Introdução: A crescente carga global de Doenças Não Transmissíveis (DNTs) exige sistemas de vigilância que permitam acompanhar as tendências e avaliar o impacto de intervenções. O objectivo destes estudos foi testar modelos de vigilância hospitalar e comunitária de factores de risco e de DNTs....
Disease,
Chronic Disease,
Communicable Diseases,
Noncommunicable Diseases,
Referral and Consultation,
Health Strategies,
Longitudinal Studies,
Prospective Studies,
Hospitals,
Incidence,
Epidemiological Monitoring,
Mozambique,
Pilots,
Urban Population,
Prevalence,
Risk,
Health,
Surveillance in Disasters,
Methods,
/trends
Kim, jane;
Floriano, florência;
Castro, georgina de;
Manuel, joão luís;
Inguane, celso;
Asbjornsdottir, kristjana h;
Chale, falume;
Zucule, justina;
Sherr, kenneth;
Gimbel, sarah.
The scaling of Option B+ services, whereby all pregnant women who test HIV positive are started on lifelong antiretroviral therapy upon diagnosis regardless of CD4 T-cell count, is ongoing in many high HIV burden, low-resource countries. We developed and evaluated a tablet-based mobile learning (mLearnin...
Anti-HIV Agents,
Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active,
Clinical Competence,
Health Personnel,
Mozambique,
Nurses, Male,
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious,
Rural Population,
Urban Population,
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Baltazar, Cynthia Semá;
Horth, Roberta;
Boothe, Makini;
Sathane, Isabel;
Young, Peter;
Langa, Denise Chitsondzo;
Condula, Manuel;
Ricardo, Helena;
Dengo Baloi, Liliana;
Cummings, Beverley;
Schaad, Nicolas;
Gouveia, Lídia;
Teodoro, Eugénia;
Raymond, Henry F.
Few countries in sub-Saharan Africa know the magnitude of their HIV epidemic among people who inject drugs (PWID). This was the first study in Mozambique to measure prevalence of HIV, HBV, and HCV, and to assess demographic characteristics and risk behaviors in this key population.
Methods: We used resp...
Cities/epidemiology,
Cross-Sectional Studies,
Drug Users/statistics & numerical data,
Epidemics,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
Hepatitis B,
Hepatitis C,
Mozambique,
Population Surveillance/methods,
Prevalence,
Risk-Taking,
Seroepidemiologic Studies,
Sexual Behavior/statistics & numerical data,
Substance Abuse, Intravenous,
Surveys and Questionnaires,
Urban Population
Introdução: os surtos de cólera, uma infecção bacteriana aguda intestinal causada pela ingestão de alimentos ou água contaminados com o Vibrio cholerae, devem-se a condições inadequadas de habitação, saneamento e falta de água potável. Esta doença é endémica em Moçambique, tendo ocorrido...
Cholera,
Urban Population,
Knowledge,
Hygiene,
International Cooperation,
Eating,
Mozambique,
Disease Prevention,
Sanitation,
Disease Outbreaks,
Vibrio cholerae,
Drinking Water,
Water
Augusto, Ângelo do Rosário;
Young, Peter W;
Horth, Roberta Z;
Inguane, Celso;
Sathane, Isabel;
Ngale, Katia;
Benedetti, Marcos;
Cummings, Beverley;
Sande Botão, Carlos Francisco;
Semá Baltazar, Cynthia Amino;
Frank, Heidi;
Fagan, Jennifer;
Raymond, Henry Fisher;
McFarland, Willi.
This is the first integrated biological and behavioral survey among female sex workers (FSW) in
Mozambique. Using respondent-driven sampling, 400, 411 and 429 FSW were enrolled
respectively in Maputo, Beira and Nampula in 2011-2012. Estimates were produced using RDSAT
7.1. HIV prevalence was 31.2%, 23...
Background: Follow-up of HIV-exposed children for the delivery of prevention of mother-to-child transmission
services and for early diagnosis and treatment of HIV infection is critical to their survival. Despite efforts, uptake of
postnatal care for these children remains low in many sub-Saharan African ...
Background: The optimum age for measles vaccination varies from country to country and thus a standardized vaccination schedule is controversial. While the increase in measles vaccination coverage has produced significant changes in the epidemiology of infection, vaccination schedules have not been adjus...
Mozambique,
Antibody Formation,
Mouth Mucosa/virology,
Urban Population,
Immunity,
Immunoglobulin G/analysis,
Mass Vaccination,
Measles/immunology,
Measles Vaccine/immunology,
Measles/prevention & control,
Measles/virology,
Disease Susceptibility/immunology,
Disease Susceptibility/virology,
Antibodies, Viral/immunology,
Immunoglobulin M/analysis,
Antibodies, Viral/analysis,
Measles Vaccine/administration & dosage,
Measles virus/immunology
O estudo da condição física (CF) as populações tem, nas últimas décadas. Conhecido um crescimento interessante da sua associação aos hábitos de actividade física e ao estado de saúde e bem-estar [Bouchard et al, Malina 1989].
Com efeito, às sociedades industrializadas têm- se levantado prob...
Urban Population,
Motor Activity,
Physical Fitness,
Physics,
Mozambique,
Socioeconomic Factors,
Adolescent,
Child, Preschool,
Risk Factors,
Pulmonary Heart Disease
