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Estudo piloto de tripanossomose em cães na região da ponta do ouro e machangulo, moçambique
Pilot study of trypanosomosis in dogs in the region of ponta do ouro and machangulo, mozambique

A Tripanossomose é uma doença causada por tripanossoma, protozoários flagelados transmitidos por moscas pertencentes ao género Glossina spp., vulgarmente chamadas moscas Tsé-Tsé. A distribuição geográfica da Tripanossomose observa-se sobretudo na África subsaariana, onde afeta quer humanos, cau...

Ansiedade, depressão e suporte social em gestantes atendidas na atenção primária na cidade de nampula em Moçambique
Anxiety, depression and social support in pregnant women attending primary care in the city of nampula in Mozambique

A mulher grávida, ao se deparar com as transformações físicas, hormonais, psíquicas e de inserção social, vivencia a manifestação de sintomas de transtornos mentais, no pré-natal, dentre eles a ansiedade e a depressão. O objetivo geral desta pesquisa foi avaliar a presença de indicadores de a...

Characterizing Undernourished Children Under-Five Years Old with Diarrhoea in Mozambique: A Hospital Based Cross-Sectional Study, 2015–2019

Nutrients; 14 (1164), 2022
Diarrhoea is associated with undernutrition and this association is related to increased morbidity and mortality in children under-five. In this analysis we aimed to assess the frequency and associated factors of undernutrition in children under-five with diarrhoea. A hospital-based cross-sectional study...

Molecular characterization of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli isolates from children with diarrhea: A cross-sectional study in four provinces of Mozambique: Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli in Mozambique

Int. j. infect. dis; 121 (), 2022
Analyze the frequency of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) pathotypes and their antimicrobial resistance profiles among children aged <15 years with diarrhea in four Mozambican provinces. Methods: A cross-sectional hospital-based surveillance program of diarrhea was implemented in Maputo, Sofala, Zamb...

Assessment of diagnosis and treatment practices of diarrhoea in children under five in Maputo-Mozambique

Background: Although diagnosis and treatment of diarrhoea are considered easy, statistics show that 525,000 children worldwide die annually due to diarrhoea, 90% of the deaths are in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, and Mozambique account for 6.9%. Assessment of practices of diagnosis and treatment of ...

Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the Mozambican population: a cross-sectional 2 Serologic study in three cities, July-August 2020

Background. The extent of population exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was uncertain in many African countries during the onset of the pandemic. Methods. We conducted a cross-sectional study and randomly selected and surveyed general population and occupational grou...

SARS-CoV-2 saliva testing using RT-PCR: a systematic review

Int. j. infect. dis; 121 (), 2022
There remain challenges in using SARS-CoV-2 RNA diagnostic assays in the respiratory tract in a pandemic. More so certain countries such as Hong Kong have already included saliva as part of their mass-testing protocol. The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review on the alternate use of saliv...

SARS-COV-2 IgG positivity in vaccinated and non-vaccinated Chilean children: a national cross-sectional study in schools

Int. j. infect. dis; 121 (), 2022
COVID-19 vaccination of children is gaining global support (Committee on Infectious Diseases, 2022), and data on immunogenicity and efficacy/effectiveness are increasing (Walter et al., 2022; Frenck et al., 2021; Han et al., 2021). Chile has rapidly advanced in a national vaccination campaign for childre...

Guião de manejo do paciente com doença avançada por HIV
Management guide for patients with advanced HIV disease

Estima-se que uma em cada três pessoas vivendo com HIV (PVHIV) e que está em seguimento,tenha doença avançada e apresente alto risco de morte por doença grave (doença aguda definidora de estadio 3 ou 4 da OMS). A taxa de mortalidade dos pacientes que se apresentam com doença avançada varia ente 2...

ANUÁRIO ESTATÍSTICO DE SAÚDE 2022

Ao abrigo da Lei 7/96, que define as bases gerais do Sistema Estatístico Nacional, o Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), de acordo com o Despacho publicado no Boletim da República No. 39/2000, I Série, de 27 de Setembro de 2000, delega oficialmente a Direcção de Planificação e Cooperação (...