Background: In April 2019, Mozambique was hit by Cyclone Idai leaving substantial damage to infrastructure and nearly two million people in need of humanitarian assistance. Malaria risk has been associated with living in a rural setting, vicinity to water, and household structure, all factors which are i...
De Schacht, Caroline;
Lucas, Carlota;
Paulo, Paula;
Fernando, Anibal Naftal;
Chinai, Jalilo Ernesto;
Silva, Wilson P;
Amane, Guita;
Sultane, Thebora;
Honwana, Nely;
Malimane, Inacio;
Couto, Aleny;
Yu, Zhihong;
Wester, C William.
Background
In 2021, Mozambique initiated community-based oral HIV self-testing (HIVST) to increase testing access and uptake among priority groups, including adult males, adolescents, and young adults. Within an HIVST pilot project, we conducted a performance evaluation assessing participants’ ability ...
Nhacolo, Ariel;
Madewell, Zachary J;
Muir, Jonathan A;
Sacoor, Charfudin;
Xerinda, Elisio;
Matsena, Teodimiro;
Jamisse, Edgar;
Bassat, Quique;
Whitney, Cynthia G;
Mandomando, Inacio;
Cunningham, Solveig A.
Understanding community members’ knowledge of SARS-CoV-2 transmission and prevention is essential for directing public health interventions to reduce disease spread and improve vaccination coverage. Here, we describe knowledge of COVID-19 transmission, prevention, and symptoms among community residents...
Across rural sub-Saharan Africa, people living with HIV (PLHIV) commonly seek out treatment from traditional healers. We report on the clinical outcomes of a community health worker intervention adapted for traditional healers with insight into our results from qualitative interviews. We employed a pre-p...
Introduction
After the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, more than 184 million cases and 4 million deaths had been recorded worldwide by July 2021. These are likely to be underestimates and do not distinguish between direct and indirect deaths resulting from disruptions in health ca...
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
Amosse, Felizarda;
Boene, Helena;
Kinshella, Mai-Lei Woo;
Drebit, Sharla;
Sharma, Sumedha;
Makanga, Prestige Tatenda;
Valá, Anifa;
Magee, Laura A;
Dadelszen, Peter von;
Vidler, Marianne;
Sevene, Esperança;
Munguambe, Khátia Munguambe.
Delays due to long distances to health facilities, poor road infrastructure, and lack of affordable transport options contribute to the burden of maternal deaths in Mozambique. This study aimed to assess the implementation and uptake of an innovative community-based transport program to improve access to...
A análise da literatura médica internacional faz notar a ausência de documentos contendo uma abordagem transversal, relativa à infeção pelo Vírus da Imunodeficiência Humana (VIH) no quadro nacional Moçambicano, facto que motivou a elaboração deste documento.
No ano 2010 a prevalência da infe�...
Background: In Mozambique, socio-economic and cultural factors influence the wide adoption of disease preventive measures that are relevant for malaria control strategies to promote early recognition of disease, prompt seeking of medical care, sleeping under insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), and taking i...
Socioeconomic Factors,
Cultural Factors,
Cross-Sectional Studies,
Surveys and Questionnaires,
Malaria/prevention & control,
Mozambique,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Malaria/psychology,
Rural Population/statistics & numerical data
Matsuzaki, Mika;
Sherr, Kenneth;
Augusto, Orvalho;
Kawakatsu, Yoshito;
Ásbjörnsdóttir, Kristjana;
Chale, Falume;
Covele, Alfredo;
Manaca, Nélia;
Muanido, Alberto;
Wagenaan, Bradley H;
Mocumbi, Ana O;
Gimbel, Sarah.
Hypertension (HTN) is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, and its prevalence has been rising in low- and middle-income countries. The current study describes HTN prevalence in central Mozambique, association between wealth and blood pressure (BP), and HTN monitoring and diagnosis practice am...
