Results: 3

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and perinatal health service utilisation and outcomes in Mozambique: an interrupted time series analysis

BMJ Open; 12 (11), 2022
Objectives: To measure the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and perinatal health services and outcomes in Mozambique. Design: This is an observational study analysing routine service delivery data using interrupted time series analysis. We used 43 months of district-level panel data with Apr...

The effect of a Mentor Mothers program on prevention of vertical transmission of HIV outcomes in Zambézia Province, Mozambique: a retrospective interrupted time series analysis

J. int. aids soc; 25 (6), 2022
Introduction: Mentor Mothers (MM) provide peer support to pregnant and postpartum women living with HIV (PPWH) and their infants with perinatal HIV exposure (IPE) throughout the cascade of prevention of vertical transmission (PVT) services. MM were implemented in Zambézia Province, Mozambique starting ...

Short-term effects of the COVID-19 state of emergency on contraceptive access and utilization in Mozambique

PLos ONE; 16 (3), 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has increasingly disrupted the global delivery of preventive health care services, as a large number of governments have issued state of emergency orders halting service delivery. However, there is limited evidence on the realized effects of the pandemic and associated emergency ord...