Results: 15

Risk factors for neonatal mortality: an observational cohort study in Sarlahi district of rural southern Nepal

BMJ Open; 13 (9), 2023
Objectives: To assess the association between maternal characteristics, adverse birth outcomes (small-for-gestational-age (SGA) and/or preterm) and neonatal mortality in rural Nepal. Design: This is a secondary observational analysis to identify risk factors for neonatal mortality, using data from a rand...

Study design and rationale for the PAASIM project: a matched cohort study on urban water supply improvements and infant enteric pathogen infection, gut microbiome development and health in Mozambique

BMJ; 3 (13), 2023
Introduction: Despite clear linkages between provision of clean water and improvements in child health, limited information exists about the health impacts of large water infrastructure improvements in low-income settings. Billions of dollars are spent annually to improve urban water supply, and rigorou...

Retencao e abandono ao tratamento antiretroviral em pacientes dos 10 aos 24 anos de idadeavaliada aos 6, 12 e 18 meses, coorte de 2017. Retencao de pacientes em tratamento antirretroviral em Mocambique

Dados do Programa Conjunto das Nações Unidas para HIV/SIDA (ONUSIDA), estimam que, em 2018, 2.2 milhões de pessoas viviam com HIV (PVHIV). Destas, 56% faziam Tratamento Antirretroviral (TARV) e apenas 45% estavam em supressão viral (< 1000 cópias/mL). Vários são os factores que podem estar associa...

Pregnancy cohorts and biobanking in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

BMJ glob. health; 5 (11), 2020
Background: Technological advances and high throughput biological assays can facilitate discovery science in biobanks from population cohorts, including pregnant women. Biological pathways associated with health outcomes differ depending on geography, and high-income country data may not generalise to lo...

Analise de uma coorte de pacientes que iniciaram o tratamento anirotroviral no ano 2017 - retencao avaliada aos 6, 12 e 18 meses

Em 2018 Moçambique contava com cerca de 2.2 milhões de pessoas vivendo com HIV (PVHIV), e destas 55% (1.212.562) eram pacientes activos em Tratamento Antiretroviral (TARV), segundo as estimativas de modelagem do Programa Conjunto das Nações Unidas para HIV/SIDA (ONUSIDA) de 2019. Um dos maiores desaf...

Loss to follow-up and opportunities for reengagement in HIV care in rural Mozambique. A prospective cohort study

Medicine journal; 99 (6), 2020
Patients lost to follow-up (LTFU) over the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cascade have poor clinical outcomes and contribute to onward HIV transmission. We assessed true care outcomes and factors associated with successful reengagement in patients LTFU in southern Mozambique. Newly diagnosed HIV-posi...

The Safety of Artemisinin Derivatives for the Treatment of Malaria in the 2nd or 3rd Trimester of Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

PLos ONE; 11 (11), 2016
Given the high morbidity for mother and fetus associated with malaria in pregnancy, safe and efficacious drugs are needed for treatment. Artemisinin derivatives are the most effective antimalarials, but are associated with teratogenic and embryotoxic effects in animal models when used in early pregnancy....

A prospective cohort study to assess the micro-epidemiology of Plasmodium falciparum clinical malaria in Ilha Josina Machel (Manhiça, Mozambique)

Malaria Journal; 15 (444), 2016
After the decrease in clinical malaria incidence observed in Mozambique until 2009, a steady resurgence of cases per year has been reported nationally, reaching alarming levels in 2014. However, little is known about the clinical profile of the cases presented, or the possible epidemiological factors con...

Determinants of Elongation of the Labia Minora in Tete Province, Central Mozambique: Findings of a Household Survey

Afr. j. reprod. health; 20 (2), 2016
A WHO-supported provincial-level population-based survey was conducted in 2007 to understand the determinants and implications for health of vaginal practices. A total of 919 women aged 18-60 were selected randomly for enrolment. This is the first population-based study of females in Tete Province, Mozam...

Assessment of the safety of antimalarial drug use during early pregnancy (ASAP): protocol for a multicenter prospective cohort study in Burkina Faso, Kenya and Mozambique

Reprod. health; 12 (112), 2015
Background: A major unresolved safety concern for malaria case management is the use of artemisinin combination therapies (ACTs) in the first trimester of pregnancy. There is a need for human data to inform policy makers and treatment guidelines on the safety of artemisinin combination therapies (ACT) wh...