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Market for Artemether‐Lumefantrine to treat childhood malariain a district of southern Mozambique

Health econ; 26 (12), 2010
Malaria is one of the leading causes of death in sub‐Saharan Africa. Artemisinin‐based combination therapies are used as first‐line treatment drugs, but their marketis far from competitive. Market failures include limited availability, low quality, lackof information, and high costs of access.We es...

Human resources for health implications of scaling up for universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and care: mozambique rapid situational analysis

The Global Health Workforce Alliance (GHWA) Task Force commissioned a multicountry rapid situation analysis of the human resources for health (HRH) implications for scaling up to universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support. This report presents the findings and key messages for Mozam...

High prevalence of symptomatic acute HIV infection in an outpatient ward in southern Mozambique: identification and follow-up

AIDS (Lond.); 24 (4), 2010
To determine the prevalence of acute HIV infection (AHI) within the HIV-seronegative adult population presenting with reported fever in a district hospital in southern Mozambique and evaluate clinical, immunological and virological parameters of AHI. Design: This is a prospective observational study. ...

Prevalence and risk factors of porcine cysticercosis in Angónia district, Mozambique

Plos negl. trop. dis; 4 (2), 2010
Taenia solium is an important zoonosis in many developing countries. Cysticercosis poses a serious public health risk and incurs sizeable economic losses to pig production. Because data on the epidemiology of porcine cysticercosis in Mozambique are scarce, the present study was conducted to determine the...

Co-infecção pelos retrovírus HIV-1/HTV-1: impacto sobre o fenótipo de células T regulatórios

Células Treg sao elementos fundamentais na manutenção da homeostasia ao nível do sistema imunolodégico. Defeitos nestas células tém sido implicados no desenvolvimento de varias imunopatologias de origem autoimune ou infecciosa, incluindo aquelas que ocorrem ao nivel dos órgãos imunoprivilegiados...

Task-shifting of major surgery to midlevel providers of health care in Mozambique and Tanzania - a solution to the crisis in human resources to enhance maternal and neonatal survival

Task-shifting of major surgery to midlevel providers of health care in Mozambique and Tanzania - a solution to the crisis in human resources to enhance maternal and neonatal survival Background: Task-shifting, using non-physician clinicians (NPCs) to perform major surgery in obstetric emergencies 1s comm...

Prevalência de sífilis, vaginoso e bacteriana e diagnóstico molecular das infecções por clamydia trachomatis, neisseria gonorrhoeae e, os factores de risco assoados a estas, em estudantes da universidade eduardo mondlane em maputo

As infecções de transmissão sexual (ITS) e outras infecções do tracto genital continuam a causar taxas significativas de morbilidade e mortalidade em todo o mundo, particularmente em países em vias de desenvolvimento, especialmente nas mulheres e nos recém-nascidos. Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseri...