Resultados: 50

Detecção precoce de casos suspeitos da deficiência visual em comunidade assistida pelo programa "um estudante uma família" da universidade Lúrio, Moçambique
Early detection of suspected cases of visual impairment in a community assisted by the "one student one family" programme at Lúrio University, Mozambique

A deficiência visual é caracterizada pela limitação da capacidade visual, resultante de alterações orgânicas e/ou funcionais. A realização de consultas regulares é considerada a forma mais eficiente para detecção precoce de qualquer alteração que acomete a saúde visual, sendo uma ferrament...

Programa sobre Saúde do Adolescente, Idoso e Outras Populações Vulneráveis
Program on Adolescent, Elderly and Other Populations' Health Vulnerable

Moçambique possui uma epidemia do HIV com uma prevalência nacional de 13.2% entre os adultos na faixa etária de 15-49 anos 1 e, estima-se que o país possui a oitava mais alta taxa de prevalência de HIV no mundo 2 . Os comportamentos heterossexuais de risco, incluindo parceiros múltiplos e concorren...

Lay knowledge of cervical cancer in Manhiça district, Mozambique: a qualitative study

Reprod. health; 17 ((1):21), 2020
Mozambique has one of the highest cervical cancer incidence rates in the world. Health interventions are still being conceived solely from a non-communicable disease standpoint despite that it is also a sexual and reproductive health problem. The objective of this study was to assess the extent to which ...

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...

Malaria case management commodity supply and use by community health workers in Mozambique, 2017

Malar. j. (Online); 18 (47), 2019
Community health workers (CHWs) provide preventive care and integrated community case management (iCCM) to people with low healthcare access worldwide. CHW programmes have helped reduce mortality in myriad countries, but little data on malaria supply chain management has been shared. This project evaluat...

Mothers’ satisfaction with care during facility-based childbirth: a cross-sectional survey in southern Mozambique

BMC pregnancy childbirth; 19 (303), 2019
Background: Client satisfaction is an essential component of quality of care. Health system factors, processes of care as well as mothers’ characteristics influence the extent to which care meets the expectations of mothers and families. In our study, we specifically aimed to address the mothers’ exp...

Quality of care in family planning services in rural Mozambique with a focus on long acting reversible contraceptives: a cross-sectional survey

BMC womens health; 18 (201), 2018
Background: In Mozambique, both the government and partners have undertaken efforts over the last decade to improve FP (family planning) services, especially through training health care providers and promoting the uptake of LARCs (Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives). Despite this, uptake of FP method...

Ready to deliver maternal and newborn care? Health providers’ perceptions of their work context in rural Mozambique

Global health action; 11 (1), 2018
Background: Deficiencies in the provision of evidence-based obstetric care are common in low-income countries, including Mozambique. Constraints relate to lack of human and financial resources and weak health systems, however limited resources alone do not explain the variance. Understanding the healthca...

Bisexual and Bidirectional: Assessing the Potential for HIV Bridging in Mozambique

AIDS behav; 22 (7), 2018
African men who have sex with men (MSM) frequently, and often concurrently, have female partners, raising concerns about HIV sexual bridging. We explored potential HIV transmission in Mozambique from and to female partners of MSM focusing on preferred anal sex role and circumcision status. Data collected...