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Perceptions and compliance with COVID-19 preventive measures in Southern and Central regions of Mozambique: A quantitative in-person household survey in the districts of Manhiça and Quelimane

PLos ONE; 19 (5), 2024
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...

inquerito sobre o mapeamento de hotspots e estimativa do tamanho da populacao chave na provincia de zambezia

A preocupação global sobre a transmissão do HIV entre as populações-chave (PC) é amplamente reconhecida devido aos comportamentos sexuais de alto risco e o uso de drogas injectáveis. Moçambique enfrenta uma epidemia generalizada de HIV, com uma prevalência estimada de 12,5% em indivíduos ad...

Inquerito sobre o mapeamento de hotspots e estimativa do tamanho da populacao chave na provincia de Manica: Relatorio dos principais indicatores

A preocupação global sobre a transmissão do HIV entre as populações-chave (PC) é amplamente reconhecida devido aos comportamentos sexuais de alto risco e o uso de drogas injectáveis. Moçambique enfrenta uma epidemia generalizada de HIV, com uma prevalência estimada de 12,5% em indivíduos ad...

The provision of malaria services in border districts of four countries in Southern Africa: results from a cross-sectional community assessment of malaria border health posts

Malar. j. (Online); 22 (318), 2023
Background The importation of parasites across borders remains a threat to malaria elimination. The Southern African Development Community Malaria Elimination Eight (E8) established 39 border health facilities on 5 key international borders between high and low-burden countries. These clinics aimed to im...

Computer vision syndrome and associated factors in university students and teachers in Nampula, Mozambique

BMC ophthalmol. (Online); 23 (1), 2023
Background: Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) is a complex of eye and visual problems that arise while using a computer or other Video Display Terminal (DVT). With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of these DVTs has become indispensable in the lives of students and teachers. This study aims to id...

Relatório dos principais indicadores inquérito sobre o mapeamento e estimativa do tamanho da população-chave cidade de Maputo
REPORT ON KEY INDICATORS SURVEY ON MAPPING AND ESTIMATING THE SIZE OF THE KEY POPULATION MAPUTO CITY

A preocupação global sobre a transmissão do HIV entre a população-chave (PC) é amplamente reconhecida devido aos comportamentos sexuais de alto risco e o uso de drogas injectáveis. Moçambique enfrenta uma epidemia generalizada de HIV, com uma prevalência estimada de 12,5% em indivíduos de 15...

Burden and risk factors of snakebite in Mopeia, Mozambique: Leveraging larger malaria trials to generate data of this neglected tropical disease

Plos negl. trop. dis; 17 (8), 2023
Background: Snakebite is a neglected disease that disproportionally affects the rural poor. There is a dearth of evidence regarding incidence and risk factors in snakebite-endemic countries. Without this basic data, it will be impossible to achieve the target of a 50% reduction of snakebite morbidity and...

Alternative approaches for creating a wealth index: the case of Mozambique

BMJ glob. health; 8 (8), 2023
Background Residual malaria transmission is the result of adaptive mosquito behavior that allows malaria vectors to thrive and sustain transmission in the presence of good access to bed nets or insecticide residual spraying. These behaviors include crepuscular and outdoor feeding as well as intermittent ...

Inquérito sobre Orçamento Familiar – IOF 2022
Household Budget Survey – IOF 2022 Final Report

O Inquérito sobre o Orçamento Familiar (IOF) é uma das mais antigas pesquisas realizadas pelo Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE). O IOF 2022 é uma pesquisa por amostragem probabilística, estratificada e multi-etápica, baseada na amostra mãe 2017-2026 elaborada a partir dos dados do Recens...

Associations of WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Program (JMP) Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Service Ladder service levels and sociodemographic factors with diarrhoeal disease among children under 5 years in Bishoftu town, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

BMJ Open; 13 (1296), 2023
Diarrhoea among children under 5years is a central public health issue worldwide.5 It causes more than 1.7billion cases and kills 525 000 children under 5years old each year, making it the world’s second leading cause of mortality among children under 5years. 6 Globally, diarrhoeal disease accounts for...