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
O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a prevalência e severidade da doença periodontal em amostra populacional da província de Maputo, Moçambique. Foram avaliados 120 voluntários de 15 a 72 anos quanto às medidas de profundidade de sondagem, recessão ou hiperplasia, nível de inserção, índice de ...
Periodontal Diseases/genetics,
Dental Plaque,
Mouth,
Dental Devices, Home Care,
Oral Hygiene,
Periodontal Index,
Gingival Hyperplasia,
Rural Population/statistics & numerical data,
Mozambique,
Africa,
Toothbrushing,
Disease Prevention,
School Dentistry,
Dental Health Surveys,
Tooth Diseases,
Dental Caries,
Public Health Dentistry,
Delivery of Health Care
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...
HIV prevalence rates in Zambézia Province were estimated to be 12.6% in 2009. A number of educational campaigns have been aimed at improving HIV transmission and prevention knowledge among community members in an effort to reduce infection rates. These campaigns have also encouraged people to seek healt...
Anti-HIV Agents/therapeutic use,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Africa,
Residence Characteristics,
Delivery of Health Care,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/psychology,
HIV Infections/therapy,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Medicine, African Traditional,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/psychology,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/statistics & numerical data,
Rural Population/statistics & numerical data,
Sexual Partners/psychology
Ibarz-Pavón, Ana Belén;
Morais, Luis;
Sigaúque, Betuel;
Mandomando, Inacio;
Bassat, Quique;
Nhacolo, Ariel;
Quintó, Llorenç;
Soriano-Gabarró, Montse;
Alonso, Pedro L;
Roca, Anna.
The epidemiology of meningococcal disease in Mozambique and other African countries located outside the “meningitis belt” remains widely unknown. With the event of upcoming vaccines microbiological and epidemiological information is urgently needed. Prospective surveillance for invasive bacterial inf...
Background: Endomyocardial fibrosis is the most common restrictive cardiomyopathy worldwide. It has no specific treatment and carries a poor prognosis, since most patients present with advanced heart failure. On the basis of clinical series, regional variations in distribution have been reported within s...
Clinical Laboratory Techniques,
Primary Health Care,
Mozambique,
HIV,
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome,
Rural Population,
Maternal Health Services,
Health Impact Assessment,
Tuberculosis,
Malaria,
32395,
Data Interpretation, Statistical,
Quality Assurance, Health Care,
Health Surveillance System,
Epidemiological Monitoring,
Pregnant Women,
Public Reporting of Healthcare Data
Background: The roll out of various public health programmes involving mass administration of medicines calls for the deployment of responsive pharmacovigilance systems to permit identification of signals of rare or even common adverse reactions. In developing countries in Africa, these systems are mostl...
Since the seventh pandemic caused by Vibrio cholerae biotype El Tor began in Indonesia in 1961, most regions of the world continue to report cholera outbreaks.1 Cholera is most common in rural areas or communities where sanitation conditions and water supply are problematic.2 In 1997, a cholera epidemic ...
Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology,
Cholera/microbiology,
Data Interpretation, Statistical,
Drug Resistance, Bacterial,
Microbial Sensitivity Tests,
Rectum/microbiology,
Rural Population,
Vibrio cholerae O1/chemistry,
Cholera/drug therapy,
Cholera/prevention & control,
Mozambique
Roca, A;
Sigaúque, B;
Quintó, Ll;
Mandomando, L;
Vallès, X;
Espasa, M;
Abacassamo, F;
Sacarlal, J;
Macete, E;
Nhacolo, A;
Levine, M;
Alonso, P.
Objectivos Estimar a incidência e as características epidemiológicas do pneumococo invasivodoença (DPI) em crianças de <5 anos de idade residentes em uma área rural do sul de Moçambique.Métodos Como parte do manejo clínico de crianças internadas em Manhiçum Hospital Distrital,A vigilância pr...
Meningitis, Pneumococcal,
Meningitis, Pneumococcal/epidemiology,
Chloramphenicol/therapeutic use,
Rural Population,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Population Surveillance/methods,
Pneumococcal Infections/epidemiology,
Pneumonia/chemically induced,
Rural Health,
Anti-Infective Agents/therapeutic use
