Objective: To describe attitudes to the expanded programme on immunization (EPI) and intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi), and perceptions of the relationship between them. In particular, whether the introduction of IPTi negatively affects community attitudes to, or use of, EPI; or, conver...
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Caregivers/psychology,
Delivery of Health Care/methods,
Delivery of Health Care/organization & administration,
Hematologic Tests/psychology,
Immunization/psychology,
Malaria Vaccines/therapeutic use,
Immunization Programs/organization & administration,
Malaria, Falciparum/psychology,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/psychology,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Quinto, llorenç;
Aponte, joão J;
Menéndez, clara;
Sacarlal, jahit;
Assessor, pedro;
Espasa, mateus;
Mandomando, inácio;
Guinovart, caterina;
Macete, Eusébio;
Hirt, rosmarie;
Urassa, honorathy;
Navia, margarita M;
Alonso, pedro L;
Thompson, ricardo.
Introduction: Anaemia is the most frequent haematological disorder in childhood. The notion that defines naemia does not change throughout life, although parameters used for its evaluation show significant variations during childhood. Haematocrit (Hct) (%) is usually defined as three times the value of h...
Background: Measles remains a major public health problem in Mozambique despite significant efforts to control the disease. Currently, health authorities base their outbreak control on data from the routine surveillance system while vaccine coverage and efficacy are calculated based on mathematical proje...
Malaria occurs mostly in the tropical regions of the world. Sub-Saharan Africa is the area most affected. The occurrence of a very efficient mosquito vectors Anopheles gambiae complex and Anopheles funestus group sustain high transmission of the Plasmodium falciparum, the most predominant and deadly mala...
Roca, A;
Sigaúque, B;
Quintó, Ll;
Mandomando, L;
Vallès, X;
Espasa, M;
Abacassamo, F;
Sacarlal, J;
Macete, E;
Nhacolo, A;
Levine, M;
Alonso, P.
Objectivos Estimar a incidência e as características epidemiológicas do pneumococo invasivodoença (DPI) em crianças de <5 anos de idade residentes em uma área rural do sul de Moçambique.Métodos Como parte do manejo clínico de crianças internadas em Manhiçum Hospital Distrital,A vigilância pr...
Meningitis, Pneumococcal,
Meningitis, Pneumococcal/epidemiology,
Chloramphenicol/therapeutic use,
Rural Population,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Population Surveillance/methods,
Pneumococcal Infections/epidemiology,
Pneumonia/chemically induced,
Rural Health,
Anti-Infective Agents/therapeutic use
We compared the distribution patterns of individual Plasmodium species and mixed-species infections in two geographically close endemic areas, but showing environmental differences. Comparisons concerned circulating Plasmodium infections in both human and mosquito vector populations in the dry and wet se...
Malaria/epidemiology,
Malaria/parasitology,
Mozambique,
Species Specificity,
Plasmodium ovale,
Coinfection,
Malaria, Falciparum/diagnosis,
Coinfection/transmission,
Plasmodium falciparum/isolation & purification,
Plasmodium ovale/isolation & purification,
Polymerase Chain Reaction,
Mozambique/epidemiology
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...
We estimated the incidence of clinical malaria episodes by weekly home-based active case detection between December 1996 and July 1999 in 2 groups of children in Manhiça district in southern Mozambique. Cohort 1 comprised a random sample of children aged <10 years at recruitment and cohort 2 comprised n...
A total of 2057 children aged <10 years were selected at random from a demographic surveillance system and enrolled in 4 malariometric cross-sectional surveys in different seasons in Manhiça district in southern Mozambique. Plasmodium falciparum accounted for 90% of all malaria infections and the preval...
