Nhacolo, Ariel;
Magaço, Amilcar;
Amosse, Felizarda;
Hunguana, Aura;
Matsena, Teodimiro;
Nhacolo, Arsénio;
Xerinda, Elisio;
Bassat, Quique;
Sacoor, Charfudin;
Mandomando, Inacio;
Munguambe, Khátia.
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...
COVID-19/epidemiology,
COVID-19/prevention & control,
Masks,
Cross-Sectional Studies,
Family Characteristics,
Hand Disinfection,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Perception,
Physical Distancing,
Quarantine,
SARS-CoV-2,
Surveys and Questionnaires,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Chisenga, Mukosha;
Dlamini, Bongani;
Mwendera, Nyasha;
Maquina, Paulo;
Hamainza, Busiku;
Martins, José Franco;
Saute, Francisco;
Bock, Henrico;
Gosling, Roly;
Bennett, Adam;
Smith, Jennifer;
Kleinschmidt, Immo.
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...
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...
O'Bryan, Emma;
Imputiua, Saimado;
Elobolobo, Eldo;
Nicolas, Patricia;
Montana 1 2, Julia;
Jamisse, Edgar;
Munguambe, Humberto;
Casellas, Aina;
Castillo, Paula Ruiz;
Rabinovich, Regina;
Saute, Francisco;
Sacoor, Charfudin;
Chaccour, Carlos.
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...
Xie, Kexi;
Marathe, Achla;
Deng, Xinwei;
Castillo, Paula Ruiz;
Imputiua, Saimado;
Elobolobo, Eldo;
Mutepa, Victor;
Sale 5, Mussa;
Nicolas, Patricia;
Montana, julia.
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 ...
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Health Surveys,
Africa,
One Health,
Poverty,
Statistical Data,
Passive Cutaneous Anaphylaxis/drug effects,
Indicators and Reagents,
Surveys and Questionnaires/statistics & numerical data,
Malaria/drug therapy,
Malaria/prevention & control,
Malaria, Falciparum/complications
Girmay, Aderajew Mekonnen;
Weldetinsae, Abel;
Mengesha, Sisay Derso;
Adugna, Ermias Alemayehu;
Alemu, Zinabu Assefa;
Wagar, Bedasa;
Serte, Melaku Gizaw;
Awoke, Kaleab Sebsibe;
Bedada, Tesfaye Legesse;
Weldegebriel, Mesaye Getachew;
Dinssa, Danial Abera;
Alemayehu, Tsigereda Assefa;
Kenea, Moa Abate;
Tekulu, Kirubel Tesfaye;
Gobena, Waktole;
Fikresilassie, Getinet;
Melese, Abayew Wassie;
Redwan, Ekram;
Hoffmann, Vivian;
Tessema, Masresha;
Tollera, Getachew.
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...
Abstract: The 1974 Expanded Program on Immunisation has saved millions of children worldwide
by promoting full immunisation coverage (FIC). However, forty years later, many sub-Saharan
African countries remain well below its target of 90% FIC. This study analysed the level, trends and
determinants of FIC...
Pope, Stephen;
Augusto, Orvalho;
Fernandes, Quinhas;
Gimbel, Sarah;
Ramiro, Isaías;
Uetela, Dorlim;
Tembe, Stélio;
Kimball, Meredith;
Manaca, Mélia;
Anderson, Leigh;
Chicumbe, Sérgio;
Sherr, Kenneth.
Introduction: The effectiveness of facility-level management is an important determinant of primary health care (PHC) reach and quality; however, the nature of the relationship between facility level management and health system effectiveness lacks sufficient empirical grounding. We describe the associat...
O Plano Estratégico Nacional de HIV e SIDA de Moçambique (PEN V) considera os reclusos, um grupo prioritário para intervenções de prevenção do HIV, pela sua elevada vulnerabilidade à in- fecção por ITS HIV/SIDA. O Inquérito Biológico e Comportamental em reclusos e agentes penitenciários (BBS...
Background: Mozambique is ranked fourth in a list of the 29 countries that accounted for 95% of all malaria cases globally in 2019. The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with care seeking for fever, to determine the association between knowledge about malaria and care seeking and to de...
