Epidemiological transition theory aims to describe changes in epidemiological scenarios at the global and national level. The assumption is the shift from infectious diseases (IDs) to non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Some authors argue that this theory failed to describe epidemiology in subSaharan Afric...
A morte prematura por Doenças Não Transmissíveis (DNTs), continua a ser um dos principais desafios para o desenvolvimento a nível global, ceifando por ano perto de 15 milhões de vidas em idades compreendidas entre 30 e 70 anos. Moçambique não permanece inócuo pois já é notável a transição ep...
Communicable Diseases/epidemiology,
Noncommunicable Diseases,
Communicable Diseases/drug therapy,
Mortality, Premature/trends,
Nicotiana,
Communicable Disease Control/methods,
Diet, Food, and Nutrition,
Chancre/prevention & control,
Cervix Uteri/growth & development,
HIV/growth & development,
Mozambique
Background: Antibiotics are the most frequently used medicines worldwide with most of the countries defining these as prescription-only medicines. Though, dispensing non-prescribed antibiotics represent one of the chief causal factors to the irrational use of antibiotics that paves the way to the develop...
Sack, Daniel E;
Frisby, Michael B;
Diemer, Matthew A;
Schacht, Caroline De;
Graves, Erin;
Kipp, Aaron M;
Emílio, Almiro;
Matino, Ariano;
Barreto, Ezequiel;
Rompaey, Sara Van;
Wallston , Kenneth A;
Audet, Carolyn M.
The ability to understand another’s emotions and act appropriately, empathy, is an important mediator of
relationship function and health intervention fidelity. We adapted the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) – an empathy
scale – among seroconcordant expectant couples with HIV in the Homens par...
Dadelszen, peter von;
Bhutta, zulfiqar A;
Sharma, sumedha;
Bone, jeffrey;
Singerl, joel;
Wong, hubert;
Bellad, mrutyunjaya B;
Goudar, shivaprasad S;
Lee, tang;
Mallapur, ashalata A;
Munguambe, khátia;
Payne, beth A;
Qureshi, rahat N;
Sacoor, charfudin.
To overcome the three delays in triage, transport and treatment that underlie adverse pregnancy outcomes, we aimed to reduce all-cause adverse outcomes with community-level interventions targeting women with pregnancy hypertension in three low-income countries. Methods: In this individual participant-lev...
Introduction: sickle cell disease (SCD) has significant pediatric morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, where access to therapies such as hydroxyurea and opioids is often limited. Poor disease control and Pain management adversely affects the well-being and mental health of affected children. Qu...
Pain Management/methods,
Quality of Life,
Mozambique,
Health Services Accessibility,
Social Support,
Hydroxyurea/administration & dosage,
Caregivers/statistics & numerical data,
Anemia, Sickle Cell/psychology,
Anemia, Sickle Cell/physiopathology,
Anemia, Sickle Cell/drug therapy,
Analgesics, Opioid/administration & dosage
João, Eva D;
Munlela, Benilde;
Chissaque, Assucênio;
Chilaúle, Jorfélia;
Langa, Jerónimo;
Augusto, orvalho;
Boene, simone s;
Anapakala, elda;
Sambo, júlia;
Guimarães, esperança;
Bero, Diocreciano;
Cassocera, Marta;
Moiane, Idalécia Cossa;
Mwenda, Jason M;
Maurício, Isabel;
O’Neill, Hester G;
de Deus, Nilsa.
Group A rotavirus (RVA) remains the most important etiological agent associated with severe acute diarrhea in children. Rotarix® monovalent vaccine was introduced into Mozambique’s Expanded Program on Immunization in September 2015. In the present study, we report the diversity and prevalence of rotav...
Munlela, Benilde;
João, eva d;
Donato, celeste m;
Strydom, amy;
Boene, simone s;
Chissaque , assucênio;
Bauhofer, adilson f. l;
Langa, jerónimo;
Cassocera, Marta;
Cossa-Moiane, Idalécia;
Chilaúle, jorfélia j;
O’Neill, hester g;
de Deus, nilsa.
Mozambique introduced the rotarix® vaccine (gsk biologicals, rixensart, belgium) into the na-tional immunization program in september 2015. Although g1p[8] was one of the most prevalent genotypes between 2012 and 2017 in mozambique, no complete genomes had been sequenced to date. here we report whole ge...
Galatas, beatriz;
MontañàI, julia;
HamidoI, camilo;
Munguambe, humberto;
Wilson, Emily;
NhamussuaI, lidia;
GuinovartI, caterina;
SolerI, helena martı;
Saute, francisco;
Muguande, olinda3;
Maartens, francois4;
Luis, fabião;
Paaijmans, krijn;
Menéndez, clara;
Bassat, quique;
Mayor, alfredo;
Macete, eusebio;
Rabinovich, regina;
Alonso, pedro L;
Candrinho, baltazar;
Aide, pedro.
Background: Malaria eradication remains the long-term vision of the World Health Organization (WHO). However, whether malaria elimination is feasible in areas of stable transmission in sub-Saharan Africa with currently available tools remains a subject of debate. This study aimed to evaluate a multiphase...
Antimalarials/administration & dosage,
Infection Control/trends,
Infection Control/methods,
Malaria, Falciparum/epidemiology,
Malaria, Falciparum/prevention & control,
Malaria, Falciparum/transmission,
Mosquito Control/trends,
Mosquito Control/methods,
Mozambique
Fernandez, Sheila;
Augusto, Orvalho;
Fuente-Soro, Laura;
Menéndez, Clara;
López-Varela, Elisa;
Naniche, Denise;
Bernardo, Edson;
Nhampossa, Tacilta;
Maculuve, Sónia;
Casellas, Aina;
Ruperez, Maria.
It is often assumed that children and their caregivers either stay in care together or discontinue together, but data is lacking on caregiver–child retention concordance. We sought to describe the pattern of care among a cohort of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected children and mothers enrolle...
