Background: In April 2019, Mozambique was hit by Cyclone Idai leaving substantial damage to infrastructure and nearly two million people in need of humanitarian assistance. Malaria risk has been associated with living in a rural setting, vicinity to water, and household structure, all factors which are i...
Background: Despite growing interest in monitoring improvements in quality of care, data on service quality in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) is limited. While health systems researchers have hypothesized the relationship between facility readiness and provision of care, there have been f...
A gestão de saúde é uma função básica do processo administrativo que optimiza a unidade
sanitária para uma demanda de necessidades de cuidados de saúde usando os instrumentos de
gestão de forma objetiva, permitindo uma adequada planificação, tomada de decisão para uma
gestão de forma efic...
Uetela, Dorlim Moiana;
Gimbel, Sarah;
Inguane, Celso;
Onei, Uetela;
Dinis, Aneth;
Couto, Aleny;
Gaspar, Irénio;
Gudo, Eduardo S;
Chicumbe, Sérgio;
Gaveta, Sandra;
Augusto, Orvalho;
Sherr, Kenneth.
In 2018, Mozambique's Ministry of Health launched a guideline for a nationwide implementation of eight differentiated service delivery models to optimize HIV service delivery and achieve universal coverage of HIV care and treatment. The models were (1) Fast‐track, (2) Three‐month Antiretrovirals Disp...
Across rural sub-Saharan Africa, people living with HIV (PLHIV) commonly seek out treatment from traditional healers. We report on the clinical outcomes of a community health worker intervention adapted for traditional healers with insight into our results from qualitative interviews. We employed a pre-p...
Background: This study aims to assess the COVID-19 response preparedness of the Mozambican health system by 1) determining the location of oxygen-ready public health facilities, 2) estimating the oxygen treatment capacity, and 3) determining the population coverage of oxygen-ready health facilities in Mo...
Background Mozambique is one of the countries with the deadly implementation gaps in the tuberculosis (TB) care and services delivery. In-hospital delays in TB diagnosis and treatment, transmission and mortality still persist, in part, due to poor-quality of TB care cascade. Objective We aimed to assess,...
National Health Programs/trends,
Quality of Health Care/trends,
Tuberculosis/epidemiology,
Attitude of Health Personnel,
Equipment and Supplies, Hospital/trends,
Health Facilities,
Health Personnel/psychology,
Hospitals,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Tuberculosis/diagnosis
Menéndez, clara;
Quintó, ilorenç;
Castillo, paola;
Carrilho, carla;
Ismail, mamudo, r;
Lorenzoni, cesaltina;
Fernandes, fabiola;
Hurtado, juan carlos;
Rakislova, natalia;
Munguambe, khátia;
Maixenchs, maria;
Macete, eusebio;
Mandomando, inacio;
Martínez, miguel, j;
Bassat, quique;
Alonso, pedro, i;
Ordi, jaume.
Background: Accurate information on causes of death (CoD) is essential to estimate burden of disease, track global progress, prioritize cost-effective interventions, and inform policies to reduce mortality. In low-income settings, where a significant proportion of deaths take place at home or in poorly-r...
Autopsy/methods,
Cause of Death/trends,
Rural Population,
Pneumonia/diagnosis,
Clinical Diagnosis,
Tuberculosis/diagnosis,
Health Facilities,
HIV/growth & development,
Mortality/trends,
Population,
Mozambique/epidemiology
A fístula obstétrica continua a ser um problema de saúde comum em países de baixa e média renda,
apesar das tendências de aumento dos partos institucionais nesses países. As circunstâncias socio-comportamentais
em que a fístula ocorre, assim como suas consequências, são pouco documentadas, pri...
Delivery of Health Care/standards,
Delivery, Obstetric/standards,
Health Facilities,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Middle Aged,
Health Services Accessibility,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Obstetric Labor Complications/prevention & control,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/psychology,
Postpartum Period/psychology,
Pregnancy,
Prenatal Care/psychology,
Vesicovaginal Fistula/epidemiology,
Vesicovaginal Fistula/surgery
Candrinho, Baltazar;
Plucinski, Mateusz M;
Colborn, James M;
Mathe, Guidion;
Silva, Mariana da;
Dimene, Mercia;
Chico, Ana Rita;
Branco, Ana Christina Castel;
Brito, Frederico;
Andela, Marcel;
Leon, Gabriel Ponce de;
Saifodine, Abuchahama;
Zulliger, Rose.
Background: Fever associated with malaria is the leading cause of health care-seeking in Mozambique, yet there is limited evidence on the quality of malaria case management. This study evaluated the quality of malaria service provision offered in public health facilities in Mozambique.
Methods: A cross-s...
