objectiveCommunity ART groups (CAG), peer support groups involved in community ARTdistribution and mutual psychosocial support, were piloted to respond to staggering antiretroviraltreatment (ART) attrition in Mozambique. To understand the impact of CAG on long-term retention,we estimated mortality and lo...
Mozambique,
Mortality,
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome,
Psychosocial Support Systems,
Persons,
Cohort Studies,
HIV,
Residence Characteristics,
Health Services Accessibility,
Patients,
Prevalence,
World Health Organization,
Community Participation,
Medicine,
Risk Factors,
CD4 Lymphocyte Count
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB), caused by Mycobacterium bovis, is an infectious disease of cattle that also affects other domestic animals, free-ranging and farmed wildlife, and also humans. In Mozambique, scattered surveys have reported a wide variation of bTB prevalence rates in cattle from different region...
Schacht, Caroline De;
Mabunda, Nédio;
Jr, Orlando C Ferreira;
Ismael, Nália;
Calú, Nurbai;
Santos, Iolanda;
Hoffman, Heather J;
Alons, Catharina;
Guay, Laura;
Jani, Ilesh V.
Introduction: Acute infection with HIV in the postpartum period results in a high risk of vertical transmission through breastfeeding. A study was done to determine the HIV incidence rate and associated risk factors among postpartum women in Southern Mozambique, where HIV prevalence among pregnant women ...
Background: Co-infection with falciparum malaria and HIV-1 increases the severity and mortality of both infections in unstable malaria-transmission areas. In contrast, in stable transmission areas, HIV co-infection increases the severity of both infections but has not been found to influence malaria mort...
Plasmodium falciparum/isolation & purification,
Coinfection/complications,
Coinfection/epidemiology,
Coinfection/mortality,
HIV Infections/complications,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/mortality,
HIV-1/isolation & purification,
Malaria, Falciparum/complications,
Malaria, Falciparum/epidemiology,
Malaria, Falciparum/mortality,
Parasitemia/complications,
Parasitemia/epidemiology,
Parasitemia/mortality,
Risk Factors,
Prospective Studies,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Dubé , Karine;
Zango, Arlinda;
Wijgert, Janneke van de;
Meque, Ivete;
Ferro, Josefo J;
Cumbe, Fidelina;
Chen, Pai Lien;
Ma, Sabrina;
Jolles, Erik;
Fumo, Afonso;
Robb, Merlin L;
Feldblum, Paul J.
Background: HIV is prevalent in Sofala Province, Mozambique. To inform future prevention research, we undertook a study in the provincial capital (Beira) to measure HIV incidence in women at higher risk of HIV and assess the feasibility of recruiting and retaining them as research participants.
Methods:...
O Sindroma de Imunodeficiência Adquirida (SIDA) é um problema
importante de saúde pública, principalmente nos países em desenvolvimento como
Moçambique. Os adolescentes apresentam alta prevalência dos comportamentos de
risco ao Vírus de Imunodeficiência Humana (HIV). Os Ministérios da Educa...
Nhampossa, Tacilta;
Mandomando, Inacio;
Acacio, Sozinho;
Nhalungo, Delino;
Sacoor, Charfudin;
Nhacolo, Ariel;
Macete, Eusebio;
Nhabanga, Arnaldo;
Quintó, Llorenç;
Kotloff, Karen;
Levine, Myron M;
Nasrin, Dilruba;
Farag, Tamer;
Bassat, Quique;
Alonso, Pedro.
In the predominantly rural Manhiça district, in southern Mozambique, diarrhea is one of the leading causes of death among children under 5 years. Caretakers randomly selected from the Demographic Surveillance Database were invited to participate in a community-based survey on use of healthcare services ...
Caregivers/psychology,
Diarrhea, Infantile/epidemiology,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Health Surveys,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/psychology,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/statistics & numerical data,
Prevalence,
Primary Health Care/statistics & numerical data,
Risk Factors,
Rural Population,
Severity of Illness Index,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Background: Southern African countries have borne the brunt of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Monitoring epidemiological dynamics is critical to identify the populations at greatest risk of infection and to guide control strategies.
Methods: A cross-sectional community-based study to determine age- and sex-spec...
O artigo apresenta resultados de um estudo cujo objectivo era determinar o peso da
Diabetes Mellitus (DM) tipo 1 entre os doentes com patologia endócrina e a prevalência de
hipertensão arterial e complicações oculares no Hospital Central de Maputo (HCM). Do ponto de
vista metodológico, a populaçã...
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1,
Disease,
Risk Factors,
Endocrinology,
Hospitals,
Mozambique,
Hypertension,
Body Mass Index,
Pathology,
Patients,
28599,
Prevalence
Bassat, Quique;
Machevo, Sónia;
O'Callaghan-Gordo, Cristina;
Sigaúque, Betuel;
Morais, Luís;
Ribó, Josep L;
Mandomando, Inácio;
Nhampossa, Tacilta;
Ayala, Edgar;
Sanz, Sergi;
Weber, Martin;
Roca, Anna;
L Alonso, Pedro;
Díez-Padrisa, Núria.
Malaria and severe pneumonia in hospitalized young children may show striking clinical similarities, making differential diagnosis challenging. We investigated ways to increase diagnostic accuracy in patients hospitalized with clinical symptoms compatible with malaria and severe pneumonia, in an area wit...
