Resultados: 43

Relatório sobre avaliação da estratégia nacional de prevenção e tratamento de fístulas obstétricas, no período de 2012 a 2020
Report on: evaluation of the national strategy for the prevention and prevention and treatment of obstetric fistulas, from 2012 a 2020

Fístulas Obstétricas (FO) consistem numa comunicação entre a vagina, a bexiga e/ou recto resultante da necrose dos tecidos por compressão da cabeça do feto numa circunstância de trabalho de parto arrastado. Acabar com a incidência de FO é fundamental para o alcance dos Objectivos de Desenvolvime...

Need for active cardiovascular screening in HIV-infected children under antiretroviral therapy in Africa

Unacceptably high incidence of pediatric HIV despite worldwide increased access to antiretroviral therapy. The routine management of these children includes provision of antiretroviral therapy, and periodic assessment of its results and complications. However, no systematic assessment of the nutritional ...

TB sequel: incidence, pathogenesis and risk factors of long-term medical and social sequelae of pulmonary TB - a study protocol

BMC pulm. med; 19 (1), 2019
Background: Up to fifty percent of microbiologically cured tuberculosis (TB) patients may be left with permanent, moderate or severe pulmonary function impairment. Very few studies have systematically examined pulmonary outcomes in patients to understand the pathophysiologic basis and long-term socio-eco...

Invasive bacterial disease trends and characterization of group B streptococcal isolates among young infants in southern Mozambique, 2001-2015

PLoS One; 13 (1), 2018
Maternal group B streptococcal (GBS) vaccines under development hold promise to prevent GBS disease in young infants. Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest estimated disease burden, although data on incidence and circulating strains are limited. We described invasive bacterial disease (IBD) trends among inf...

Modelling the influence of climate on malaria occurrence in Chimoio Municipality, Mozambique

Parasit. vectors; 10 (1), 2017
Background: Mozambique was recently ranked fifth in the African continent for the number of cases of malaria. In Chimoio municipality cases of malaria are increasing annually, contrary to the decreasing trend in Africa. As malaria transmission is influenced to a large extent by climatic conditions, model...

Guião para actividades colaborativas TB/HIV

A relação entre a tuberculose (TB) e o Vírus da Imunodeficiência Humana HIV/SIDA, resultou durante muito tempo em aumentos sinérgicos da sua prevalência, morbilidade e mortalidade. A ocorrência de ambas infecções, de forma combinada é um problema de saúde pública em Moçambique. A situação ...

Incidence of Endemic Burkitt Lymphoma in Three Regions of Mozambique

Am. j. trop. med. hyg; 95 (6), 2016
Data on the burden and incidence of endemic Burkitt lymphoma (eBL) across Mozambique are scarce. We retrospectively retrieved information on eBL cases from reports of the three main hospitals of Mozambique: Maputo Central Hospital (MCH), Beira Central Hospital (BCH), and Nampula Central Hospital (NCH) be...

A prospective cohort study to assess the micro-epidemiology of Plasmodium falciparum clinical malaria in Ilha Josina Machel (Manhiça, Mozambique)

Malaria Journal; 15 (444), 2016
After the decrease in clinical malaria incidence observed in Mozambique until 2009, a steady resurgence of cases per year has been reported nationally, reaching alarming levels in 2014. However, little is known about the clinical profile of the cases presented, or the possible epidemiological factors con...

Cholera Incidence and Mortality in Sub-Saharan African Sites during Multi-country Surveillance

Plos negl. trop. dis; 10 (5), 2016
Cholera burden in Africa remains unknown, often because of weak national surveillance systems. We analyzed data from the African Cholera Surveillance Network (www.africhol.org). Methods/ principal findings: During June 2011-December 2013, we conducted enhanced surveillance in seven zones and four outbre...