Augusto, Orvalho;
Roberton, Timothy;
Fernandes, Quinhas;
Chicumbe, Sérgio;
Manhiça, Ivan;
Tembe, Stélio;
Wagenaar, Bradley H;
Anselmi, Laura;
Wakefield, Jon;
Sherr, Kenneth.
After the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, more than 184 million cases and 4 million deaths had been recorded worldwide by July 2021. These are likely to be underestimates and do not distinguish between direct and indirect deaths resulting from disruptions in health care services. ...
In Mozambique, about two thirds of children 6-59 months of age are affected by vitamin A deficiency and anaemia. The objective of this case study is to provide programme considerations for planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating vitamin A and iron deficiency interventions within the context of...
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency/epidemiology,
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency/prevention & control,
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency/therapy,
Child Health Services,
Diet/methods,
Dietary Supplements,
Health Plan Implementation,
Health Promotion/methods,
Iron/administration & dosage,
Micronutrients/administration & dosage,
Micronutrients/deficiency,
Nutrition Therapy/methods,
Vitamin A/administration & dosage,
Vitamin A/therapeutic use,
Mozambique
Abstract. Globally, approximately 5.9 million children under 5 years of age died in 2015, a reduction of over 50% since 1990. Millennium Development Goal 4 established the goal of reducing child mortality by two-thirds by 2015. Multiple countries have surpassed this goal; however, regional and within-cou...
Child Health/statistics & numerical data,
Infant Mortality,
Sustainable Development/legislation & jurisprudence,
Fever/mortality,
Diarrhea, Infantile/mortality,
Respiratory Tract Diseases/mortality,
Child Health Services,
Mozambique,
Child Health Services/standards,
Child, Preschool,
Cross-Sectional Studies,
Forecasting,
Infant,
Logistic Models,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/statistics & numerical data,
Rural Population/statistics & numerical data,
Socioeconomic Factors,
Surveys and Questionnaires
The earliest reports of a new disease were seen in the late
seventies-early eighties, after observing rare opportunistic
diseases such as Kaposi Sarcoma or Pneumocystis carinii
pneumonia, usually occurring in immunodeprimed people, in
a cluster of intravenous drug users and gay men in the United
States. ...
A presente parceria constitui mais uma peca chave para a melhoria da saude materno neonatal e infantil.varias pesquisas sobre mortalidade materna neonatal e infantil nos paises em desenvolvimento mostram que a melhoria dos cuiadodos de saudea mae e crianca durante agraviez parto pos parto tem reduzido de...
Measles elimination has been on the World Health Organization agenda for the last fifteen
years. Progress towards elimination has been made. However, it has not been uniform around
the world. On the African continent, the vaccine coverage rate is the lowest in the world and
the disease burden is the high...
Measles,
51607,
34661,
Mozambique,
Poliomyelitis,
Child Health,
Child Health Services,
Immunization Programs,
Vaccination,
Public Health,
Antibody Formation/immunology,
Infant
Estas Normas são o fruto da experiência colectiva de muitos anos no Serviço de Pediatria do Hospital Central de Maputo. Porém, na sua elaboração foram consideradas as capacidades e limitações dos outros Hospitais do País. Em vários capítulos foi recebida a valiosa contribuição de Especialist...
Disease,
Child Nutrition,
Child Nutrition Disorders,
Communicable Diseases,
Diet,
Child Health Services,
National Health Programs,
Mozambique,
Maternal-Child Health Services,
Pediatrics,
Practice Patterns, Physicians',
Child Health
Mother and child health services seek both to deal with the immediate health problems of mothers and children, and to extend care provision, through concern with child development and the health education of
parents, for the promotion of life long health. Women between fifteen and forty five comprise som...
