Globally, People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) have limited healthcare, treatment, and prevention services, and they frequently experience stigma and negative attitudes toward healthcare providers when accessing services. Mozambique, with a general population HIV prevalence of 12.5%, has one of the highest rat...
Epidemics,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
d0036950,
d0066780,
d0149440,
d0550300,
HIV Infections/therapy,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
Substance Abuse, Intravenous/complications,
Substance Abuse, Intravenous/epidemiology,
Substance Abuse, Intravenous/therapy
Este artigo analisa os efeitos do neoliberalismo no sector da saúde em Moçambique, e constata que este processo se inicia na década de 1980, logo após o fim do projeto socialista. No sector da saúde, o avanço do neoliberalismo tem permitido, por um lado, o desmantelamento e a precarização dos ser...
Bathroom Equipment,
Canadian International Development Agency,
Government Agencies,
Social Class,
Coronavirus,
Emergencies,
Epidemics,
Hospitals,
Mozambique,
Social Change,
Poverty,
Population,
Private Sector,
Sensation,
Health Services,
Zea mays
Os profissionais de saúde (PS), como profissionais da linha de frente, têm maior risco de infecção pela COVID-19. Foram adoptadas várias medidas para controlar a rápida propagação da epidemia da COVID-19 em Moçambique. A adesão dos (PS) a essas medidas é influenciada por seus conhecimentos, at...
Knowledge,
COVID-19/prevention & control,
Health Personnel/statistics & numerical data,
COVID-19,
Trust,
Infections,
Health Personnel,
Risk,
Disease Prevention,
Health Personnel,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Epidemics,
Masks,
Work
Cyclone Idai, which hit Mozambique in March 2019, was one of the worst climate-related natural disasters on record in the Southern Hemisphere causing massive destruction of housing and disruption to vital infrastructure including the electrical grid, communications and water supply. Almost two million pe...
Cholera Vaccines/administration & dosage,
Cholera/epidemiology,
Cholera/prevention & control,
Communicable Disease Control/statistics & numerical data,
Cyclonic Storms,
Epidemics,
Epidemiological Monitoring,
Hygiene,
Mozambique,
Sanitation,
Vaccination/statistics & numerical data,
Water
Background: There is scare information about HIV co-infections with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and/or hepatitis C virus (HCV) among People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) in Mozambique. This information is critical to ensure the treatment necessary to decrease the progression of liver disease and the transmission o...
Hepatitis B/epidemiology,
HIV,
Substance-Related Disorders,
Viral Load,
Ambulatory Care,
Hepatitis C,
Infections,
Prevalence,
Risk Factors,
Drug Users,
Coinfection/epidemiology,
Coinfection/psychology,
Coinfection/virology,
Drug Users/psychology,
Drug Users/statistics & numerical data,
Epidemics,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/psychology,
HIV Infections/virology,
Hepacivirus,
Hepatitis B/psychology,
Hepatitis B/virology,
Hepatitis B virus,
Hepatitis C/epidemiology
Moçambique vive um ambiente de epidemia do HIV severa com 13,2% de adultos vivendo com o HIV (IMASIDA, 2015). As duas categorias populacionais que mais contribuem para o número de novos casos de HIV no país são as de pessoas em relações heterossexuais estáveis e as pessoas com múltiplas parcerias...
Mozambique has one of the highest burdens of HIV globally, and people who inject drugs (PWID) have one of thehighest HIV infection rates in Africa. After the implementation of the first Biological Behavioral Surveillance (BBS)
Survey among PWID in Mozambique, the Ministry of Health started the developmen...
Pharmaceutical Preparations,
HIV Infections/complications,
Epidemics,
Vulnerable Populations,
Biological Products,
Harm Reduction,
Adolescent,
Drug Users,
Mozambique,
HIV Infections/prevention & control,
Needle-Exchange Programs/methods,
Substance Abuse, Intravenous/complications
Abstract: Mozambique has a high burden of HIV and is currently ranked sixth worldwide for adult prevalence. In Mozambique, HIV prevalence is not uniformly distributed geographically and throughout the population. We investigated the spatial distribution of HIV infection among adolescents and young people...
Instituto Nacional de Saúde (INS) através da Direcção de Formação e Comunicação em Saúde – Departamento de Formação em Ciência e Tecnologia em Saúde, na sua missão de realizar formações contínuas sobre matérias de saúde e no âmbito da resposta a pandemia da COVID-19, desenvolveu o p...
Coronavirus,
COVID-19,
Physical Distancing,
Epidemics,
Social Isolation,
Respiratory Tract Diseases,
Pandemics,
Infectious Disease Incubation Period,
Quarantine,
Emergencies,
Public Health
Baltazar, Cynthia Semá;
Horth, Roberta;
Boothe, Makini;
Sathane, Isabel;
Young, Peter;
Langa, Denise Chitsondzo;
Condula, Manuel;
Ricardo, Helena;
Dengo Baloi, Liliana;
Cummings, Beverley;
Schaad, Nicolas;
Gouveia, Lídia;
Teodoro, Eugénia;
Raymond, Henry F.
Few countries in sub-Saharan Africa know the magnitude of their HIV epidemic among people who inject drugs (PWID). This was the first study in Mozambique to measure prevalence of HIV, HBV, and HCV, and to assess demographic characteristics and risk behaviors in this key population.
Methods: We used resp...
Cities/epidemiology,
Cross-Sectional Studies,
Drug Users/statistics & numerical data,
Epidemics,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
Hepatitis B,
Hepatitis C,
Mozambique,
Population Surveillance/methods,
Prevalence,
Risk-Taking,
Seroepidemiologic Studies,
Sexual Behavior/statistics & numerical data,
Substance Abuse, Intravenous,
Surveys and Questionnaires,
Urban Population
