Cyclone Idai, which hit Mozambique in March 2019, was one of the worst climate-related natural disasters on record in the Southern Hemisphere causing massive destruction of housing and disruption to vital infrastructure including the electrical grid, communications and water supply. Almost two million pe...
Cholera Vaccines/administration & dosage,
Cholera/epidemiology,
Cholera/prevention & control,
Communicable Disease Control/statistics & numerical data,
Cyclonic Storms,
Epidemics,
Epidemiological Monitoring,
Hygiene,
Mozambique,
Sanitation,
Vaccination/statistics & numerical data,
Water
Recent studies suggest that a large proportion of new HIV-1 infections in mature epidemics occurs within discordant couples, making discordancy a major contributor to the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa. This paper aims at assessing changes over a five-year period (2009-2015) on the (risk) factors associate...
Moçambique vive um ambiente de epidemia do HIV severa com 13,2% de adultos vivendo com o HIV (IMASIDA, 2015). As duas categorias populacionais que mais contribuem para o número de novos casos de HIV no país são as de pessoas em relações heterossexuais estáveis e as pessoas com múltiplas parcerias...
Moçambique vive um ambiente de epidemia do HIV severa com 13,2% de adultos vivendo com o HIV (IMASIDA, 2015). As duas categorias populacionais que mais contribuem para o número de novos casos de HIV no país são as de pessoas em relações heterossexuais estáveis e as pessoas com múltiplas parcerias...
À 31 de Dezembro de 2019, a Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS), foi informada de um surto de doença respiratória na China, que afectava a cidade de Wuhan, província de Hubei. A causa do surto foi identifi¬cada como sendo um coronavírus recém-identificado e que passou a chamar-se de síndrome co...
As máscaras faciais são efectivas para prevenção de infecções respiratórias. O uso destas durante
epidemias ou surtos de doenças virais de vias respiratórias constitui uma medida eficaz para
prevenção da disseminação do vírus. Com objectivo de avaliar o nível de cumprimento das
medidas de ...
Background: HIV prevalence in Mozambique (12.6%) is one of the highest in the world, yet ~40% of people living with HIV (PLHIV) do not know their HIV status. Strategies to increase HIV testing uptake and diagnosis among PLHIV are urgently needed. Home-based HIV testing services (HBHTS) have been evaluate...
Malaria remains one of the most prevalent infectious diseases in the tropics and subtropics, andMozambiqueisnotanexception. To design geographically targeted and effective intervention mechanisms of malaria, an up-to-date map that shows the spatial distribution of malaria is needed. This study analyzed 2...
Malaria/epidemiology,
Residence Characteristics,
Communicable Diseases,
Tropical Ecosystem,
Indicators and Reagents,
Infections/mortality,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Surveys and Questionnaires/statistics & numerical data,
Mothers/education,
Methods,
Prevalence,
Probability,
Risk,
Public Health,
Mortality/trends
Menéndez, clara;
Quintó, ilorenç;
Castillo, paola;
Carrilho, carla;
Ismail, mamudo, r;
Lorenzoni, cesaltina;
Fernandes, fabiola;
Hurtado, juan carlos;
Rakislova, natalia;
Munguambe, khátia;
Maixenchs, maria;
Macete, eusebio;
Mandomando, inacio;
Martínez, miguel, j;
Bassat, quique;
Alonso, pedro, i;
Ordi, jaume.
Background: Accurate information on causes of death (CoD) is essential to estimate burden of disease, track global progress, prioritize cost-effective interventions, and inform policies to reduce mortality. In low-income settings, where a significant proportion of deaths take place at home or in poorly-r...
Autopsy/methods,
Cause of Death/trends,
Rural Population,
Pneumonia/diagnosis,
Clinical Diagnosis,
Tuberculosis/diagnosis,
Health Facilities,
HIV/growth & development,
Mortality/trends,
Population,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Soro, Laura Fuente;
Varela, Elisa López;
Augusto, Orvalho;
Bernardo, Edson Luis;
Sacoor, Charfudin;
Nhacolo, Ariel;
Castillo, Paula Ruiz;
Alfredo, Charity;
Karajeanes, Esmeralda;
Vaz, Paula;
Naniche, Denise.
Patients lost to follow-up (LTFU) over the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cascade have poor clinical outcomes and contribute to onward HIV transmission. We assessed true care outcomes and factors associated with successful reengagement in patients LTFU in southern Mozambique.
Newly diagnosed HIV-posi...
