As doenças infecciosas ocorrem de forma desproporcional entre homens e mulheres. Muitas vezes, a severidade e o resultado da doença estão geralmente relacionados ao sexo. Os factores inerentes a estas diferenças ainda estão a ser estudados. Contudo, alguns estudos apontam o sexo como um dos factores...
Galatas, beatriz;
Soler, helena martí;
Nhamussua, lidia;
Cisteró, pau;
Assessor, pedro;
Menéndez, clara;
Saute, francisco;
Rabinovich, regina;
Alonso, pedro L;
Prefeito, alfredo;
Bassat, quique.
Background. Afebrile Plasmodium falciparum infections usually remain undetected and untreated in the community and could potentially contribute to sustaining local malaria transmission in areas aiming for malaria elimination. Methods. Thirty-two men with afebrile P. falciparum infections detected with ra...
Integrated Information Theory (IIT) has become nowadays the most sensible general theory of consciousness. In addition to very important statements, it opens the door for an abstract (mathematical) formulation of the theory. Given a mechanism in a particular state, IIT identifies a conscious experience w...
A manutenção de um estado nutricional adequado é um direito humano fundamental, sendo também um pré-requisito para o desenvolvimento económico de um País. Em Moçambique, 43% das crianças menores de cinco anos de idade sofrem de desnutrição crónica, e 6% sofrem de desnutrição aguda.1 A desnu...
Nutritional Sciences,
Nutritional Sciences/statistics & numerical data,
Nutritional Sciences/education,
Nutritional Sciences/classification,
Maternal Nutrition,
Adolescent Nutrition,
Severe Acute Malnutrition,
Infant Nutrition Disorders,
HIV,
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome,
Outpatients/classification,
Mozambique
The assessment of pregnant women's knowledge about modes of infections transmission is essential to tailor programs to their needs. This study aimed to assess knowledge about human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) among pregnant women in Nampula - Mozambi...
Este relatório apresenta os resultados da V Ronda Nacional de Avaliação Externa da Qualidade de Dados (AeQD), realizada entre Fevereiro e Junho de 2018. A Avaliação Externa de Qualidade de Dados foi liderada pelo Ministério da Saúde (MISAU) com assistência técnica do parceiro de implementação,...
Research Report,
34002,
Health Information Systems,
National Health Programs,
HIV,
Health Promotion,
Mozambique,
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome,
Health Systems,
Health Communication,
Diagnosis of Health Situation
A influenza suína (IS) é uma doença aguda e altamente contagiosa do trato respiratório de suínos, causada pelo vírus influenza A (VIA). A doença provoca perdas econômicas na suinocultura e também, tem importância na saúde pública devido ao seu potencial zoonótico. O objetivo deste trabalho f...
Audet, Carolyn M;
Graves, Erin;
Barreto, Ezequiel;
Schacht, Caroline De;
Gong, Wu;
Shepherd, Bryan E;
Aboobacar, Arifo;
Calvo, Lazaro Gonzalez;
Alvim, Maria Fernanda;
Aliyu, Muktar H;
Kipp, Aaron M;
Jordan, Heather;
Amico, K Rivet;
Diemer, Matthew;
Ciaranello, Andrea;
Dugdale, Caitlin;
Vermund, Sten H;
Rompaey, Sara Van.
Background: In resource-limited rural settings, scale-up of services to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV has not been as effective as in better resourced urban settings. In sub-Saharan Africa, women often require male partner approval to access and remain engaged in HIV care. Our study will...
Breast Feeding/methods,
HIV Infections/diagnosis,
HIV Infections/psychology,
HIV Infections/therapy,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Infant, Newborn,
Interpersonal Relations,
HIV Infections/transmission,
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/prevention & control,
Rural Population
Acácio, sozinho;
Nhampossa, tacilta;
Quintó, llorenç;
Vubil, delfino;
Sacoor, charfudin;
Kotloff, karen;
Farag, tamer;
Dilruba, nasrin;
Macete, eusebio;
Levine, myron, m;
Alonso, pedro;
Mandomando, inácio;
Bassat, quique.
The Global Enteric Multicenter Study enrolled children with moderate-to-severe diarrhea (MSD) and less-severe diarrhea (LSD) between December 2007 and November 2012. One to three controls for MSD cases and one per LSD case were enrolled and matched by age, sex, and neighborhood. All children were tested ...
Maixenchs, maria;
Anselmo, rui;
Sanz, ariadna;
Castillo, paola;
Macete, eusebio;
Carrilho, carla;
Ordi, jaume;
Menendez, clara;
Bassat, quique;
Munguambe, khatia.
Background: The minimally invasive autopsy (MIA) is being investigated as an alternative to the complete diagnostic autopsy (CDA), gold standard for CoD determination, in settings where CDA is unfeasible and/or unacceptable. We aimed to explore healthcare providers' views and perceptions on theoretical a...
