Helena;
Dengo Baloi, Liliana;
Cummings, Beverley;
Schaad, Nicolas;
Gouveia, Lídia;
Teodoro, Eugénia;
Raymond, Henry F.
Few countries in sub-Saharan Africa know the magnitude of their HIV epidemic among people who inject drugs (PWID). This was the first study in Mozambique to measure prevalence of HIV, HBV, and HCV, and to assess demographic characteristics and risk behaviors in this key population.
Methods: We used resp...
Cities/epidemiology,
Cross-Sectional Studies,
Drug Users/statistics & numerical data,
Epidemics,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
Hepatitis B,
Hepatitis C,
Mozambique,
Population Surveillance/methods,
Prevalence,
Risk-Taking,
Seroepidemiologic Studies,
Sexual Behavior/statistics & numerical data,
Substance Abuse, Intravenous,
Surveys and Questionnaires,
Urban Population
Community health workers (CHWs) provide preventive care and integrated community case management (iCCM) to people with low healthcare access worldwide. CHW programmes have helped reduce mortality in
myriad countries, but little data on malaria supply chain management has been shared. This project evaluat...
Malaria/drug therapy,
Malaria/prevention & control,
Disease Management,
Surveys and Questionnaires,
Malaria/diagnosis,
Antimalarials/administration & dosage,
Artemether, Lumefantrine Drug Combination/administration & dosage,
Community Health Workers,
Community Health Services/organization & administration,
Mozambique,
Immunoassay/methods
Mocumbi, sibone;
Högberg, ulf;
Lampa, erik;
Sacoor, charfudin;
Valá, anifa;
Bergström, anna;
Dadelszen, peter von;
Munguambe, khátia;
Hanson, Claudia;
Sevene, esperança.
Background: Client satisfaction is an essential component of quality of care. Health system factors, processes of care as well as mothers’ characteristics influence the extent to which care meets the expectations of mothers and families. In our study, we specifically aimed to address the mothers’ exp...
Mozambique,
Health Facilities/statistics & numerical data,
Parturition/psychology,
Professional-Patient Relations/ethics,
Mothers/psychology,
Patient Satisfaction/statistics & numerical data,
Cross-Sectional Studies,
Physical Abuse,
Delivery, Obstetric/psychology,
Regression Analysis,
Quality of Health Care,
Surveys and Questionnaires
Background: In Mozambique, both the government and partners have undertaken efforts over the last decade to improve FP (family planning) services, especially through training health care providers and promoting the uptake of LARCs (Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives). Despite this, uptake of FP method...
Background: Deficiencies in the provision of evidence-based obstetric care are common in low-income countries, including Mozambique. Constraints relate to lack of human and financial resources and weak health systems, however limited resources alone do not explain the variance. Understanding the healthca...
Attitude of Health Personnel,
Developing Countries,
Family/psychology,
Maternal Health Services/standards,
Maternal Health Services/organization & administration,
Organizational Culture,
Perception,
Reproducibility of Results,
Surveys and Questionnaires/standards,
Workplace,
Mozambique
African men who have sex with men (MSM) frequently, and often concurrently, have female partners, raising concerns about HIV sexual bridging. We explored potential HIV transmission in Mozambique from and to female partners of MSM focusing on preferred anal sex role and circumcision status. Data collected...
Mozambique,
Circumcision, Male/statistics & numerical data,
Gender Identity,
d0475680,
d0000723390,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/prevention & control,
HIV Infections/transmission,
Homosexuality, Male/statistics & numerical data,
Prevalence,
Risk Factors,
Sexual Behavior,
Sexual Partners,
Sexual and Gender Minorities/statistics & numerical data,
Surveys and Questionnaires,
Unsafe Sex/statistics & numerical data
The common theme and aim for this thesis was to explore the epidemiology and the diagnostic possibilities of patients with non-malarial febrile infections of tropical origin, with both the individual patient perspective and the more general public health aspects in focus. Analysis from two study areas, S...
Martins-Fonteyn, Emilia;
Loquiha, Osvaldo;
Baltazar, Cynthia;
Thapa, Subash;
University of California, San Francisco – USA, of Global Health Sciences;
Raimundo, Ines;
Hens, Niel;
Aerts, Marc;
Meulemans, Herman;
Degomme, Olivier;
Wouters, Edwin.
Background: Information dealing with social and behavioural risk factors as well as their mechanisms among
Mozambican migrants working in South African mines remains undocumented. This study aims to understand the
various factors influencing HIV-related risk behaviours and the resulting HIV positive stat...
