Introduction
Mozambique has a high burden of Tuberculosis (TB) with an incidence of 368 per 100,000 population in 2020, coupled with a low all-form TB detection rate. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated delays in timely diagnosis and treatment of new TB cases. Promoting active TB case finding is a nati...
Cambaco, Olga;
Gachuni, Noni;
Distler, Rebecca;
Cuinhane, Carlos;
Parker, Emily;
Mucavele, Estevão;
Bassat, Quique;
Chauque, Célia;
Saute, Franscisco;
Munguambe, Khátia;
Sacoor, Charfudin.
In low-and middle-income countries, many infants and children remain unregistered in both civil registration and healthcare records, limiting their access to essential rights-based services, including healthcare. A novel biometric registration prototype, applying a non-touch platform using smart phones a...
Health Smart Cards/organization & administration,
Biometric Identification/methods,
Caregivers/psychology,
Mozambique,
d0036950,
d0170280,
Fathers/psychology,
Health Smart Cards/ethics,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/psychology,
Pilot Projects,
Records,
Rural Population
Nacarapa, edy;
Verdu, m elisa;
Nacarapa, joana;
Chongo, bartolomeu;
Osorio , dulce;
Munyangaju, isabelle;
Mugabe, didier;
Paredes, roger;
Chamarro , ana;
Revollo, boris;
Alexandre, silvio s;
Simango, mulassua;
Torrus, diego;
Ramos-Rincon, jose-manuel.
HIV remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality for people living in many low-income countries. With an HIV prevalence of 12.4% among people aged over 15 years, Mozambique was ranked in 2019 as one of eight countries with the highest HIV rates in the world. We analyzed routinely collected data from ...
As malaria elimination becomes a possibility the focus of interventions changes from vector control to disease control. It is important that treatment occurs early during an infection in order for it to be efficacious, especially at the population level. The time between the onset of symptoms and treatme...
Sevene, Esperança;
Boene, Helena;
Vidler, Marianne;
Valá, Anifa;
Macuacua, Salésio;
Augusto, Orvalho;
Fernandes, Quinhas;
Macete, Eusébio;
Sidat, Mohsin;
Dadelszen, Peter von;
Munguambe, Khátia;
Bique, Cassimo.
Background
Maternal mortality is an important public health problem in low-income countries. Delays in reaching health facilities and insufficient health care professionals call for innovative community-level solutions. There is limited evidence on the role of community health workers in the management o...
Clinical Competence,
Community Health Services/standards,
Community Health Workers/psychology,
Disease Management,
Emergency Treatment/standards,
Feasibility Studies,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Maternal Mortality,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care,
Pre-Eclampsia/diagnosis,
Pre-Eclampsia/therapy,
Prenatal Care,
Referral and Consultation,
Mozambique
Makacha, Liberty;
Makanga, Prestige Tatenda;
Dube, Yolisa Prudence;
Bone, Jeffrey;
Munguambe, Khátia;
Katageri, Geetanjali;
Sharma, Sumedha;
Vidler, Marianne;
Sevene, Esperança;
Ramadurg, Umesh;
Charantimath, Umesh;
Revanka, Amit r;
Dadelszen, Peter von.
July Travel time to care is known to influence uptake of health services. Generally, pregnant women who take longer to transit to health facilities are the least likely to deliver in facilities. It is not clear if modelled access predicts fairly the vulnerability in women seeking maternal care across dif...
Dengo-Baloi, liliana;
Boothe, makini;
Baltazar, cynthia semá;
Sathane, isabel;
Langa, denise chitsondzo;
Condula, manuel;
Ricardo, helena;
Inguane, celso;
Teodoro, eugénia;
Gouveia, lídia;
Raymond, henry f;
Horth, roberta.
Background: Prior to 2014, data about health seeking behaviors or service uptake for People who inject drugs (PWID) in Mozambique did not exist. We present the results from the formative assessment component of the Biological and Behavioral Survey (BBS). Methods: Standardized interview guides were used d...
Pharmacies/organization & administration,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/statistics & numerical data,
Needle Sharing,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Middle Aged,
Interviews as Topic,
Mental Health Services/organization & administration,
Health Services Accessibility/statistics & numerical data,
Health Behavior,
Harm Reduction,
Focus Groups,
Adolescent,
Qualitative Research,
Social Stigma,
Social Work/statistics & numerical data,
Substance Abuse, Intravenous/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
Background: In low-income countries with poor coverage of healthcare services such as Mozambique, antenatal care serves as a vital tool for providing life-saving and cost-effective services for pregnant mothers. Nonetheless, many countries in Africa, including Mozambique, are struggling to attain an opti...
HIV Infections/diagnosis,
d0170630,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
d0112950,
Health Surveys/methods,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/statistics & numerical data,
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/diagnosis,
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/epidemiology,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Fuente-soro, laura;
Iniesta, carlos;
Lopez-Varella, elisa;
Cuna, mauro;
Guilaze, rui;
Maixenchs, maria;
Bernardo, Edson Luis;
Augusto, orvalho;
Gonzalez, raquel;
Couto, aleny;
Munguambe, khatia;
Naniche, denise.
Background: The implementation of quality HIV control programs is crucial for the achievement of the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets and to motivate people living with HIV (PLWHIV) to link and remain in HIV-care. The aim of this mixed method cross-sectional study was to estimate the linkage and long-term retenti...
AIDS Serodiagnosis,
Continuity of Patient Care/trends,
HIV Infections/diagnosis,
HIV Infections/prevention & control,
HIV Infections/therapy,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care,
Retention in Care/trends,
Rural Population,
Self Report,
Retrospective Studies,
Cross-Sectional Studies,
Mozambique