Como parte das actividades planificadas do Convénio de Nutrição, “Melhorar a saúde da população, com incidência nos seus Determinantes Sociais e especial enfoque na nutrição, através do fortalecimento dos Cuidados de Saúde Primários como a melhor estratégia para garantir o Direito à Saúd...
Castro, elena marbán;
Sacoor, charfudin;
Nhacolo, ariel;
Augusto, orvalho;
Jamisse, edgar;
Varela, elisa lópez;
Casellas, aina;
Aponte, john, j;
Bassat, Quique;
Sigauque, betuel;
Macete, eusebio;
Basteiro, alberto l, garcia.
Background: Over the past four decades, the World Health Organization established the Expanded Programme on
Immunization (EPI) to foster universal access to all relevant vaccines for all children at risk. The success of this
program has been undeniable, but requires periodic monitoring to ensure that cov...
Obstetric fistula is one of the most devastating consequences of unmet needs in obstetric services. Systematic reviews suggest that the pooled incidence of fistulae in community-based studies is 0.09 per 1000 recently pregnant women; however, as facility delivery is increasing, for the most part, in Afri...
As informações de mortalidade são úteis para avaliar a situação de saúde de uma população. Dados de mortalidade confiáveis produzidos por um sistema de informação de saúde nacional constituem uma ferramenta importante para o planejamento de saúde. Em muitos países, sobretudo em desenvolvim...
Rural Health,
Infant Mortality,
Health Statistics,
Information Technology,
Staff Development,
Mortality,
Cause of Death,
Morgue,
Medical Records Systems, Computerized,
Fetal Mortality
Tuberculosis (TB) remains an important public health concern, and a leading cause of disease and death worldwide. Mozambique is one of the few high TB burden countries where TB figures have not improved in recent years, with an estimated TB incidence in 2013 of 552 cases per 100 000 population [1]. With ...
Tuberculosis/complications,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Mortality,
Cohort Studies,
HIV Infections/complications,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
Immunosuppression Therapy,
Incidence,
Public Health,
Rural Health,
Sputum/metabolism,
Tuberculosis/epidemiology
Background: Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia (APFP) has been reported to be highly prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa, a region heavily burdened by malaria, yet, the impact of APFP on the immunological reference values have not yet been established. This study was aimed at i) determine the pre...
Roca, anna;
Quinto , llorenc;
Abacassamo, fatima;
Morais, luis;
Valle, xavier;
Espasa, mateu;
Sigauque, betuel;
Sacarla, jahit;
Macete, eusebio;
Nhacolo, ariel;
Mandomando, inacio;
Levine, myron M;
Alonso, pedro L.
Objective: To measure the disease burden and epidemiological characteristics of invasive Haemophilus influenzae in rural Mozambican children. Methods: As part of the clinical management of children admitted to Manhiça District Hospital, blood and cerebrospinal fluid samples were collected between May 20...
Objective: To estimate the community incidence-rates of respiratory infections among infants in Manhiça, southern Mozambique, and to determine risk factors associated with these infections.
Methods: A cohort of children <1 year of age were visited at home every week until they turned one. During the vis...
Roca, A;
Sigaúque, B;
Quintó, Ll;
Mandomando, L;
Vallès, X;
Espasa, M;
Abacassamo, F;
Sacarlal, J;
Macete, E;
Nhacolo, A;
Levine, M;
Alonso, P.
Objectivos Estimar a incidência e as características epidemiológicas do pneumococo invasivodoença (DPI) em crianças de <5 anos de idade residentes em uma área rural do sul de Moçambique.Métodos Como parte do manejo clínico de crianças internadas em Manhiçum Hospital Distrital,A vigilância pr...
Meningitis, Pneumococcal,
Meningitis, Pneumococcal/epidemiology,
Chloramphenicol/therapeutic use,
Rural Population,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Population Surveillance/methods,
Pneumococcal Infections/epidemiology,
Pneumonia/chemically induced,
Rural Health,
Anti-Infective Agents/therapeutic use
We describe the frequency of Plasmodium falciparum clones infecting individuals living in a rural area of southern Mozambique and analyse the relationship between multiplicity of infection, age and other malariometric indices, including prospective risk of clinical malaria. The genotyping was based on th...
