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An assessment of the accuracy and availability of data in electronic patient tracking systems for patients receiving HIV treatment in central Mozambique

Since the rapid scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) programs in sub-Saharan Africa, electronic patient tracking systems (EPTS) have been deployed to respond to the growing demand for program monitoring, evaluation and reporting to governments and donors. These routinely collected data are often used...

Frequency of human immunodeficiency virus type-2 in hiv infected patients in Maputo City, Mozambique

Virol. j; 8 (408), 2011
The HIV/AIDS pandemic is primarily caused by HIV-1. Another virus type, HIV-2, is found mainly in West African countries. We hypothesized that population migration and mobility in Africa may have facilitated the introduction and spreading of HIV-2 in Mozambique. The presence of HIV-2 has important implic...

Tríade álcool, acidente e trauma: Estudo em motoristas na Província e Cidade de Maputo

Os traumas resultantes dos acidentes de viação são reconhecidos mundialmente como um problema importante de saúde pública, atingindo milhares de pessoas de vários estratos sócio-económicos sem distinção de género ou grupo etário. Em Moçambique, como em muitos países em desenvolvimento, os t...

Serotype distribution and antibiotic susceptibility of invasive and nasopharyngeal isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae among children in rural Mozambique

Trop. med. int. health; 11 (3), 2006
Objective: To describe and compare serotype distribution and antibiotic susceptibility of invasive and nasopharyngeal isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae from children in rural Mozambique. Methods: From August 2002 to July 2003, we prospectively obtained invasive pneumococcal isolates from children <15 ...