Resultados: 34

An Epidemiological Study of Stroke Hospitalizations in Maputo, Mozambique A High Burden of Disease in a Resource-Poor Country

Already a major cause of death and disability in high-income countries, the burden of stroke in sub-Saharan Africa is also expected to be high. However, specific stroke data are scarce from resource-poor countries. We studied the incidence, characteristics, and short-term consequences of hospitalizations...

Limitations to current methods to estimate cause of death: a validation study of a verbal autopsy model

Gates Open Res; 16 (1), 2020
Background: Accurate information on causes of death (CoD) is essential to estimate burden of disease, track global progress, prioritize cost-effective interventions, and inform policies to reduce mortality. In low-income settings, where a significant proportion of deaths take place at home or in poorly-r...

Sistema de vigilância de eventos vitais e causas de morte (comsa), moçambique 2020
Surveillance system for vital events and causes of death (comsa), mozambique 2020

Em Janeiro de 2017, Moçambique lançou o Sistema de Vigilância de Eventos Vitais e Causas de Morte (COMSA) para estabelecer um sistema nacional de amostragem para registo de eventos vitais para monitorar a ocorrência de mortalidade e causas de morte a nível nacional e subnacional, incluindo o uso de ...

sistema de vigilacia de eventos vitais e causas de morte
vital events and causes of death surveillance system

Em Janeiro de 2017, Moçambique lançou o Sistema de Vigilância de Eventos Vitais e Causas de Morte (COMSA) para estabelecer um sistema nacional de amostragem para registo de eventos vitais para monitorar a ocorrência de mortalidade e causas de morte a nível nacional e subnacional, incluindo o uso de ...

Clinico-pathological discrepancies in the diagnosis of causes of death in adults in Mozambique: A retrospective observational study

PLoS One; 14 (9), 2019
Background Clinico-pathological discrepancies are more frequent in settings in which limited diagnostic techniques are available, but there is little information on their actual impact. Aim We assessed the accuracy of the clinical diagnoses in a tertiary referral hospital in sub-Saharan Africa by compari...

Barriers to access and adherence to tuberculosis services, as perceived by patients: A qualitative study in Mozambique

PLOS ONE; 14 (7), 2019
Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a leading cause of death in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Mozambique. While diagnostic methods and total notifications are improving, significant gaps remain between total numbers of TB cases annually, and the number that are notified. The purpose of this study was to el...

Sistema de vigilancia de eventos vitais e causas de morte
Surveillance system for vital events and causes of death

Em janeiro de 2017, Moçambique lançou o sistema de vigilância de eventos vitais e causas de morte (comsa) para estabeleceu no sistema de registro por amostragem (SRS) para monitorar a mortalidade e as causas de morte. O instituto nacional de eeessstatisss555tiiica o instituto nacional da saúde com fi...

MORTALIDADE E CAUSAS DE MORTE EM MOCAMBIQUE-2019

Em Janeiro de 2017, Moçambique lançou o Sistema de Vigilância de Eventos Vitais e Cau sas de Morte (COMSA) para estabelecer um sistema nacional de registo por amostragem (SRS) para monitorar a mortalidade e as causas de morte a nível nacional e subnacional, incluindo o uso de autópsia verbal (AV) ...

Healthcare providers' views and perceptions on post-mortem procedures for cause of death determination in Southern Mozambique

PLos ONE; 13 (7), 2018
Background: The minimally invasive autopsy (MIA) is being investigated as an alternative to the complete diagnostic autopsy (CDA), gold standard for CoD determination, in settings where CDA is unfeasible and/or unacceptable. We aimed to explore healthcare providers' views and perceptions on theoretical a...

Validity of a minimally invasive autopsy tool for cause of death determination in pediatric deaths in Mozambique: An observational study

PloS med; 14 (6), 2017
Background: In recent decades, the world has witnessed unprecedented progress in child survival. However, our knowledge of what is killing nearly 6 million children annually in low- and middle-income countries remains poor, partly because of the inadequacy and reduced precision of the methods currently u...