Abstract. Globally, approximately 5.9 million children under 5 years of age died in 2015, a reduction of over 50% since 1990. Millennium Development Goal 4 established the goal of reducing child mortality by two-thirds by 2015. Multiple countries have surpassed this goal; however, regional and within-cou...
Child Health/statistics & numerical data,
Infant Mortality,
Sustainable Development/legislation & jurisprudence,
Fever/mortality,
Diarrhea, Infantile/mortality,
Respiratory Tract Diseases/mortality,
Child Health Services,
Mozambique,
Child Health Services/standards,
Child, Preschool,
Cross-Sectional Studies,
Forecasting,
Infant,
Logistic Models,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/statistics & numerical data,
Rural Population/statistics & numerical data,
Socioeconomic Factors,
Surveys and Questionnaires
Provision of effective contraception to HIV-positive women of reproductive age is critical to effective management of HIV infection and prevention of both vertical and horizontal HIV transmission in developing countries. This exploratory retrospective study examines contraceptive use during the prolonged...
Background: In Africa, urban malaria is a major concern, since the towns and especially their suburbs are growing quickly. In Mozambique, malaria represents 45 % of all cases of outpatient visits and 56 % of inpatient visits at paediatric clinics. Malaria is a major public health burden in Chimoio Mozamb...
i. A Estratégia Nacional de Promoção de Saúde 2015 – 2019 (2024) visa galvanizar os esforços do Sistema Nacional de Saúde em promover
hábitos de vida saudável para melhorar a saúde e o bem-estar da população Moçambicana em linha com o Plano Estratégico do Sector
de Saúde 2014 – 2019 (20...
National Health Programs,
Regional Health Strategies,
Health Promotion,
Communicable Diseases,
Mortality, Premature,
Community Participation,
National Health Systems,
Rural Population,
Social Determinants of Health,
Noncommunicable Diseases,
Basic Sanitation,
Health Profile
Vaccines are an effective public health measure. Vaccination coverage has improved in Africa in the last decades but has still not reached WHO/UNICEF target of at least 90% first-dose coverage for vaccines in the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) implemented in Mozambique in 1979. There are concer...
BCG Vaccine/therapeutic use,
Mass Vaccination,
Immunization Programs,
Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine,
Haemophilus Infections,
Hepatitis B Vaccines,
Tuberculosis Vaccines,
Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral,
Mozambique,
Rural Population,
Diphtheria/prevention & control,
Virus Diseases/prevention & control
O plano de acção do Serviço Nacional de Saúde (SNS) para a promoção de saúde 2015 – 2017 foi desenvolvido para operacionalizar a Estratégia Nacional de Promoção de Saúde 2015 – 2019 [2014] (ENPS II) no contexto do SNS.
Através dum processo dinâmico sob liderança do Departamento de Promo...
Acacio, sozinho;
Verani, Jennifer R;
Lanaspa, Miguel;
Fairlie, Tarayn A;
Nhampossa, Tacilta;
Ruperez, Maria;
Aide, Pedro Aide;
Plikaytis, Brian D;
Sacoor, Charfudin;
Macete, Eusebio;
Alonso, Pedro;
Sigauque, Betuel.
Background: Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) guidelines were developed to decrease morbidity and mortality, yet implementation varies across settings. Factors associated with poor adherence are not well understood.
Methods: We used data from Manhiça District Hospital outpatient departme...
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Pneumonia/complications,
Malaria/complications,
Malaria/epidemiology,
Coinfection/diagnosis,
Drug Prescriptions,
Guideline Adherence,
Pneumonia/therapy,
Pneumonia/diagnosis,
Pneumonia/drug therapy,
Rural Population/statistics & numerical data,
Population Surveillance,
Referral and Consultation,
Advance Directive Adherence,
Ambulatory Care Information Systems
Background: Follow-up of HIV-exposed children for the delivery of prevention of mother-to-child transmission
services and for early diagnosis and treatment of HIV infection is critical to their survival. Despite efforts, uptake of
postnatal care for these children remains low in many sub-Saharan African ...
Objective: To describe the burden, clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of severe malnutrition in children under the age of 5 years.
Design: Retrospective study of hospital-based data systematically collected from January 2001 to December 2010.
Setting: Rural Mozambican district hospital.
Subj...
Ambulatory Care Facilities,
Breast Feeding,
Comorbidity,
Diarrhea,
Hospital Mortality,
Hospitalization,
Hospitals, District,
Population Surveillance,
Prevalence,
Retrospective Studies,
Rural Population,
Severity of Illness Index,
Protein-Energy Malnutrition/complications,
Protein-Energy Malnutrition/epidemiology,
Protein-Energy Malnutrition/mortality,
Malnutrition/complications,
Malnutrition/epidemiology,
Malnutrition/mortality,
Malaria/parasitology,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Introduction: Delayed uptake of clinical services impedes favorable clinical outcomes in Mozambique. Care is delayed among patients who initiate care with traditional healers; patients with conditions like human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or tuberculosis are rarely referred to the health system in a ti...
d0019960,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/therapy,
Health Education,
d0082880,
d0149440,
Health Facilities,
Health Systems/organization & administration,
Medicine, African Traditional,
Referral and Consultation/statistics & numerical data,
Rural Population/statistics & numerical data,
Information Storage and Retrieval
