Whereas the number of people newly infected by HIV is continuing to decline globally, the epidemic continues to expand in many parts of the world. As the HIV/AIDS epidemic has matured in many countries, it is believed that the proportion of new infections occurring within couples has risen. Across countr...
O Programa Nacional de Controlo (PNC) de ITS-HIV/SIDA é a entidade do Serviço Nacional de Saúde responsável pela gestão dos serviços de saúde relacionados ao HIV. A sua missão é de coordenar, regulamentar e prestar cuidados e tratamento às pessoas vivendo com HIV. Para responder de forma estrat...
Sexually Transmitted Diseases,
HIV,
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome,
Anti-Retroviral Agents,
Communicable Disease Control,
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections,
Circumcision, Male,
Annual Report,
Mozambique,
Health Policy,
Health Services Administration,
Tuberculosis
Ukah, U Vivian;
Mbofana , Francisco;
Rocha, Beatriz Manriquez;
Loquiha, Osvaldo;
Mudenyanga, Chishamiso;
Usta, Momade;
Urso, Marilena;
Drebit, Sharla;
Magee, Laura A;
Dadelszen, Peter von.
In well-resourced settings, reduced circulating maternal-free placental growth factor (PlGF) aids in either predicting or confirming the diagnosis of preeclampsia, fetal growth restriction, stillbirth, preterm birth, and delivery within 14 days of testing when preeclampsia is suspected. This blinded, pro...
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Pre-Eclampsia/blood,
Prospective Studies,
ddcs0347820,
d0017240,
d0109490,
d0072300,
Gestational Age,
Placenta Growth Factor/blood,
Pre-Eclampsia/diagnosis,
Pre-Eclampsia/epidemiology,
Prenatal Care/statistics & numerical data,
Survival Rate/trends
HIV stigma continues to be a major challenge to addressing HIV/AIDS in various countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including Mozambique. This paper explores the multidimensional nature of HIV stigma through the thematic analysis of five qualitative studies conducted in high HIV prevalence provinces in Mozam...
A atenção à saúde no sistema penitenciário em Moçambique tem sido pouco investigada e a mesma enfrenta dificuldades relacionadas com as infraestruturas nos Estabelecimentos Penitenciários (EPs); a insuficiência e qualificação dos recursos humanos e a existência de problemas de saúde como as i...
Background: Although Chikungunya virus has rapidly expanded to several countries in sub-Saharan Africa, little attention has been paid to its control and management. Until recently, Chikungunya has been regarded as a benign and self-limiting disease. In this report we describe the first case of severe Ch...
Severity of Illness Index,
Leukocytosis/diagnosis,
Immunoglobulin M/blood,
Chikungunya Fever,
Anti-Bacterial Agents,
Mozambique,
Leukocytosis/therapy,
Leukocytosis/virology,
Melena/diagnosis,
Melena/therapy,
Melena/pathology,
Melena/virology,
Fever/diagnosis,
Fever/parasitology,
Fever/therapy,
Fever/virology,
Chikungunya Fever/diagnosis,
Chikungunya Fever/parasitology,
Chikungunya Fever/virology,
Chikungunya Fever/therapy
Este relatório apresenta os resultados da Ronda Nacional de Avaliação Externa da Qualidade de Dados (AeQD) 2016, realizada entre Março e Outubro de 2016. A Avaliação Externa da Qualidade de Dados foi liderada pelo Ministério da Saúde (MISAU) com assistência técnica do parceiro de implementaçã...
López-Varela, Elisa;
García-Basteiro, Alberto L;
Augusto, Orvalho J;
Fraile, Oscar;
Bulo, Helder;
Ira, Tasmiya;
Gondo, Kizito;
Ingen, Jakko Van;
Sacarlal, Johit;
Alonso, pedro L;
Naniche, Denise.
Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) can cause disease which can be clinically and radiologically undistinguishable from tuberculosis (TB), posing a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge in high TB settings. We aim to describe the prevalence of NTM isolation and its clinical characteristics in children from...
actividades técnico-científicas. A realização de investigações baseadas em prioridades traz benefícios para a saúde da sociedade e representa grande impacto para o desenvolvimento de novas políticas, a melhoria dos sistemas de saúde e dos indicadores sanitários. O que estaria de acordo com a O...
Meggi, Bindiya;
Bollinger, Timothy;
Mabunda, Nédio;
Vubil, Adolfo;
Tobaiwa, Ocean;
Quevedo, Jorge I;
Loquiha, Osvaldo;
Vojnov, Lara;
Peter, Trevor F;
Jani, Ilesh V.
The long delay in returning test results during early infant diagnosis of HIV (EID) often
causes loss-to-follow-up prior to antiretroviral treatment (ART) initiation in resource-limited
settings. A point-of-care (POC) test may help overcome these challenges. We evaluated
the performance of the LYNX p24 A...
Anti-HIV Agents/therapeutic use,
Early Diagnosis,
HIV Infections/diagnosis,
HIV Infections/therapy,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/immunology,
Point-of-Care Testing/standards,
Reproducibility of Results,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Sensitivity and Specificity,
HIV-1/immunology
