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...
Background: To stem the HIV epidemic among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), prevention programs must target services towards those most at risk for HIV. This paper investigates approaches to estimate HIV risk and map the spatial heterogeneity of at-risk populations in three countries: Eswatini, H...
Eswatini/epidemiology,
Geography,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
Haiti/epidemiology,
Latent Class Analysis,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Preventive Health Services/methods,
Risk,
Satellite Imagery,
Sexual Behavior/statistics & numerical data,
Social Determinants of Health,
Surveys and Questionnaires
Objetivo: No sentido de avaliar e implementar um programa de qualidade nos cuidados especializados prestados aos doentes oncológicos, que necessitam de intervenções cirúrgicas no Departamento Cirúrgico do Hospital Central de Maputo (HCM), o maior hospital de Moçambique, conduzimos a presente invest...
Surgical Oncology/methods,
General Surgery/instrumentation,
Chancre/drug therapy,
Mozambique,
Chancre/surgery,
Surgery Department, Hospital/organization & administration,
Job Application,
Surgical Procedures, Operative/rehabilitation,
Health Resources/economics,
African People,
Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging,
Patients,
Surveys and Questionnaires/statistics & numerical data
We assessed adherence to government recommendations implemented shortly after the introduction of COVID-19 in Mozambique in March 2020, through two online cross-sectional surveys in April and June 2020. We quantified adherence to preventive measures by a composite score comprising of five measures: physi...
COVID-19/transmission,
COVID-19/epidemiology,
Cross-Sectional Studies,
Guideline Adherence/statistics & numerical data,
Guidelines as Topic,
Surveys and Questionnaires,
Masks/trends,
Advance Directive Adherence/statistics & numerical data,
COVID-19/prevention & control,
COVID-19 Drug Treatment/trends,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Mozambique has a generalized HIV epidemic, among pregnant women, HIV prevalence is estimated at 15.8% with a vertical transmission rate of 14%, more than double global targets. We evaluate electronic national health information system (SIS-MA) performance to verify if the data flow procedures met its obj...
HIV Infections/prevention & control,
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/prevention & control,
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/virology,
Feline Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/prevention & control,
Mozambique,
Feline Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/transmission,
HIV Infections/transmission,
Population Surveillance,
Pregnancy,
Surveys and Questionnaires
