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.
A cross-sectional study of a representative sample of the...
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
Background: Malaria is the leading cause of death among children in Mozambique. Prevalence and factors associated with malaria are not well studied among children in rural Zambézia Province. Whether prevalence of malaria varies across diverse districts within the province is unknown. Methods: A cross...
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Diagnosis,
Education,
Socioeconomic Factors,
Malaria/epidemiology,
Prevalence,
Logistic Models,
Methods,
Blood,
Diagnostic Tests, Routine,
Fever,
Beds,
Cross-Sectional Studies
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
Background: Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) remains heavily neglected in humans in Mozambique, even though recent outbreaks were reported in neighboring countries in humans and several cases of RVFV in cattle were reported in several districts in Mozambique.
Findings: We conducted a cross sectional study...
Rift Valley fever virus/genetics,
Antibodies, Viral,
Cross-Sectional Studies,
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay,
Immunoglobulin G,
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction,
Mozambique,
Rift Valley Fever/diagnosis,
Rift Valley Fever/epidemiology,
Rift Valley fever virus/immunology,
Serologic Tests,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Human milk and infant gut microbiota are essential for the immune system maturation and protection against infections. There is scarce information on the microbiological composition of breast milk in general, and none from developing countries. The objective of the study was to characterize the breast mi...
Bacteria/classification,
Bacteria/genetics,
Black People,
Coinfection,
Cross-Sectional Studies,
Feces/microbiology,
Gastrointestinal Tract/microbiology,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
Lactation,
Microbiota,
Milk, Human/microbiology,
Milk, Human/virology,
Mothers,
Prevalence,
Mozambique
Background: Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia (APFP) has been reported to be highly prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa, a region heavily burdened by malaria, yet, the impact of APFP on the immunological reference values have not yet been established. This study was aimed at i) determine the pre...
Lambdin, Barrot H;
Micek, Mark A;
Koepsell, Thomas D;
Hughes, James P;
Sherr, Kenneth;
Pfeiffer, James;
Karagianis, Marina;
Lara, Joseph;
Gloyd, Stephen S;
Stergachis, Andy.
Since the rapid scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) programs in sub-Saharan Africa, electronic patient tracking systems (EPTS) have been deployed to respond to the growing demand for program monitoring, evaluation and reporting to governments and donors. These routinely collected data are often used...
Ambulatory Care Information Systems/standards,
Anti-HIV Agents/therapeutic use,
CD4 Lymphocyte Count,
Cross-Sectional Studies,
Electronic Health Records/standards,
HIV Infections/drug therapy,
Mozambique,
Outcome Assessment, Health Care/methods,
Reproducibility of Results,
Severity of Illness Index
Maueia, Cremildo;
Costa, Deise;
Meggi, Bindiya;
Ismael, Nalia;
Walle, Carla;
Curvo, Raphael;
Abreu, Celina;
Bhatt, Nilesh;
Tanuri, Amilcar;
Jani, Ilesh V;
Ferreira, Orlando C.
The HIV/AIDS pandemic is primarily caused by HIV-1. Another virus type, HIV-2, is found mainly in West African countries. We hypothesized that population migration and mobility in Africa may have facilitated the introduction and spreading of HIV-2 in Mozambique. The presence of HIV-2 has important implic...
Cross-Sectional Studies,
HIV Envelope Protein gp41,
HIV Antibodies,
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay,
HIV Infections,
HIV-2,
Immunoblotting,
Incidence,
Mozambique,
Phylogeography,
Population Surveillance,
Viral Load
Os traumas resultantes dos acidentes de viação são reconhecidos
mundialmente como um problema importante de saúde pública, atingindo milhares de
pessoas de vários estratos sócio-económicos sem distinção de género ou grupo etário. Em
Moçambique, como em muitos países em desenvolvimento, os t...
Rural Population,
52503,
Sexually Transmitted Diseases,
Men,
Women,
Feeding Behavior,
Vaccination Coverage,
Cross-Sectional Studies,
Child, Preschool,
Sewerage,
Breast Feeding,
Government Employees
