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...
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 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
Mocumbi, sibone;
Högberg, ulf;
Lampa, erik;
Sacoor, charfudin;
Valá, anifa;
Bergström, anna;
Dadelszen, peter von;
Munguambe, khátia;
Hanson, Claudia;
Sevene, esperança.
Background: Client satisfaction is an essential component of quality of care. Health system factors, processes of care as well as mothers’ characteristics influence the extent to which care meets the expectations of mothers and families. In our study, we specifically aimed to address the mothers’ exp...
Mozambique,
Health Facilities/statistics & numerical data,
Parturition/psychology,
Professional-Patient Relations/ethics,
Mothers/psychology,
Patient Satisfaction/statistics & numerical data,
Cross-Sectional Studies,
Physical Abuse,
Delivery, Obstetric/psychology,
Regression Analysis,
Quality of Health Care,
Surveys and Questionnaires
Arnaldo , Paulo;
Vallbona, Eduard Rovira;
Langa, Jerónimo S;
Salvador, Crizolgo;
Guetens, Pieter;
Chiheb, Driss;
Xavier , Bernardete;
Kestens, Luc;
Enosse, Sónia M;
Urgell , Anna Rosanas.
Malaria in pregnancy leads to serious adverse effects on the mother and the child and accounts for 75,000-200,000 infant deaths every year. Currently, the World Health Organization recommends intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) at each sche...
Pyrimethamine/administration & dosage,
Sulfadoxine/administration & dosage,
Antimalarials/therapeutic use,
d0082880,
d0149300,
d0149440,
d0090350,
Antimalarials/administration & dosage,
Pharmaceutical Preparations,
Health Facilities,
Drug Combinations,
Labor, Obstetric/radiation effects,
Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic,
Mozambique,
Risk Factors,
Malaria/prevention & control
Munguambe, khátia;
Boene, helena;
Vidler, marianne;
Sawchuck , diane;
Firoz, tabassum;
Makanga, prestige tatenda;
Bique, cassimo;
Qureshi, rahat;
Macete, eusébio;
Menéndez, clara;
Dadelszen, peter von;
Sevene, esperança.
Background: In countries, such as Mozambique, where maternal mortality remains high, the greatest contribution of mortality comes from the poor and vulnerable communities, who frequently reside in remote and rural areas with limited access to health care services. This study aimed to understand women's h...
Adjei, aexander;
Bana, solomon narh;
Amu, alberta;
Kukula, vida;
Nagai, richard afedi;
Agyei, seth owusu;
Oduro, abraham;
Macete, Eusebio;
Abdulla, salim;
Halidou, tinto;
Sie, ali;
Osei, isaac;
Sevene, esperance;
Asante, kwaku-poku;
Mulokozi, abdunoor;
Compaore, guillaume;
Valea, innocent;
Adjuik, martin;
Baiden, rita;
Ogutu, Bernhards;
Binka, fred;
Gyapong, margaret.
Background: Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHA-PQ) is one of five WHO recommended artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria. However, little was known on its post-registration safety and effectiveness in sub-Saharan Africa. DHA-PQ provides a long post-treatment pro...
