Results: 12

Poverty and vulnerability in Mozambique: An analysis of dynamics and correlates in light of the Covid-19 crisis using synthetic panels

Rev. dev. econ.; 25 (4), 2021
This study aims at providing new insights into poverty, vulnerability, and their correlates in Mozambique, applying synthetic panels techniques and expanding on earlier analyses. Our results suggest that there is a high degree of poverty immobility, especially in rural areas in the northern and central r...

Men’s migration and women’s mortality in rural Mozambique

Soc. sci. med. (1982); 270 (113519), 2020
Labor migration is widespread and growing across the world. As migration grows, the economic outcomes of migration increasingly diversify, and so do its consequences for the well-being and health of both migrants and non-migrating household members. A considerable body of scholarship has examined the eff...

Loss to follow-up and opportunities for reengagement in HIV care in rural Mozambique. A prospective cohort study

Medicine journal; 99 (6), 2020
Patients lost to follow-up (LTFU) over the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cascade have poor clinical outcomes and contribute to onward HIV transmission. We assessed true care outcomes and factors associated with successful reengagement in patients LTFU in southern Mozambique. Newly diagnosed HIV-posi...

Diversidades e convergências nos indicadores de saúde no Brasil e em Moçambique
Diversity and Convergence in Health Indicators in Brazil and Mozambique

Novos estud. - CEBRAP; 38 (2), 2019
O artigo apresenta um panorama da trajetória recente das desi‑ gualdades em saúde nos dois países. Partindo da sistematização de dados produzidos pelos órgãos oficiais, de estatística e saúde, mostra como evoluíram os indicadores de acesso à saúde. Observa‑se a redução das desigualdade...

Interpretações e praticas tradicionais relacionasdas com epilepsia: estudo na zona sul de Moçambique

Epilepsia é um problema de Saúde Pública afectando cerca 50 milhões de pessoas a nível global, das quais 40 milhões em Países em vias de desenvolvimento, onde também Moçambique faz parte (OMS, 2016). Em Moçambique, o problema de epilepsia afecta cerca de 4% da população principalmente nas zon...

Infant mortality and morbidity associated with preterm and small-for-gestational-age births in southern Mozambique: A retrospective cohort study

PLos ONE; 12 (2), 2017
Background: Preterm and small for gestational age (SGA) births have been associated with adverse outcomes during the first stages of life. We evaluated the morbidity and mortality associated with preterm and SGA births during the first year of life in a rural area of Southern Mozambique. Methods: This is...

Infecções invasivas por salmonella entre crianças da zona rural de moçambique, 2001–2014

Clin. infect. dis; 61 (4), 2015
Invasive nontyphoidal Salmonella (iNTS) has emerged as a cause of bacteremia in African children and HIV-infected adults, which is associated with high mortality. Epidemiological data and burden of iNTS infections in resource-constrained settings are needed to better define preventive and curative strate...

Barriers to Health Care in Rural Mozambique: A Rapid Ethnographic Assessment of Planned Mobile Health Clinics for ART

Background: In Mozambique, 1.6 million people are living with HIV, and over 60% of the population lives in rural areas lacking access to health services. Mobile health clinics, implemented in 2013 in 2 provinces, are beginning to offer antiretroviral therapy (ART) and basic primary care services. Prior t...

Caesarean section rates in Mozambique

BMC pregnancy childbirth; 15 (253), 2015
Background: The Caesarean section (C-section) rate is used as an indicator for availability and utilization of life-saving obstetric services. The purpose of the present study was to explore changes in C-section rates between 1995 and 2011 by area, place of delivery and maternal socioeconomic factors in ...

Ronda de Vigilância Epidemiológica do HIV e Sífilis em Moçambique, 2011 Principais Resultados

A presente publicação apresenta os resultados da Ronda de Vigilância Epidemiológica (RVE) do HIV em mulheres grávidas atendidas na consulta pré-natal (CPN) realizada em 2011. Para a monitoria desta epidemia no País temos como recurso o Sistema de Vigilância Epidemiológica baseado em postos senti...