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Saneamento do meio e ocorrência da cólera no município de cuamba: estratégias de prevenção e controlo

INTRODUÇÃO: O Município de Cuamba, localiza-se a cerca de 300 Km a sul da cidade capital do Niassa. Desde 2007, tem vindo a registar s urtos de cólera, com 2 surtos consecutivos em 2009. OBJECTIVOS: Descrever alguns aspectos do saneamento no Município de Cuamba, analisar as estratégias de preven...

Guerrear, casar, pacificar, curar: o universo da “tradição” e a experiência com o hiv/aids no distrito de homoíne, sul de moçambique

Esta tese é resultado de pesquisas etnográficas realizadas no distrito de Homoíne, Província de Inhambane, no Sul de Moçambique. Visando compreender como se dá a experiência da população local com o HIV/Aids num contexto rural, a partir de suas concepções “tradicionais” sobre as doenças e...

Assessment of the Epidemiology and Burden of Measles in Southern Mozambique

Am. j. trop. med. hyg; 85 (1), 2011
Measles has been a major killer among vaccine-preventable diseases in children < 5 years of age in developing countries. Despite progress in global efforts to reduce mortality, measles remains a public health problem. Hospital-based measles surveillance was conducted in Manhica, Mozambique (July 2001–S...

IgG against Plasmodium falciparum variant surface antigens and growth inhibitory antibodies in Mozambican children receiving intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine

Immunobiology (1979); 216 (7), 2011
This study aimed to evaluate whether intermittent preventive treatment in infants with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTi-SP) had an effect on the acquisition of IgG against Plasmodium falciparum variant surface antigens (VSA) and growth-inhibitory antibodies in Manhiça, Mozambique. In addition, we assesse...

Epidemiology, molecular characterization and antibiotic resistance of Neisseria meningitidis from patients ≤15 years in Manhiça, rural Mozambique

PLos ONE; 6 (6), 2011
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...

Human and porcine taenia solium infections in mozambique: identifying research priorities

The objective of this paper is to critically review and summarize available scientific and lay literature, and ongoing studies on human and porcine cysticercosis in Mozambique to identify knowledge gaps and direct immediate and long-term research efforts. Data on the spatial distribution and prevalence o...

Prozone in malaria rapid diagnostics tests: how many cases are missed?

Malar. j. (Online); 10 (166), 2011
Background: Prozone means false-negative or false-low results in antigen-antibody reactions, due to an excess of either antigen or antibody. The present study prospectively assessed its frequency for malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) and Plasmodium falciparum samples in an endemic field setting. Met...

Seroprevalence of transfusion-transmissible infections and evaluation of the pre-donation screening performance at the provincial hospital of tete, mozambique

BMC infect. dis; 11 (141), 2011
The World Health Organization recommends universal and quality-controlled screening of blood donations for the major transfusion-transmissible infections (TTIs): human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and syphilis. The study objectives were to determine the s...

Relatorio Anual 2011: XXXVI CCS 2011, “Com o nosso povo, façamos das Unidades Sanitárias, lugar acolhedor”

O presente relatório reporta de forma detalhada as principais actividades realizadas ao longo do ano 2010 pela Direcção de Recursos Humanos em cumprimento do Plano Quinquenal do Governo, do Plano Nacional de Desenvolvimento de Recursos Humanos da Saúde (PNDRHS) operacionalizados através do Plano ...