Background: In many countries, there is evidence that intimate partner violence is prevalent among young women. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and the factors associated with intimate partner violence in young women (aged 15-24 years) attending secondary schools in Maputo, Mozambique.
Metho...
Objectives: Increasing and sustaining engagement in HIV care for people living with HIV are critical to both individual therapeutic benefit and epidemic control. Men are less likely to test for HIV compared with women in sub-Saharan African countries, and ultimately have delayed entry to HIV care. Stigma...
Communication Barriers,
Cross-Sectional Studies,
Delayed Diagnosis/prevention & control,
Demography,
HIV Infections/psychology,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Mass Screening/psychology,
Sex Factors,
Social Perception,
Social Stigma,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Fuente-soro, laura;
Iniesta, carlos;
Lopez-Varella, elisa;
Cuna, mauro;
Guilaze, rui;
Maixenchs, maria;
Bernardo, Edson Luis;
Augusto, orvalho;
Gonzalez, raquel;
Couto, aleny;
Munguambe, khatia;
Naniche, denise.
Background: The implementation of quality HIV control programs is crucial for the achievement of the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets and to motivate people living with HIV (PLWHIV) to link and remain in HIV-care. The aim of this mixed method cross-sectional study was to estimate the linkage and long-term retenti...
AIDS Serodiagnosis,
Continuity of Patient Care/trends,
HIV Infections/diagnosis,
HIV Infections/prevention & control,
HIV Infections/therapy,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care,
Retention in Care/trends,
Rural Population,
Self Report,
Retrospective Studies,
Cross-Sectional Studies,
Mozambique
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
Introdução: O complexo de infecções intestinais parasitárias é causado por organismos que podem ser biologicamente
classificados em protozoários ou helmintos. Os parasitas constituem o maior grupo de organismos responsável por
infecções em humanos. A província de Sofala localiza-se na regiã...
A cardiomiopatia periparto (CMPP) é um distúrbio de patogénese pouco
conhecida, na qual ocorre uma disfunção do ventrículo esquerdo associado a sintomas de
insuficiência cardíaca, no último mês da gestação até 6 meses pós-parto em uma mulher
previamente saudável. OBJECTIVO: Avaliar o...
Cardiomyopathies,
Health Centers,
Nurses,
Cross-Sectional Studies,
Health Personnel,
Maternal and Child Health,
Homeopathic Pathogenesy,
Cardiology Service, Hospital,
Heart Failure,
Women,
Peripartum Period,
Postpartum Period,
Parturition,
Cardiovascular Diseases
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
Castro, elena marbán;
Sacoor, charfudin;
Nhacolo, ariel;
Augusto, orvalho;
Jamisse, edgar;
Varela, elisa lópez;
Casellas, aina;
Aponte, john, j;
Bassat, Quique;
Sigauque, betuel;
Macete, eusebio;
Basteiro, alberto l, garcia.
Background: Over the past four decades, the World Health Organization established the Expanded Programme on
Immunization (EPI) to foster universal access to all relevant vaccines for all children at risk. The success of this
program has been undeniable, but requires periodic monitoring to ensure that cov...
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...
Jessen , Neusa;
Damasceno, Albertino;
Silva-Matos, Carla;
Tuzine, Edite;
Madede , Tavares;
Mahoque , Raquel;
Padrão, Patrícia;
Mbofana , Francisco;
Polónia , Jorge;
Lunet , Nuno.
To assess the current prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of arterial hypertension in Mozambican population, including adolescents and young adults, and to appraise their trends over the past decade, for the 25–64 years old population.
Methods:
A cross-sectional study of a representative sam...
Antihypertensive Agents/therapeutic use,
Cross-Sectional Studies,
Developing Countries/statistics & numerical data,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Hypertension/drug therapy,
Hypertension/epidemiology,
Hypertension/physiopathology,
Prevalence,
Mozambique/epidemiology
