Introdução: O peso ao nascer é um indicador com repercussão na saúde e sobrevida infantil, podendo aumentar o risco de morbi-mortalidade no primeiro ano de vida quando este for inferior a 2500 gramas. Durante a pandemia da COVID-19, o setor de saúde viu se obrigado a ajustar o modelo de assistênci...
While there is increasing evidence on the safety of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) for the case management of malaria in early pregnancy, little is known about the association between exposure to ACT during the first trimester and the effect on fetal growth. Data were analysed from prospecti...
Background: Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is recommended by WHO to prevent malaria in African pregnant women. The spread of SP parasite resistance has raised concerns regarding long-term use for IPT. Mefloquine (MQ) is the most promising of avai...
Background: Low Birth Weight (LBW) is prevalent in low-income countries. Even though the economic evaluation of
interventions to reduce this burden is essential to guide health policies, data on costs associated with LBW are scarce. This study aims to estimate the costs to the health system and to the ho...
Malaria in Mozambique is one of the ten leading causes of morbidity and mortality. Malaria is responsible for up to 44% of all outpatient consultations, 57% of pediatric admissions and a leading cause of low birth weight in newborns. Consistent use of insecticide treated bed nets (ITNs) for malaria preve...
O problema do baixo peso ao nascer cerca de 20 milhões de recém nascidos (RN) são de baixo peso ao nascer (BPN) em cada ano, devido às altas taxas de nascimentos pré termos (PT) e atrasos de crescimento intra-uterino (ACIU), nos países em desenvolvimento. Isto contribui para as altas taxas de morta...
