Lain, Maria Grazia;
Chicumbé, Sérgio;
Cantarutti, Anna;
Porcu, Gloria;
Cardoso, Loide;
Cotugno, Nicola;
Palma, Paulo;
Pahwag, Rajendra;
Pallikkuthg, Suresh;
Rinaldig, Stefano;
Vaza, Paula;
Pahwag, Savita.
Psychosocial support (PSS) to caregivers of HIV-infected infants on antiretroviral treatment (ART) is crucial to ensure ART adherence and sustained long-term viral suppression in children. A specific approach including tools to monitor and understand adherence behavior and risk factors that prevent optim...
Baker, Kevin Baker;
Aide, Pedro;
Bonnington, Craig A;
Rassi, Christian;
Richardson, Sol;
Feltrer, Arantxa Roca;
Rodrigues, Maria;
Sitoe, Mercia;
Tarquino, Ivan Alejandro Pulido;
Enosse, Sonia;
McGugan, Caitlin 6;
Carvalhho, Eva Amelia;
Saute, Francisco;
Aparicio, Alfredo Gabriel Mayor;
Candirnho, Baltazar.
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is a highly effective community-based intervention to prevent malaria infections in areas where the malaria burden is high and transmission occurs mainly during the rainy season. In Africa, so far, SMC has been implemented in the Sahel region. Mozambique contributes...
Moçambique,
ddcs0167350,
d0009620,
Características de Residência,
d0577660,
d0188900,
d0082880,
Quimioprevenção/métodos,
d0658400,
d0043640,
Resistência a Medicamentos/efeitos da radiação
Sitoe, Nádia;
Sambo, Júlia;
Mabunda, Nédio;
Nguenha, Neuza;
Chilaúle, Jorfélia;
Rafael, Julio;
Macicane, Anésio;
Chelene, Imelda;
Viegas, sofia;
Jani, Ilesh;
Medenyanga, Chishamiso;
Loquiha, Osvaldo;
Sacks, Jillian.
Background: In resource-poor countries, antigen-based rapid tests (Ag-RDTs) performed at primary healthcare and community settings improved access to SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics. However, the technical skills and biosafety requirements inherent to nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal (OP) specimens limit the scal...
The hospital environment serves as a reservoir of microorganisms which may be associated with healthcare-associated infections (HCAI). The study of environmental contamination with microorganisms is a method for the assessment of hospital environmental hygiene. We sought to evaluate the environmental col...
Azam, khalide;
Khosa, celso;
Viegas, sofia;
Massango, isabel;
Bhatt, nilesh;
Jani, ilesh;
Heinrich, Norbert;
Hoelscher, michael;
Gillespie, Stephen, H.
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a difficult-to-treat disease requiring the combination of four antibiotics for a minimum of 6 months. Rapid and quantitative biomarkers to monitor treatment response are urgently needed for individual patient management and clinical trials. C-reactive protein (CRP) is oft...
Inguane, celso;
Soi, caroline;
Gimbel, sarah;
Manaca, nélia;
Ramiro, isaías;
Floriano, florência;
Castro, georgina de;
Augusto, orvalho;
Tembe, stélio;
James Pfeiffer 2 8, 2 7, 2;
Fernandes, quinhas;
Sherr, kenneth.
Introduction: The Integrated District Evidence-to-Action program is an audit and feedback intervention introduced in 2017 in Manica and Sofala provinces, Mozambique, to reduce mortality in children younger than 5 years. We describe barriers and facilitators to early-stage effectiveness of that interventi...
Pope, Stephen;
Augusto, Orvalho;
Fernandes, Quinhas;
Gimbel, Sarah;
Ramiro, Isaías;
Uetela, Dorlim;
Tembe, Stélio;
Kimball, Meredith;
Manaca, Mélia;
Anderson, Leigh;
Chicumbe, Sérgio;
Sherr, Kenneth.
Introduction: The effectiveness of facility-level management is an important determinant of primary health care (PHC) reach and quality; however, the nature of the relationship between facility level management and health system effectiveness lacks sufficient empirical grounding. We describe the associat...
Fernandes, Quinhas;
Augusto, Orvalho;
Chicumbe, Sérgio Chicumbe;
Anselmi, Laura;
Wagenaar, Bradley;
Marlene, Rosa;
Agostinho, Sãozinha;
Gimbel, Sarah;
Pfeiffer, James;
Inguane, Celso;
Uetela, Dorlim Moiana;
Crocker, Jonny;
Ramiro, Isaías;
Matsinhe, Benigna;
Tembe, Stélio;
Carimo, Naziat;
Gloyd, Stephen;
Manhiça, Ivan;
Tavede, Esperança;
Felimone, Priscilla;
Sherr, Kenneth.
Introduction: Climate change-related extreme weather events have increased in frequency and intensity, threatening people’s health, particularly in places with weak health systems. In March 2019, Cyclone Idai devastated Mozambique’s central region, causing infrastructure destruction, population displ...
Saúde da Criança,
Tempestades Ciclônicas,
Saúde Materno-Infantil,
Conceitos Meteorológicos,
Centros de Saúde Materno-Infantil/organização & administração,
Vacina BCG/imunologia,
Vacina BCG/administração & dosagem,
Teorema de Bayes,
Análise de Séries Temporais Interrompida,
Gravidez,
Moçambique/epidemiologia
Testing programs for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 have relied on high-throughput polymerase chain reaction laboratory tests and rapid antigen assays to meet diagnostic needs. Both technologies are essential; however, issues of cost, accessibility, manufacturing delays, and performance ...
Montoya, Lucía Fernández;
Soler, Helena Marti;
Máquina, Mara;
Comiche, Kiba;
Cuamba, Inocencia;
Alafo, Celso;
Koekemoer, Lizette L;
Smith, Ellie Sherrard;
Bassat, Quique;
Galatas, Beatriz;
Aide, Pedro;
Cuamba, Nelson;
Jotamo, Dulcisaria;
Saúte, Francisco;
Paaijmans, Krijn P.
The "Magude project" aimed but failed to interrupt local malaria transmission in Magude district, southern Mozambique, by using a comprehensive package of interventions, including indoor residual spraying (IRS), pyrethroid-only long-lasting insecticide treated nets (LLINs) and mass-drug administration (M...
