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Feasibility of task-sharing with community health workers for the identification, emergency management and referral of women with pre-eclampsia, in Mozambique

Sevene, Esperança; Boene, Helena; Vidler, Marianne; Valá, Anifa; Macuacua, Salésio; Augusto, Orvalho; Fernandes, Quinhas; Macete, Eusébio; Sidat, Mohsin; Dadelszen, Peter von; Munguambe, Khátia; Bique, Cassimo.
Reprod. health; 18 (145), 2021
Background Maternal mortality is an important public health problem in low-income countries. Delays in reaching health facilities and insufficient health care professionals call for innovative community-level solutions. There is limited evidence on the role of community health workers in the management o...
Clinical Competence, Community Health Services/standards, Community Health Workers/psychology, Disease Management, Emergency Treatment/standards, Feasibility Studies, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Maternal Mortality, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Pre-Eclampsia/diagnosis, Pre-Eclampsia/therapy, Prenatal Care, Referral and Consultation, Mozambique
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A narrative review on Rotavirus A in Mozambique

Cambaza, Edgar; Mongo, Edson; Gatambire, Aline; Mateonane, Edirsse; Chissumba, Raquel; Chissaque, Assucênio; Deus de, Nilsa.
Rev. Ang. de Ciênc. da Saúde/Angolan Journal of Health Sciences; 2 (2), 2021
Introduction: Rotavirus A (RVA) is a leading cause of acute infant gastroenteritis in Mozambique, responsible for approximately 13,000 annual infant deaths in peri-urban and other areas. Aim: the present review aimed summarize the most relevant and recent literature regarding RVA infection in Mozambique....
Rotavirus Infections, Rotavirus, Gastroenteritis, Diarrhea, Infantile, Epidemiology, Disease Management
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Malaria case management commodity supply and use by community health workers in Mozambique, 2017

Dalvantes, Eizabeth; Salomao, Cristode; Wate, Flavio; Sarmento, Deonilde; Rodrigues, Humberto; Halser, Eric S; Lewis, Lauren; Candrinho, Baltazar; Zulliger, Rose.
Malar. j. (Online); 18 (47), 2019
Community health workers (CHWs) provide preventive care and integrated community case management (iCCM) to people with low healthcare access worldwide. CHW programmes have helped reduce mortality in myriad countries, but little data on malaria supply chain management has been shared. This project evaluat...
Malaria/drug therapy, Malaria/prevention & control, Disease Management, Surveys and Questionnaires, Malaria/diagnosis, Antimalarials/administration & dosage, Artemether, Lumefantrine Drug Combination/administration & dosage, Community Health Workers, Community Health Services/organization & administration, Mozambique, Immunoassay/methods
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