Contexto
O peso das Doenças Não Transmissíveis (DNT) é relativamente alto nos países de média e
baixa renda, onde se antevê uma tendência de aumento drástico nos próximos anos. Uma
resposta a este cenário implica adaptações significativas na forma como os serviços
relacionados às DNT são ...
Hypertension/diagnosis,
Diabetes Mellitus/therapy,
Equipment and Supplies,
Diagnosis,
Health Systems,
Poverty,
Workforce,
Health Personnel,
Diabetes Mellitus/diagnosis,
Diabetes Mellitus/drug therapy,
Hypertension/prevention & control,
Mozambique/epidemiology
História Clínica
Paciente de 24 anos, sexo masculino, solteiro,
estudante, com história de cefaleia persistente e
níveis tensionais elevados (155/129mmHg) desde
Maio de 2019, altura em que foi medicado com
Nifedipina 30mg (duas vezes por dia). Não apresentava qualquer tipo de comorbidades nos a...
INTRODUÇÃO: A Hipertensão arterial (HTA) é um problema de saúde pública em todo o mundo devido à sua relação causal com doenças cardiovasculares (DCV). É complicação frequente em pacientes com Diabetes Mellitus tipo 2, aumentando o risco de DCV. A HTA Mascarada definida como a pressão arter...
Damasceno, Albertino;
Gomes, Joana;
Azevedo, Ana;
Lobo, Victoria;
Lopes, Helder;
Madede, Tavares;
Pravinrai, Pius;
Silva-Matos, Carla;
Jalla, Sulemane;
Stewart, Simon;
Lunet, Nuno.
Already a major cause of death and disability in high-income countries, the burden of stroke
in sub-Saharan Africa is also expected to be high. However, specific stroke data are scarce from resource-poor countries.
We studied the incidence, characteristics, and short-term consequences of hospitalizations...
Hemorrhagic Stroke,
Stroke,
Cause of Death,
Cost of Illness,
Epidemiologic Studies,
Hypertension,
Hospitals,
Incidence,
World Health Organization,
Patients,
Developing Countries,
Population
Matsuzaki, Mika;
Sherr, Kenneth;
Augusto, Orvalho;
Kawakatsu, Yoshito;
Ásbjörnsdóttir, Kristjana;
Chale, Falume;
Covele, Alfredo;
Manaca, Nélia;
Muanido, Alberto;
Wagenaan, Bradley H;
Mocumbi, Ana O;
Gimbel, Sarah.
Hypertension (HTN) is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, and its prevalence has been rising in low- and middle-income countries. The current study describes HTN prevalence in central Mozambique, association between wealth and blood pressure (BP), and HTN monitoring and diagnosis practice am...
Matsuzaki, mika;
Sherr, kenneth;
Augusto, orvalho;
Kawakatsu, yoshito;
Ásbjörnsdóttir, kristjana;
Chale, falume;
Covele, alfredo;
Manaca, nelia;
Muanido, alberto;
Bradley, wagenaar h;
Mocumbi, ana o;
Gimbel, sarah.
Background: Hypertension (HTN) is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, and its prevalence has been rising in low- and middle-income countries. The current study describes HTN prevalence in central Mozambique, association between wealth and blood pressure (BP), and HTN monitoring and diagnosis...
Pope Francis visited Mozambique from September 4-6, 2019. During the visit, a real-time surveillance system for mass gathering events was implemented in all places where people gathered in Maputo City for early detection of possible outbreaks and other health-related events. The system was implemented at...
Gimbel, Sarah;
Mocumbi, Ana Olga;
Ásbjörnsdóttir, Kristjana;
Coutinho, Joana;
Andela, Leonel;
Cebola, bonifacio;
Craine, Heidi;
Crocker, Jonny;
Hicks, Leecreesha;
Holte, Sarah;
Hossieke, Rodrigues;
Itai, Edgar.
Abstract Background: Across sub-Saharan Africa, evidence-based clinical guidelines to screen and manage hypertension exist; however, country level application is low due to lack of service readiness, uneven health worker motivation, weak accountability of health worker performance, and poor integration o...
Targeted approaches to further reduce maternal mortality require thorough understanding of the geographic barriers that women face when seeking care. Common measures of geographic access do not account for the time needed to reach services, despite substantial
evidence that links proximity with greater ...
