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
A WHO-supported provincial-level population-based survey was conducted in 2007 to understand the determinants and implications for health of vaginal practices. A total of 919 women aged 18-60 were selected randomly for enrolment. This is the first population-based study of females in Tete Province, Mozam...
Sexual Health,
Reproductive Health/statistics & numerical data,
Sexually Transmitted Diseases,
Cohort Studies,
Surveys and Questionnaires/statistics & numerical data,
Family,
Foraminifera/microbiology,
Condoms/trends,
Abdominal Pain/parasitology,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
HIV Testing/statistics & numerical data
This is the first integrated biological and behavioral surveillance survey among long-distance truck drivers (LDTD) in Mozambique. Using modified time-location sampling in 2012 at a key transportation junction (Inchope), we enrolled 327 male LDTD. HIV prevalence was 15.4 % (95 % confidence interval : 11....
Condoms/statistics & numerical data,
Mozambique,
HIV Infections/diagnosis,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/transmission,
Motor Vehicles,
Occupations,
Prevalence,
Risk Factors,
Risk-Taking,
Safe Sex/psychology,
Safe Sex/statistics & numerical data,
Sexual Behavior/statistics & numerical data,
Sexual Partners,
Surveys and Questionnaires,
Transportation,
Unsafe Sex/psychology,
Unsafe Sex/statistics & numerical data
Background: The Caesarean section (C-section) rate is used as an indicator for availability and utilization of life-saving obstetric services. The purpose of the present study was to explore changes in C-section rates between 1995 and 2011 by area, place of delivery and maternal socioeconomic factors in ...
Neoplasms/virology,
Cesarean Section/trends,
Socioeconomic Factors,
Hospitals, Public,
Parturition,
Parity/immunology,
Rural Areas,
Live Birth/epidemiology,
Surveys and Questionnaires/statistics & numerical data,
Health Centers,
Delivery, Obstetric/trends,
Mozambique/epidemiology
A presente pesquisa intitulada “Influência das Condições Ambientais na Saúde Pública, estudo do Caso do Bairro de Chingussura, Cidade da Beira” tem como objectivo analisar a influência das condições ambientais na saúde pública, da comunidade do Bairro de Chingussura, na cidade da Beira, que...
Situação do HIV na região
A epidemia de HIV na África Subsaariana continua a ser causa
de uma signifi cativa taxa de mortalidade e morbilidade, tendo
esta região uma parte desproporcionada da carga global,
conforme mostra a descrição a seguir. Enquanto o número
de novas infecções na África...
HIV,
Miners,
Epidemiologic Surveillance Services,
Health Services Accessibility,
Unsafe Sex,
Sexual Partners,
Health Surveys/statistics & numerical data,
Prevalence,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Surveys and Questionnaires/statistics & numerical data,
Occupational Groups/classification,
Hepatitis B virus
Munguambe, hhátia;
Pool, robert;
Montgomery, catherine;
Bavo, carlos;
Nhacolo, ariel;
Fiosse, lina;
Sacoor, charfudin;
Nhalungo, delino;
Mabunda, samuel;
Macete, eusébio;
Alonso, pedro.
Background: Malaria control remains a challenge in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2006, the World Health Organization (WHO) reinforced the recommendation of indoor residual spraying (IRS) with dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) to reduce malaria transmission. The National Malaria Control Programme has been re...
World Health Organization,
Malaria,
Mosquito Control,
Data Analysis,
51607,
Culicidae,
Demography,
Efficacy,
Surveys and Questionnaires,
Insecticides,
Motivation,
Methods,
Perception,
Health Personnel,
Politics,
Observation,
Beds,
Epidemiologic Methods
Neste relatório apresentam-se os resultados do Inquérito Nacional de Prevalência, Riscos Comportamentais e
Informação sobre o HIV e SIDA em Moçambique (INSIDA), conduzido pelo Instituto Nacional de Saúde (INS),
do Ministério da Saúde (MISAU), em colaboração com o Instituto Nacional de Estatís...
