Khowaja, Asif Raza;
Quresh, Rahat Najam;
Sawchuck, Diane;
Oladapo, Olufemi T;
Adetoro, Olalekan O;
Orenuga, Elizabeth A;
Bellad, Mrutyunjaya;
Mallapur, Ashalata;
Charantimath, Umesh;
Sevene, Esperança;
Munguambe, Khátia;
Boene, Helena Edith;
Vidler, Marianne;
Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.
Globally, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia are major contributors to maternal and perinatal mortality;
of which the vast majority of deaths occur in less developed countries. In addition, a disproportionate number
of morbidities and mortalities occur due to delayed access to health services. The Community Lev...
Eclampsia,
Community Participation,
Community Health Services/statistics & numerical data,
Maternal Mortality,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care,
Perception,
Pre-Eclampsia,
Residence Characteristics,
Qualitative Research,
Prenatal Care,
Midwifery,
Feasibility Studies,
Mozambique
Nhacolo, Ariel;
Magaço, Amilcar;
Amosse, Felizarda;
Hunguana, Aura;
Matsena, Teodimiro;
Nhacolo, Arsénio;
Xerinda, Elisio;
Bassat, Quique;
Sacoor, Charfudin;
Mandomando, Inacio;
Munguambe, Khátia.
The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted countries to swiftly implement rigorous preventive measures on a population-wide scale worldwide. However, in low-income countries like Mozambique this was difficult, coupled with a generalised lack of knowledge on how the population understood and complied with these m...
COVID-19/epidemiology,
COVID-19/prevention & control,
Masks,
Cross-Sectional Studies,
Family Characteristics,
Hand Disinfection,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Perception,
Physical Distancing,
Quarantine,
SARS-CoV-2,
Surveys and Questionnaires,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Background: Deficiencies in the provision of evidence-based obstetric care are common in low-income countries, including Mozambique. Constraints relate to lack of human and financial resources and weak health systems, however limited resources alone do not explain the variance. Understanding the healthca...
Attitude of Health Personnel,
Developing Countries,
Family/psychology,
Maternal Health Services/standards,
Maternal Health Services/organization & administration,
Organizational Culture,
Perception,
Reproducibility of Results,
Surveys and Questionnaires/standards,
Workplace,
Mozambique
RESUMO Objetivo: analisar os sentidos produzidos por meio das experiências e percepções dos profissionais de saúde sobre a implementação da estratégia do tratamento diretamente observado de curta duração para o controle da tuberculose. Método: estudo qualitativo realizado em Moçambique com 1...
Drug Therapy/methods,
Drug Therapy/standards,
Health Personnel/psychology,
Mozambique,
Perception,
Program Evaluation/methods,
Public Health/methods,
Public Health/standards,
Qualitative Research,
Time Factors,
Tuberculin Test/methods,
Tuberculin Test/nursing,
Tuberculosis/diagnosis,
Tuberculosis/drug therapy,
Workforce
Boene, helena;
Vidler, marianne;
Sacoor, charfudin;
Nhama, abel;
Nhacolo, ariel;
Bique, cassimo;
Alonso, pedro;
Sawchuck, diane;
Qureshi, rahat;
Macete, eusébio;
Menendez, clara;
Dadelszen, peter von;
Sevene, esperança;
Munguambe, khátia;
Munguambe, khátia.
Background: Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest maternal mortality ratio at 500 deaths per 100,000 live births. In Mozambique maternal mortality is estimated at 249-480 per 100,000 live births and eclampsia is the third leading cause of death. The objective of this study was to describe the community unde...
Community Mental Health Services/statistics & numerical data,
Community Participation,
Eclampsia,
Maternal Mortality,
Midwifery,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care,
Perception,
Pre-Eclampsia,
Pregnancy,
Prenatal Care,
Residence Characteristics,
Mozambique
Self-medication is recognised as an important public health problem as studies carried out in different countries have been reporting higher prevalence rates. Although self-medication in Mozambique has been perceived as a common practice, few studies have been undertaken to ascertain the degree of preval...
Analgesics,
Anti-Inflammatory Agents,
Self Medication,
Disease,
Ego,
Pharmacy,
Nonprescription Drugs,
Perception,
Persons,
Pharmaceutical Preparations,
Public Health,
Therapeutics
O Sindroma de Imunodeficiência Adquirida (SIDA) é um problema
importante de saúde pública, principalmente nos países em desenvolvimento como
Moçambique. Os adolescentes apresentam alta prevalência dos comportamentos de
risco ao Vírus de Imunodeficiência Humana (...
Behavior,
Disease,
HIV,
Infections,
Perception,
Health,
Public Health,
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome,
Viruses,
Adolescent,
Knowledge,
34658
Munguambe, hhátia;
Pool, robert;
Montgomery, catherine;
Bavo, carlos;
Nhacolo, ariel;
Fiosse, lina;
Sacoor, charfudin;
Nhalungo, delino;
Mabunda, samuel;
Macete, eusébio;
Alonso, pedro.
Background: Malaria control remains a challenge in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2006, the World Health Organization (WHO) reinforced the recommendation of indoor residual spraying (IRS) with dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) to reduce malaria transmission. The National Malaria Control Programme has been re...
World Health Organization,
Malaria,
Mosquito Control,
Data Analysis,
51607,
Culicidae,
Demography,
Efficacy,
Surveys and Questionnaires,
Insecticides,
Motivation,
Methods,
Perception,
Health Personnel,
Politics,
Observation,
Beds,
Epidemiologic Methods
Background: A legacy of colonial rule coupled with a devastating 16-year civil war through 1992 left Mozambique economically impoverished just as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic swept over southern Africa in the late 1980s. The crumbling Mozambican health care sys...
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/transmission,
Chronic Disease,
Medication Adherence,
Risk Reduction Behavior,
Epidemics,
Heterosexuality,
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning Transmission,
Mortality,
Prevalence,
Health Systems,
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome,
Viruses/immunology,
Midwifery,
Therapeutics,
Syndrome,
Attitude,
Poverty,
HIV,
Risk,
Medication Adherence/statistics & numerical data,
Africa/epidemiology,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Knowledge,
Behavior,
Perception,
Disease Prevention,
Gender Identity,
Pharmaceutical Preparations,
Ethanol,
Delivery of Health Care,
Infrastructure
Este relatório apresenta os resultados do segundo Inquérito Demográfico e de Saúde (IDS 2003)
realizado pelo Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) e pelo Ministério da Saúde (MISAU) com apoio
técnico da Macro Internacional Inc. O IDS faz parte do programa mundial de Inquéritos Demográficos ...
Maternal and Child Health,
60812,
Causality,
Sexual Behavior,
Knowledge,
Demography,
Nutritional Status,
Family,
Housing,
Construction Industry,
Women,
Maternal Mortality,
Perception,
Planning,
Population,
Sanitation,
Child Health,
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome,
Water
