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
Em 2018 Moçambique contava com cerca de 2.2 milhões de pessoas vivendo com HIV (PVHIV), e destas 55% (1.212.562) eram pacientes activos em Tratamento Antiretroviral (TARV), segundo as estimativas de modelagem do Programa Conjunto das Nações Unidas para HIV/SIDA (ONUSIDA) de 2019.
Um dos maiores desaf...
Chongo, Patrina;
Sitoe, Nádia;
Viegas, Sofia;
Pinto, Isabel;
Macave, Admiro;
Sitoe, Fernando;
Vubil, Adolfo;
Mabunda, Nédio;
Meggi, Bindiya;
Gudo, Eduardo, S;
Jani, Ilesh, V.
Medical care in Mozambique is mostly provided through the national health service of the Ministry of Health. All primary healthcare and HIV-related services are provided free of charge. There are over 1500 public sector health facilities in Mozambique and most of these are primary healthcare centres. Alt...
Serologic Tests/methods,
HIV/isolation & purification,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
d0113200,
d0000732960,
d0062680,
Laboratories/supply & distribution,
d0159950,
d0093130,
Point-of-Care Testing/standards
The burden of HIV infection in southern Africa is a public health concern with an increasing number of new infections. This study sought to investigate the predictors of HIV prevalence in Mozambique through a complex samples logistic regression and spatial mapping approach using nationally representative...
Background: There is scare information about HIV co-infections with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and/or hepatitis C virus (HCV) among People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) in Mozambique. This information is critical to ensure the treatment necessary to decrease the progression of liver disease and the transmission o...
Hepatitis B/epidemiology,
HIV,
Substance-Related Disorders,
Viral Load,
Ambulatory Care,
Hepatitis C,
Infections,
Prevalence,
Risk Factors,
Drug Users,
Coinfection/epidemiology,
Coinfection/psychology,
Coinfection/virology,
Drug Users/psychology,
Drug Users/statistics & numerical data,
Epidemics,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/psychology,
HIV Infections/virology,
Hepacivirus,
Hepatitis B/psychology,
Hepatitis B/virology,
Hepatitis B virus,
Hepatitis C/epidemiology
Moçambique vive um ambiente de epidemia do HIV severa com 13,2% de adultos vivendo com o HIV (IMASIDA, 2015). As duas categorias populacionais que mais contribuem para o número de novos casos de HIV no país são as de pessoas em relações heterossexuais estáveis e as pessoas com múltiplas parcerias...
Moçambique vive um ambiente de epidemia do HIV severa com 13,2% de adultos vivendo com o HIV (IMASIDA, 2015). As duas categorias populacionais que mais contribuem para o número de novos casos de HIV no país são as de pessoas em relações heterossexuais estáveis e as pessoas com múltiplas parcerias...
Menéndez, clara;
Quintó, ilorenç;
Castillo, paola;
Carrilho, carla;
Ismail, mamudo, r;
Lorenzoni, cesaltina;
Fernandes, fabiola;
Hurtado, juan carlos;
Rakislova, natalia;
Munguambe, khátia;
Maixenchs, maria;
Macete, eusebio;
Mandomando, inacio;
Martínez, miguel, j;
Bassat, quique;
Alonso, pedro, i;
Ordi, jaume.
Background: Accurate information on causes of death (CoD) is essential to estimate burden of disease, track global progress, prioritize cost-effective interventions, and inform policies to reduce mortality. In low-income settings, where a significant proportion of deaths take place at home or in poorly-r...
Autopsy/methods,
Cause of Death/trends,
Rural Population,
Pneumonia/diagnosis,
Clinical Diagnosis,
Tuberculosis/diagnosis,
Health Facilities,
HIV/growth & development,
Mortality/trends,
Population,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Cumbane, Victória;
Imbach, Michelle;
Matavele, Raquel;
Macicame, ivalda;
Eller, Leigh;
Lawlor, john;
Milazzo, Mark;
Li, Qun;
Crowell, Trevor;
Mutombene, Mirna;
Guiliche, onelia;
Viegas, edna;
Nwoga, chiaka;
Yates, Adam;
Michael, Nelson;
Robb, Merlin;
Polyak, Christina S;
Jani, ilesh v;
Bhatt, nilesh.
n many African countries, laboratory reference values are not established for the local
healthy adult population. In Mozambique, reference values are known for young adults (18-
24yo) but not yet established for a wider age range. Our study aimed to establish hematological, biochemical and immunological ...
