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Very low HIV positivity on paediatric surgical wards in Mozambique: Implications for inpatient provider-initiated testing programmes

To close diagnostic gaps for children living with HIV, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends routine opt-out provider-initiated testing and counselling (PITC) for inpatient wards in high-prevalence countries, which includes nucleic acid testing as part of Early Infant Diagnosis (EID) programmes ...

Changing patterns in the burden of paediatric injuries during the COVID-19 pandemic: a study in Mozambique’s central hospitals

Introduction: There is a substantial body of knowledge on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on injuries showing frequent but inconsistent reductions in both volume and pattern. Yet, studies specifically addressing children are less common, not least from low- and middle-income countries. This study in...

Examining comorbidities in children with diarrhea across four provinces of Mozambique: A cross-sectional study (2015 to 2019)

PLos ONE; 14(1) (), 2023
Comorbidities are defined as the simultaneous occurrence of two or more diseases within the same individual. Comorbidities can delay a patient's recovery and increase the costs of treatment. Assessing comorbidities can provide local health care policy-makers with evidence of the most common multi-health ...

Access to Essential Medicines and Diagnostic Tests for Cardiovascular Diseases in Maputo City, Mozambique

Glob. heart (Online); 18 (1), 2023
Background: To tackle the increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and reduce premature cardiovascular (CV) mortality by a third by the year 2030, countries must achieve 80% availability of affordable essential medicines (EMs) and technologies in all health facilities. Objectives: To evalua...

Clinical Performance of Self-Collected Nasal Swabs and Antigen Rapid Tests for SARS-CoV-2 Detection in Resource-Poor Settings

Biomedicine; 10 (9), 2022
Background: In resource-poor countries, antigen-based rapid tests (Ag-RDTs) performed at primary healthcare and community settings improved access to SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics. However, the technical skills and biosafety requirements inherent to nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal (OP) specimens limit the scal...

Etiology of meningitis among adults in three quaternary hospitals in Mozambique, 2016-2017: The role of HIV

PLos ONE; 17 (5), 2022
Antecedentes: A meningite continua a ser uma causa importante de morbimortalidade em adultos na África Subsaariana. Os dados sobre a investigação etiológica da meningite em adultos em Moçambique são limitados e a maioria dos estudos foram realizados no sul de Moçambique. A identificação da etiol...

Vigilância Combinada de Factores de Risco e Doenças Não Transmissíveis em Moçambique: Estudos de Exequibilidade
Combined Surveillance of Risk Factors and Noncommunicable Diseases in Mozambique: Feasibility Studies

Introdução: A crescente carga global de Doenças Não Transmissíveis (DNTs) exige sistemas de vigilância que permitam acompanhar as tendências e avaliar o impacto de intervenções. O objectivo destes estudos foi testar modelos de vigilância hospitalar e comunitária de factores de risco e de DNTs....

Characterizing Undernourished Children Under-Five Years Old with Diarrhoea in Mozambique: A Hospital Based Cross-Sectional Study, 2015–2019

Nutrients; 14 (), 2022
Diarrhoea is associated with undernutrition and this association is related to increased morbidity and mortality in children under-five. In this analysis we aimed to assess the frequency and associated factors of undernutrition in children under-five with diarrhoea. A hospital-based cross-sectional study...

Characterizing Undernourished Children Under-Five Years Old with Diarrhoea in Mozambique: A Hospital Based Cross-Sectional Study, 2015–2019

Nutrients; 14 (1164), 2022
Diarrhoea is associated with undernutrition and this association is related to increased morbidity and mortality in children under-five. In this analysis we aimed to assess the frequency and associated factors of undernutrition in children under-five with diarrhoea. A hospital-based cross-sectional study...

O Avanço do Neoliberalismo sobre o Sector da Saúde e suas Implicações no Combate ao Coronavírus em Moçambique
The Advance of Neoliberalism in the Health Sector and its Implications for the Fight against Coronavirus in Mozambique

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...