Resultados: 70

Access to HIV prevention and care for HIV-exposed and HIV-infected children: a qualitative study in rural and urban Mozambique

BMC public health (Online); 14 (1240), 2014
Background: Follow-up of HIV-exposed children for the delivery of prevention of mother-to-child transmission services and for early diagnosis and treatment of HIV infection is critical to their survival. Despite efforts, uptake of postnatal care for these children remains low in many sub-Saharan African ...

Severe malnutrition among children under the age of 5 years admitted to a rural district hospital in southern Mozambique

Public health nutr; 16 (9), 2013
Objective: To describe the burden, clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of severe malnutrition in children under the age of 5 years. Design: Retrospective study of hospital-based data systematically collected from January 2001 to December 2010. Setting: Rural Mozambican district hospital. Subj...

Educational Intervention Increased Referrals to Allopathic Care by Traditional Healers in Three High HIV-Prevalence Rural Districts in Mozambique

PLos ONE; 8 (8), 2013
Introduction: Delayed uptake of clinical services impedes favorable clinical outcomes in Mozambique. Care is delayed among patients who initiate care with traditional healers; patients with conditions like human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or tuberculosis are rarely referred to the health system in a ti...

Health care utilization and attitudes survey in cases of moderate-to-severe diarrhea among children ages 0-59 months in the District of Manhica, southern Mozambique

Am. j. trop. med. hyg; 89 (1), 2013
In the predominantly rural Manhiça district, in southern Mozambique, diarrhea is one of the leading causes of death among children under 5 years. Caretakers randomly selected from the Demographic Surveillance Database were invited to participate in a community-based survey on use of healthcare services ...

Prevalência de doenças periodontais em amostra populacional da província de Maputo, Moçambique

O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a prevalência e severidade da doença periodontal em amostra populacional da província de Maputo, Moçambique. Foram avaliados 120 voluntários de 15 a 72 anos quanto às medidas de profundidade de sondagem, recessão ou hiperplasia, nível de inserção, índice de ...

High HIV prevalence in a southern semi-rural area of Mozambique: a community-based survey

HIV med; 13 (10), 2012
Background: Southern African countries have borne the brunt of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Monitoring epidemiological dynamics is critical to identify the populations at greatest risk of infection and to guide control strategies. Methods: A cross-sectional community-based study to determine age- and sex-spec...

HIV knowledge and health seeking behavior in Zambézia Province, Mozambique

Sahara J (Online); 9 (1), 2012
HIV prevalence rates in Zambézia Province were estimated to be 12.6% in 2009. A number of educational campaigns have been aimed at improving HIV transmission and prevention knowledge among community members in an effort to reduce infection rates. These campaigns have also encouraged people to seek healt...

Epidemiology, molecular characterization and antibiotic resistance of Neisseria meningitidis from patients ≤15 years in Manhiça, rural Mozambique

PLos ONE; 6 (6), 2011
The epidemiology of meningococcal disease in Mozambique and other African countries located outside the “meningitis belt” remains widely unknown. With the event of upcoming vaccines microbiological and epidemiological information is urgently needed. Prospective surveillance for invasive bacterial inf...

Estudo de avaliação multi-nacional

Spontaneous adverse drug reaction reporting in rural districts of Mozambique

Drug saf; 31 (10), 2008
Background: The roll out of various public health programmes involving mass administration of medicines calls for the deployment of responsive pharmacovigilance systems to permit identification of signals of rare or even common adverse reactions. In developing countries in Africa, these systems are mostl...