Resultados: 34

Spatial Distribution of HIV Prevalence among Young People in Mozambique

Abstract: Mozambique has a high burden of HIV and is currently ranked sixth worldwide for adult prevalence. In Mozambique, HIV prevalence is not uniformly distributed geographically and throughout the population. We investigated the spatial distribution of HIV infection among adolescents and young people...

Manual Programa de Treinamento de Jornalistas em Matérias de Comunicação sobre a COVID -19

Instituto Nacional de Saúde (INS) através da Direcção de Formação e Comunicação em Saúde – Departamento de Formação em Ciência e Tecnologia em Saúde, na sua missão de realizar formações contínuas sobre matérias de saúde e no âmbito da resposta a pandemia da COVID-19, desenvolveu o p...

High prevalence of HIV, HBsAg and anti-HCV positivity among people who injected drugs: results of the first bio-behavioral survey using respondent-driven sampling in two urban areas in Mozambique

BMC infect. dis; 19 (1), 2019
Few countries in sub-Saharan Africa know the magnitude of their HIV epidemic among people who inject drugs (PWID). This was the first study in Mozambique to measure prevalence of HIV, HBV, and HCV, and to assess demographic characteristics and risk behaviors in this key population. Methods: We used resp...

Factores relacionados à adesão ao tratamento da hipertensão arterial em pacientes atendidos no Centro de Saúde 1º de Maio da Cidade de Maputo

Determinar os factores associados à adesão ao tratamento da hipertensão arterial nos pacientes atendidos no Centro de Saúde 1º de Maio da Cidade de Maputo. Material e Métodos: Estudo descritivo transversal, realizado no período entre Julho e Setembro de 2017, no Centro de Saúde 1º de Maio da Cid...

Há sinais visíveis de melhoria nas práticas de higiene nas comunidades de Cuamba
There are visible signs of improvement in practices in the Cuamba communities

Num projecto de dois anos (2017-2019), financiado pela Agência Internacional de Cooperação da Corea (Koica) e o Instituto Internacional de Vacinação (IVI), a WaterAid juntou-se aos esforços do Governo de Moçambique para minimizar o risco de epidemia evitável de cólera, incorporando medidas de Á...

Contributions des tradipraticiens de santé au traitement antirétroviral: Étude de cas à Nampula, Mozambique

Contexte : L’épidémie du virus de l’immunodéficience humaine au Mozambique est un problème grave de santé publique et le Ministère de la Santé a étendu le traitement antirétroviral à tous les districts du pays. Cependant, on constate un nombre élevé d’abandon du traitement encore insuff...

Spatio-temporal modelling of weekly malaria incidence in children under 5 for early epidemic detection in Mozambique
Spatio-temporal modelling of weekly malaria incidence in children under 5 for early epidemic detection in Mozambique

Sci. rep; 8 (1), 2018
Malaria is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Mozambique. We present a malaria early warning system (MEWS) for Mozambique informed by seven years of weekly case reports of malaria in children under 5 years of age from 142 districts. A spatio-temporal model was developed based on explanatory c...

Acceptability and performance of a directly assisted oral HIV self-testing intervention in adolescents in rural Mozambique

Whereas progress in HIV testing and treatment has been made globally, the UNAIDS goal of ª90 90 90º is still out of sight in rural northern Mozambique. New strategies that promote testing in hard to reach groups will aid Mozambique's response to the HIV epidemic. HIV self-testing (HIVST) is recommended...

Malaria mortality characterization and the relationship between malaria mortality and climate in Chimoio, Mozambique

Malaria Journal; 16 (212), 2017
The United Nation’s sustainable development goal for 2030 is to eradicate the global malaria epidemic, primarily as the disease continues to be one of the major concerns for public health in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2015, the region accounted for 90% of malaria deaths. Mozambique recorded a malaria morta...