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Plano de Recuperação dos Serviços de Imunização de Rotina – 1ª Ronda - 2024
Routine Immunization Services Recovery Plan – 1st Round - 2024

Moçambique registou nos últimos 3 anos (2019 a 2022), um declínio dos principais indicadores da vacinação de rotina, concretamente no alcance das coberturas vacinais, com consequente aumento de crianças com zero dose (ZD) e sub-imunizadas (SI). De forma a reduzir o número de crianças com ZD e SI...

HIV prevalence and associated factors among married women, Mozambique, 2015: analysis of the 2015 National AIDS Indicator Survey (IMASIDA)

Pan Afr. med. j; 47 (94), 2024
epidemiological estimates from the 2021 Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) emphasize the existing gender disparities, where women face a higher risk of HIV/AIDS exposure. In Mozambique, as of 2021, the HIV prevalence rate among the adult population stood at 12.5%, with an even more concern...

A stool based qPCR for the diagnosis of TB in children and people living with HIV in Uganda, Eswatini and Mozambique (Stool4TB): a protocol for a multicenter diagnostic evaluation

BMC infect. dis; 24 (1), 2024
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of mortality worldwide. Children and people living with HIV (PLHIV) have an increased risk of mortality, particularly in the absence of rapid diagnosis. The main challenges of diagnosing TB in these populations are due to the unspecific and paucibacillary di...

Programa Nacional de Saúde Escolar e do Adolescente e Jovem

Durante o ano de 2022 foram alcançados os seguintes resultados: Cobertura dos SAAJ Até Dezembro de 2022 a cobertura dos Serviços Amigo dos Adolescentes e Jovens (SAAJ) a nível nacional era de 19,0%. A província de Niassa apresentava a menor cobertura, 4,0%. Primeiras consultas No total os ...

Safety of incidental exposure to the novel oral poliovirus vaccine type 2 in pregnancy: A longitudinal observational study in Mozambique, 2022-2023

Vaccine; 15 (), 2024
To minimize the risk of vaccine-derived poliovirus emergences, the novel oral poliovirus vaccine type 2 (nOPV2), was bioengineered to have increased genetic stability compared to Sabin OPV and recommended for outbreak response Emergency Use Listing by WHO. Although pregnant women are not a target populat...

Determinantes da Satisfação dos Pacientes com Hipertensão Arterial no Serviço - Consulta de Doenças Crónicas, no Centro de Saúde de Bagamoyo (CSB)
Determinants of Satisfaction of Patients with Arterial Hypertension in the Service - Chronic Disease Consultation, at the Bagamoyo Health Center (CSB)

A satisfação do utente funciona como um indicador de qualidade no sistema de saúde de qualquer país, pelo que o conhecimento da perspectiva do utente à cerca desta dimensão é considerado indispensável, para monitorizar a qualidade dos serviços de saúde e para identificar problemas a corrigir, e...

HIV self-test performance evaluation among priority populations in rural Mozambique: Results from a community-based observational study

PLos ONE; 19 (6), 2024
Background In 2021, Mozambique initiated community-based oral HIV self-testing (HIVST) to increase testing access and uptake among priority groups, including adult males, adolescents, and young adults. Within an HIVST pilot project, we conducted a performance evaluation assessing participants’ ability ...

Determinants of preventive sexual behaviours among first year university students in Beira city, central Mozambique: a cross-sectional study

Reprod. health; 21 (3), 2024
Background: Understanding determinants of preventive sexual behaviours is important for intervention efforts to support these behaviours and, thereby, reduce STIs and HIV burden. In general, there is limited insight into determinants of preventive behaviours among university students in Mozambique. There...

Very low HIV positivity on paediatric surgical wards in Mozambique: Implications for inpatient provider-initiated testing programmes

To close diagnostic gaps for children living with HIV, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends routine opt-out provider-initiated testing and counselling (PITC) for inpatient wards in high-prevalence countries, which includes nucleic acid testing as part of Early Infant Diagnosis (EID) programmes ...