Surveillance systems are important in detecting changes in disease patterns and can act as early warning systems for emerging disease outbreaks. We hypothesized that analysis of data from existing global influenza surveillance networks early in the COVID-19 pandemic could identify outliers in influenza-n...
Since the announcement of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in January 30th 2020, 68 countries reported to the World Health Organization that they were experiencing disruptions in malaria diagnosis and treatment. This situation had the potential to lead to delays in diagnosis and treatment, whi...
Mozambique has a generalized HIV epidemic, among pregnant women, HIV prevalence is estimated at 15.8% with a vertical transmission rate of 14%, more than double global targets. We evaluate electronic national health information system (SIS-MA) performance to verify if the data flow procedures met its obj...
HIV Infections/prevention & control,
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/prevention & control,
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/virology,
Feline Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/prevention & control,
Mozambique,
Feline Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/transmission,
HIV Infections/transmission,
Population Surveillance,
Pregnancy,
Surveys and Questionnaires
Baltazar, Cynthia Semá;
Horth, Roberta;
Boothe, Makini;
Sathane, Isabel;
Young, Peter;
Langa, Denise Chitsondzo;
Condula, Manuel;
Ricardo, Helena;
Dengo Baloi, Liliana;
Cummings, Beverley;
Schaad, Nicolas;
Gouveia, Lídia;
Teodoro, Eugénia;
Raymond, Henry F.
Few countries in sub-Saharan Africa know the magnitude of their HIV epidemic among people who inject drugs (PWID). This was the first study in Mozambique to measure prevalence of HIV, HBV, and HCV, and to assess demographic characteristics and risk behaviors in this key population.
Methods: We used resp...
Cities/epidemiology,
Cross-Sectional Studies,
Drug Users/statistics & numerical data,
Epidemics,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
Hepatitis B,
Hepatitis C,
Mozambique,
Population Surveillance/methods,
Prevalence,
Risk-Taking,
Seroepidemiologic Studies,
Sexual Behavior/statistics & numerical data,
Substance Abuse, Intravenous,
Surveys and Questionnaires,
Urban Population
Baltazar, Cynthia Semá;
Langa , José Paulo;
Baloi , Liliana Dengo;
Wood, Richard;
Ouedraogo, Issaka;
Lafourcade, Berthe-Marie Njanpop;
Inguane, Dorteia;
Chitio, Jucunu Elias;
Mhlanga, Themba;
Gujral, Lorna;
Gessner, Bradford D;
Munier, Aline;
Mengel, Martin A.
Background: Mozambique suffers recurrent annual cholera outbreaks especially during the rainy season between October to March. The African Cholera Surveillance Network (Africhol) was implemented in Mozambique in 2011 to generate accurate detailed surveillance data to support appropriate interventions for...
HIV stigma continues to be a major challenge to addressing HIV/AIDS in various countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including Mozambique. This paper explores the multidimensional nature of HIV stigma through the thematic analysis of five qualitative studies conducted in high HIV prevalence provinces in Mozam...
Gudo, Eduardo Samo;
Lesko, Birgitta;
Vene, Sirkka;
Lagerqvist, Nina;
Candido, Sandra Isabel;
Deus, Nilsa Razão de;
Pinto, Félix Dinis;
Pinto, Gabriela;
Monteiro, Vanessa;
Evaristo, Virginia Lara;
Bhatt, Nilesh;
Manhica, Ivan;
Falk, Kerstin I.
In sub-Saharan Africa, febrile patients are often assumed to have, and are treated for, malaria, but when tested, many are malaria-negative. Because emerging diseases, such as chikungunya virus (CHIKV) and dengue virus (DENV) infections, cause outbreaks around the world (1–3), the importance of these p...
Noncommunicable Diseases,
Health Policy,
eHealth Strategies,
Disease Prevention,
Population Surveillance,
Chancre,
Cervix Uteri,
Breast Cyst,
National Health Programs,
Pulmonary Heart Disease,
Indicators of Morbidity and Mortality,
Diabetes Mellitus,
Social Class,
Geographic Locations,
Health Services Research
Objective: To describe the burden, clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of severe malnutrition in children under the age of 5 years.
Design: Retrospective study of hospital-based data systematically collected from January 2001 to December 2010.
Setting: Rural Mozambican district hospital.
Subj...
Ambulatory Care Facilities,
Breast Feeding,
Comorbidity,
Diarrhea,
Hospital Mortality,
Hospitalization,
Hospitals, District,
Population Surveillance,
Prevalence,
Retrospective Studies,
Rural Population,
Severity of Illness Index,
Protein-Energy Malnutrition/complications,
Protein-Energy Malnutrition/epidemiology,
Protein-Energy Malnutrition/mortality,
Malnutrition/complications,
Malnutrition/epidemiology,
Malnutrition/mortality,
Malaria/parasitology,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Maueia, Cremildo;
Costa, Deise;
Meggi, Bindiya;
Ismael, Nalia;
Walle, Carla;
Curvo, Raphael;
Abreu, Celina;
Bhatt, Nilesh;
Tanuri, Amilcar;
Jani, Ilesh V;
Ferreira, Orlando C.
The HIV/AIDS pandemic is primarily caused by HIV-1. Another virus type, HIV-2, is found mainly in West African countries. We hypothesized that population migration and mobility in Africa may have facilitated the introduction and spreading of HIV-2 in Mozambique. The presence of HIV-2 has important implic...
Cross-Sectional Studies,
HIV Envelope Protein gp41,
HIV Antibodies,
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay,
HIV Infections,
HIV-2,
Immunoblotting,
Incidence,
Mozambique,
Phylogeography,
Population Surveillance,
Viral Load
