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Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Human Papillomavirus Vaccines for Preadolescent Girls in Mozambique: A Modelling Study

zGuimarães, Esperança Lourenço; Chissaque, Assucênio; Pecenak, Clint; Debellut, Frédéric; Schuind, Anne; Vaz, Basília; Banze, Arlindo; Rangeiro, Ricardina; Mariano, Arlete; Lorenzoni, Cesaltina; Carrilho, Carla; Martins, Maria do Rosário Oliveira; Deus, Nilsa de; Clark, Andrew.

BMC health serv. res. (Online); 11 (1058), 2023

Mozambique has one of the highest rates of cervical cancer in the world. Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination was introduced in 2021. This study evaluated the health and economic impact of the current HPV vaccine (GARDASIL® hereafter referred to as GARDASIL-4) and two other vaccines (CECOLIN® and CER...

Uterine Cervical Neoplasms, Human Papillomavirus Viruses, Vaccination, Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, Mozambique, Human Papillomavirus Recombinant Vaccine Quadrivalent, Types 6, 11, 16, 18/administration & dosage, Human Papillomavirus Recombinant Vaccine Quadrivalent, Types 6, 11, 16, 18/immunology, Human Papillomavirus Recombinant Vaccine Quadrivalent, Types 6, 11, 16, 18/therapeutic use, Socioeconomic Factors, Cumulative Trauma Disorders/diagnosis, Cumulative Trauma Disorders/drug therapy, Cumulative Trauma Disorders/prevention & control

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Frequency of Pathogenic Paediatric Bacterial Meningitis in Mozambique: The Critical Role of Multiplex Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction to Estimate the Burden of Disease

PLos ONE; 10 (9), 2015

Background: In Sub-Saharan Africa, including Mozambique, acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) represents a main cause of childhood mortality. The burden of ABM is seriously underestimated because of the poor performance of culture sampling, the primary method of ABM surveillance in the region. Low quality ce...