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Brain Drain and Health Workforce Distortions in Mozambique

PLos ONE; 7 (4), 2012
Introduction: Trained human resources are fundamental for well-functioning health systems, and the lack of health workers undermines public sector capacity to meet population health needs. While external brain drain from low and middle-income countries is well described, there is little understanding of ...

Challenges in the diagnosis of iron deficiency in children exposed to high prevalence of infections

PLos ONE; 7 (11), 2012
Background: While WHO guidelines recommend iron supplements to only iron-deficient children in high infection pressure areas, these are rarely implemented. One of the reasons for this is the commonly held view that iron supplementation increases the susceptibility to some infectious diseases including ma...

Genetic diversity and naturally polymorphisms in HIV type 1 integrase isolates from Maputo, Mozambique: implications for integrase inhibitors

HIV proviral DNA integration into the host chromosome is carried out by integrase becoming an important target antiretroviral therapy. Raltegravir was the first integrase inhibitor approved for use in HIV therapy and elvitegravir is in the late phase of clinical development; both show good results in mon...

HIV knowledge and health seeking behavior in Zambézia Province, Mozambique

Sahara J (Online); 9 (1), 2012
HIV prevalence rates in Zambézia Province were estimated to be 12.6% in 2009. A number of educational campaigns have been aimed at improving HIV transmission and prevention knowledge among community members in an effort to reduce infection rates. These campaigns have also encouraged people to seek healt...

Use of oxfendazole to control porcine cysticercosis in a high-endemic area of Mozambique

Plos negl. trop. dis; 6 (5), 2012
A randomized controlled field trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a single oral dose of 30 mg/kg of oxfendazole (OFZ) treatment for control of porcine cysticercosis was conducted in 4 rural villages of Angónia district, north-western Mozambique. Two hundred and sixteen piglets aged 4 months were sele...

Inquérito Integrado Biológico e Comportamental entre Trabalhadores Moçambicanos nas Minas da República da África do Sul, Moçambique 2012
Integrated Biological and Behavior among Workers Mozambicans in Mines of the Republic of South Africa, Mozambique 2012

A epidemia de HIV na África Subsaariana continua a ser causa de uma signifi cativa taxa de mortalidade e morbilidade, tendo esta região uma parte desproporcionada da carga global, conforme mostra a descrição a seguir. Enquanto o número de novas infecções na África Subsaariana reduziu em 25% nos ...

Frequencies of Cytochrome P450 2B6 and 2C8 Allelic Variants in the Mozambican Population

Background: The cytochrome P450 enzymes (CYP) play an important role in the metabolism of many therapeutic agents. The activities of different enzymes exhibit variability in different populations, which causes variations in drug response or toxicity. The CYP2B6 and CYP2C8 enzymes are encoded by polymorph...

Costs Associated with Low Birth Weight in a Rural Area of Southern Mozambique

PLos ONE; L (12), 2011
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...

Dilemas da ajuda externa e da apropriação de políticas de combate ao sida em Moçambique: o caso do conselho nacional se combate ao sida, 2005-2009
Dilemmas of foreign aid and the appropriation of aids policies in Mozambique: the case of the national aids council, 2005-2009

Na última década houve uma mudança significativa no paradigma da prestação de ajuda externa, definida na Declaração de Paris sobre a Eficácia da Ajuda de 2005. No centro deste novo paradigma está a ideia de ownership (apropriação) do país. Os governos que recebem ajuda externa são encorajado...

Regulamento para a mudanca de carreiras nas árias de regime geral e especifica no sector de saúde

O estatuto geral dos funcionarios e a gente do estado, preve que os funcionários podem ser desevolver profissionalmente frequentando curcos ligados a sua ária de formação basica e tendo em conta as prioridades do sector onde prestam servicos.partindo deste principio e com o aumento de instituições ...