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Rotavirus A infection in children under five years old with a double health problem: undernutrition and diarrhoea - a cross-sectional study in four provinces of Mozambique

BMC infect. dis; 21 (1), 2021
Mozambique has a high burden of group A rotavirus (RVA) infection and chronic undernutrition. This study aimed to determine the frequency and potential risk factors for RVA infection in undernourished children under 5 years old with diarrhoea in Mozambique......

Epidemiological transition and double burden of diseases in low-income countries: the case of Mozambique

Pan African medical; 37 (49), 2020
Epidemiological transition theory aims to describe changes in epidemiological scenarios at the global and national level. The assumption is the shift from infectious diseases (IDs) to non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Some authors argue that this theory failed to describe epidemiology in subSaharan Afric...

Plano estrategico Multissectorial de prevenção e controlo de doenças não transmissíveis
Multisectoral strategic plan for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases

A morte prematura por Doenças Não Transmissíveis (DNTs), continua a ser um dos principais desafios para o desenvolvimento a nível global, ceifando por ano perto de 15 milhões de vidas em idades compreendidas entre 30 e 70 anos. Moçambique não permanece inócuo pois já é notável a transição ep...

Sistema de vigilância de eventos vitais e causas de morte (comsa), moçambique 2020
Surveillance system for vital events and causes of death (comsa), mozambique 2020

Em Janeiro de 2017, Moçambique lançou o Sistema de Vigilância de Eventos Vitais e Causas de Morte (COMSA) para estabelecer um sistema nacional de amostragem para registo de eventos vitais para monitorar a ocorrência de mortalidade e causas de morte a nível nacional e subnacional, incluindo o uso de ...

Estimated Burden of Serious Fungal Infections in Mozambique

JoF; 4 (3), 2018
Mozambique is a sub-Saharan African country with limited information on the burden of fungal disease. We estimated the burden of serious fungal infections for the general healthy population and for those at risk, including those infected with HIV, patients with asthma, as well as those under intensive...