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
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
Introduction: People living with HIV (PLHIV) and who are aware of their HIV status can access and benefit from antiretroviral therapy (ART) with subsequent individual and public health benefits; however, many PLHIV are unaware of their HIV status. We assessed the magnitude and determinants of self-report...
AIDS Serodiagnosis/statistics & numerical data,
Diagnostic Tests, Routine/standards,
HIV/isolation & purification,
HIV Infections/diagnosis,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Mass Screening/standards,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/psychology,
Self Report,
Socioeconomic Factors,
Stereotyping
Gong, estelle;
Dula, janeth;
Alberto, carla;
Albuquerque, amanda de;
Steenland, maria;
Fernandes, quinhas;
Cuco, rosa marlene;
Sequeira, sandra;
Chicumbe, sérgio;
Samo Gudo, Eduardo;
McConnell, margaret.
Background: Antenatal care (ANC) provides a range of critical health services during pregnancy that can improve maternal and neonatal health outcomes. In Mozambique, only half of women receive four or more ANC visits, which are provided for free at public health centers by maternal and child health (MCH)...
Démolis, Rachel;
Botão, Carlos;
Heyerdahl, Léonard W;
Gessner, Bradford D;
Cavailler, Philippe;
Sinai, Celestino;
Magaço, Amílcar;
Gargasson, Jean-Bernard Le;
Mengel, Martin;
Guillermet, Elise.
While planning an immunization campaign in settings where public health interventions are subject to politically motivated resistance, designing context-based social mobilization strategies is critical to ensure community acceptability. In preparation for an Oral Cholera Vaccine campaign implemented in N...
Munguambe, khátia;
Boene, helena;
Vidler, marianne;
Sawchuck , diane;
Firoz, tabassum;
Makanga, prestige tatenda;
Bique, cassimo;
Qureshi, rahat;
Macete, eusébio;
Menéndez, clara;
Dadelszen, peter von;
Sevene, esperança.
Background: In countries, such as Mozambique, where maternal mortality remains high, the greatest contribution of mortality comes from the poor and vulnerable communities, who frequently reside in remote and rural areas with limited access to health care services. This study aimed to understand women's h...
Nhampossa, Tacilta;
Mandomando, Inacio;
Acacio, Sozinho;
Nhalungo, Delino;
Sacoor, Charfudin;
Nhacolo, Ariel;
Macete, Eusebio;
Nhabanga, Arnaldo;
Quintó, Llorenç;
Kotloff, Karen;
Levine, Myron M;
Nasrin, Dilruba;
Farag, Tamer;
Bassat, Quique;
Alonso, Pedro.
In the predominantly rural Manhiça district, in southern Mozambique, diarrhea is one of the leading causes of death among children under 5 years. Caretakers randomly selected from the Demographic Surveillance Database were invited to participate in a community-based survey on use of healthcare services ...
Caregivers/psychology,
Diarrhea, Infantile/epidemiology,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Health Surveys,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/psychology,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/statistics & numerical data,
Prevalence,
Primary Health Care/statistics & numerical data,
Risk Factors,
Rural Population,
Severity of Illness Index,
Mozambique/epidemiology
HIV prevalence rates in Zambézia Province were estimated to be 12.6% in 2009. A number of educational campaigns have been aimed at improving HIV transmission and prevention knowledge among community members in an effort to reduce infection rates. These campaigns have also encouraged people to seek healt...
Anti-HIV Agents/therapeutic use,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Africa,
Residence Characteristics,
Delivery of Health Care,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/psychology,
HIV Infections/therapy,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Medicine, African Traditional,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/psychology,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/statistics & numerical data,
Rural Population/statistics & numerical data,
Sexual Partners/psychology
Objective: To describe attitudes to the expanded programme on immunization (EPI) and intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi), and perceptions of the relationship between them. In particular, whether the introduction of IPTi negatively affects community attitudes to, or use of, EPI; or, conver...
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Caregivers/psychology,
Delivery of Health Care/methods,
Delivery of Health Care/organization & administration,
Hematologic Tests/psychology,
Immunization/psychology,
Malaria Vaccines/therapeutic use,
Immunization Programs/organization & administration,
Malaria, Falciparum/psychology,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/psychology,
Mozambique/epidemiology
