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Opportunities and challenges for cost-efficient implementation of new point-of-care diagnostics for hiv and tuberculosis

Schito, Marco; Peter, Trevor F; Cavanaugh, Sean; Piatek, Amy S; Young, Gloria J; Alexander, Heather; Coggin, William; Domingo, Gonzalo J; Ellenberger, Dennis; Ermantraut, Eugen; Jani, Ilesh V; Katamba, Achilles; Palamountain, Kara M; Essajee, Shaffiq; Dowdy, David W.
J. infect. dis; 205 (2), 2012
Stakeholders agree that supporting high-quality diagnostics is essential if we are to continue to make strides in the fight against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis. Despite the need to strengthen existing laboratory infrastructure, which includes expanding and developing new laborator...
HIV Infections/diagnosis, Quality Assurance, Health Care/economics, Tuberculosis/diagnosis, Quality Assurance, Health Care/methods, Point-of-Care Systems/economics, Bacteriological Techniques/economics, Bacteriological Techniques/methods, Laboratories, Virology/methods, Virology/economics
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Adesão a terapêutica anti-retroviral (TARV): Experiência dos Serviços Farmacêuticos do Hospital Central de Maputo

Cumaquela, Feliciano Pedro Mauricio.
A introdução do Tratamento Anti-retroviral (TARV) mostrou-se útil na redução da morbilidade e mortalidade em pacientes infectados por HIV. Contudo, o sucesso do TARV está fortemente dependente duma óptima adesão reportada na literatura como sendo acima de 95%. Vários m...
Anti-Retroviral Agents, CD4 Antigens, Attention, CD4 Lymphocyte Count, Pharmacy, Pharmacists, HIV, Therapeutics, Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical Preparations, Public Health, Data Collection, Infections, Patients, Tuberculosis
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An assessment of routine primary care health information system data quality in Sofala Province, Mozambique

Gimbel, Sarah; Micek, Mark; Lambdin, Barrot; Cuembelo, Fatima; Gloyd, Stephen S; Pfeiffer, James; Sherr, Kenneth.
Background: Primary health care is recognized as a main driver of equitable health service delivery. For it to function optimally, routine health information systems (HIS) are necessary to ensure adequate provision of health care and the development of appropriate health policies. Concerns about the qual...
Primary Health Care, Data Accuracy, Prenatal Care, Immunization, Health Surveys, Health Facilities, Malaria, Outpatients, Health Policy, Health Resources, Health Services, Health Information Systems, HIV Testing, Tuberculosis
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis causing tuberculous lymphadenitis in Maputo, Mozambique

Viegas, sofia omar; Ghebremichael, solomon; Massawo, leguesse; Alberto, Matos; Fernandes, fabíola couto; Couvin, david; Matavele, josé maiane; Rastogi, Nalin; Neves, Margarida Correia; Machado, adelina.
BMC microbiol; 10 (195), 2010
Background: The zoonosis bovine tuberculosis (TB) is known to be responsible for a considerable proportion of extrapulmonary TB. In Mozambique, bovine TB is a recognised problem in cattle, but little has been done to evaluate how Mycobacterium bovis has contributed to human TB. We here explore the public...
Respiratory Tract Diseases, Tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Lymphadenitis, Mozambique, d0159950, d0066780
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Estando de polimorfismos dos genes pklr e vdr na população de moçambique

Salomé, Grança.
As doenças infecciosas constituem um dos principais problemas de saúde no continente Africano especialmente na África sub-Sahariana, da qual Moçambique faz parte. A participação de factores genéticos na susceptibilidade dos humanos as doenças infecciosas é um facto. A identificação de marcador...
Mozambique, Haplotypes, Immune System, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Genotype, Malaria, Planning, Population, Disease Susceptibility, Vitamin D, Molecular Biology, Communicable Diseases, Tuberculosis, Ethnicity, Residence Characteristics
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Human resources for health implications of scaling up for universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and care: mozambique rapid situational analysis

Ramirez, Lucy; McKinney, Catherine; Graeve, Hilde De; Langa, Francisco; Tomo, Maria Ines; Jaskiewicz, Wanda.
The Global Health Workforce Alliance (GHWA) Task Force commissioned a multicountry rapid situation analysis of the human resources for health (HRH) implications for scaling up to universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support. This report presents the findings and key messages for Mozam...
Counseling, HIV, Workforce, Health Strategies, Delivery of Health Care, Pregnant Women, Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical, 51291, Tuberculosis, Occupational Groups
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Manual de Diagnóstico e Tratamento de Tuberculose Resistente e Multi-Droga Resistente

Ministerio da Saúde.
A Tuberculose (TB) é uma das mais antigas doenças da humanidade e constitui um sério problema de saúde pública a nível mundial. O fenómeno da resistência aos medicamentos da tuberculose surgiu logo após a utilização dos primeiros tuberculostáticos para o tratamento desta doença. A resistênc...
Tuberculosis, Communicable Diseases, Public Health, Whooping Cough, Diagnosis, Prevalence, Antitubercular Agents, Drug Resistance, Mozambique
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