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Etiology of meningitis among adults in three quaternary hospitals in Mozambique, 2016-2017: The role of HIV

PLos ONE; 17 (5), 2022
Antecedentes: A meningite continua a ser uma causa importante de morbimortalidade em adultos na África Subsaariana. Os dados sobre a investigação etiológica da meningite em adultos em Moçambique são limitados e a maioria dos estudos foram realizados no sul de Moçambique. A identificação da etiol...

Human-Centered Design for Public Health Innovation: Codesigning a Multicomponent Intervention to Support Youth Across the HIV Care Continuum in Mozambique

Glob. health sci. pract; 10 (22), 2022
Adolescents and young people represent a growing proportion of people living with HIV (AYAHIV), and there is an urgent need to design, implement, and test interventions that retain AYAHIV in care. Using a human-centered design (HCD) approach, we codesigned CombinADO, an intervention to promote HIV viral ...

Cohort Profile Update: Manhiça Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) of the Manhiça Health Research Centre (CISM)

Int. j. epidemiol; 17 (4), 2022
The Manhic¸a Health Research Centre [Centro de Investigac¸~ao em Sau´de de Manhic¸a (CISM)] has been running a Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) since 1996, in the district of Manhic¸a, 80 km North of Maputo City (the capital of Mozambique). As indicated in the original cohort profil...

Papel da Liderança na Motivação, Desempenho e Produtividade dos Funcionários do Serviço Distrital de Saúde, Mulher e Acção Social de Nicoadala, Província da Zambézia entre 2019 e 2020
The Role of Leadership in the Motivation, Performance and Productivity of Employees of the Service of Nicoadala, Zambezia Province between 2019 and 2020. 2020

Actualmente as organizações passam por diversas mudanças que levam as instituições a terem uma liderança que renova suas estratégias de motivação em seu cotidiano. O estudo intitulado “ papel da liderança na motivação, desempenho e produtividade dos funcionários do Serviço Distrital de Sa...

Global structural stability and the role of cooperation in mutualistic systems
Global structural stability and the role of cooperation in mutualistic systems

PLos ONE; 17 (4), 2022
Dynamical systems on graphs allow to describe multiple phenomena from different areas of Science. In particular, many complex systems in Ecology are studied by this approach. In this paper we analize the mathematical framework for the study of the structural stability of each stationary point, feasible o...

Nucleic acid testing identifies high prevalence of blood borne viruses among approved blood donors in Mozambique

PLos ONE; 17 (4), 2022
Background: Although blood transfusion is an intervention that saves lives, it poses significant risks to the blood receivers, including the transmission of bloodborne pathogens. We aimed at determining the prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis B virus (HBV), and Hepatitis C virus (...

The effects of text reminders on the use of family planning services: evidence from a randomised controlled trial in urban Mozambique

BMJ glob. health; 4 (7), 2022
Introduction: Reduction of unmet need for contraception is associated with enhanced health outcomes. We conducted a randomised controlled trial in Mozambique analysing the effects of text messages encouraging use of family planning services. Methods: This trial was conducted within a sample of women ser...

Investigation and contact tracing of the first cases of COVID-19 in Mozambique, 2020

Pan Afr. med. j; 41 (302), 2022
Contact tracing is an important strategy to interrupt the spread of infectious disease and prevent new cases. After the confirmation of the first positive case of COVID-19 in Mozambique on March 22, 2020, case investigation and contact tracing were immediately initiated, which included clinical and labor...

Evaluation of the multidrug-resistant tuberculosis surveillance system in Maputo City, Mozambique in the period 2017-2018

Pan Afr. med. j; 41 (), 2022
Introduction: multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) remains a public health problem worldwide. In Mozambique, cases of MDR-TB have increased annually. In 2018, 1,206 cases were reported, as compared to 943 cases in 2017. The aim of this study was to assess the surveillance system for multidrug-resist...

Moçambique. Manual de biossegurança e bioprotecção do instituto nacional de saúde
Biosafety and bioprotection manual of the national institute of health

Ao efectuarmos a revisão deste manual pretendemos apresentar uma nova dinâmica sobre os principais conceitos relativos a Biossegurança e Bioprotecção, suas interfaces essenciais e permitir que esses conhecimentos teóricos se desdobrem em acções práticas no dia-a-dia dos funcionários e colaborad...