Sub-Saharan Africa concentrates the burden of HIV and the highest adolescent fertility rates. However, there is limited information about the impact of the interaction between adolescence and HIV infection on maternal health in the region. Data collected prospectively from three clinical trials conducted...
HIV Infections/complications,
Maternal Health/statistics & numerical data,
Pregnancy,
Infant Mortality/trends,
d0112530,
d0066780,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/transmission,
HIV Infections/mortality,
Risk,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Gestational Age,
Premature Birth/drug therapy
Background: Technological advances and high throughput biological assays can facilitate discovery science in biobanks from population cohorts, including pregnant women. Biological pathways associated with health outcomes differ depending on geography, and high-income country data may not generalise to lo...
A redução da mortalidade em crianças continua a ser uma das principais prioridades de saúde pública no mundo e em particular em Moçambique, visto que mais de seis milhões de crianças morrem a cada ano no mundo, antes de completar 5 anos de idade. Moçambique, apesar de ter registado uma significa...
Fístulas Obstétricas (FO) consistem numa comunicação entre a vagina, a bexiga e/ou recto resultante da necrose dos tecidos por compressão da cabeça do feto numa circunstância de trabalho de parto arrastado. Acabar com a incidência de FO é fundamental para o alcance dos Objectivos de Desenvolvime...
Maternal Health,
Tissues,
Urinary Bladder,
Sustainable Development,
Incidence,
Fetus,
Necrosis,
Therapeutics,
Labor, Obstetric,
Rectovaginal Fistula/diagnosis
Dube , Yolisa Prudence;
Ruktanonchai, Corrine Warren;
Sacoor, Charfudin;
Tatem, Andrew J;
Munguambe, Khatia;
Boene, Helena;
Vilanculo, Faustino Carlos;
Sevene 3, Esperança;
Matthews, Zoe;
Dadelszen, Peter von;
Makanga, Prestige Tatenda.
Background: Existence of inequalities in quality and access to healthcare services at subnational levels has been identified despite a decline in maternal and perinatal mortality rates at national levels, leading to the need to investigate such conditions using geographical analysis. The need to assess t...
Background: Over the past 20 years, Mozambique has achieved substantial reductions in maternal, neonatal, and child mortality. However, mortality rates are still high, and to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for maternal and child health, further gains are needed. One technique that can g...
Macuácua, salésio;
Catalão, raquel;
Valá, anifa;
Machete, eusébio;
Sharma, sumedha;
Vidler, mariamme;
Sid at, mohsim;
Munguambe, khatia;
Dadelszen, peter;
Seven, esperança.
Background: Pre-eclampsia is one of the leading causes of maternal death in Mozambique. Limited access to health care facilities and a lack of skilled health professionals contribute to the high maternal morbidity and mortality rates in Mozambique and indicate a need for community-level interventions. Th...
Community Health Services,
Community Health Workers,
Mozambique,
Eclampsia/therapy,
Eclampsia/mortality,
Health Policy,
Health Services Accessibility,
Maternal Death/prevention & control,
Maternal Health,
Maternal Health Services,
Maternal Mortality,
Pre-Eclampsia/mortality,
Pre-Eclampsia/therapy,
Professional Role,
Pregnancy
O presente relatório do Inquérito de Indicadores de Imunização, Malária e HIV/SIDA apresenta
informações sobre a fecundidade; gravidez e maternidade na adolescência; preferências de
fecundidade; planeamento familiar; consultas pré-natais; assistência ao parto; vacinação de
crianças; infecç...
A lenta diminuicao da mortalidade neonatal, ao longo dos anos, em comparacao com a mortalidade em menores de cinco anos tem sido uma causa de preocupacao do ministerio de saude de mocambique. sendo que este foi grande obstaculo para a conquista dos objectivos de desenvolvimento do milenio (ODM) no pais. ...
Infant Mortality,
Infant, Newborn,
Perinatal Mortality,
National Health Systems,
Maternal Health,
Primary Health Care,
Reproductive Health,
Parturition,
Mortality,
Pregnancy in Adolescence,
Obstetric Labor Complications
