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Covariates and spatial interpolation of hiv screening in mozambique: insight from the 2015 aids indicator survey

Examinamos os fatores associados ao rastreamento do vírus da imunodeficiência humana (HIV) e desenvolvemos um mapa de superfície de prevalência de rastreamento de HIV usando técnicas de interpolação espacial para identificar as áreas geográficas com as maiores e menores taxas de rastreamento de ...

10º Anuário Estatístico sobre Recursos Humanos para a Saúde em Moçambique - 2019
10th Statistical Yearbook on Human Resources for Health in Mozambique - 2019

O Plano Estratégico do Sector da Saúde (2015 – 2019), foi elaborado face aos desafios que se colocam ao sector, com vista a atingir os Objectivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável, através dos principais indicadores de saúde. O país tem registado melhorias significativas dos seus indicadores de saú...

12º Anuário estatístico sobre recursos humanos para a saúde em moçambique – 2021
12th Yearbook statistical yearbook on human resources for health in mozambique - 2021

O Plano Estratégico do Sector da Saúde (2015 – 2019), foi elaborado face aos desafios que se colocam ao sector, com vista a atingir os Objectivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável, através dos principais indicadores de saúde. O país tem registado melhorias significativas dos seus indicadores de saú...

Caracterização molecular enterovĺrus detectados em crianças com diarreia aguda e amostras ambientais em Moçambique
Molecular characterization of enteroviruses detected in children with acute diarrhea and environmental samples in Mozambique

Os enterovírus (EV) são vírus de transmissão predominantemente entérica, presentes em todas as partes do mundo e são agentes etiológicos de infecções que variam de casos assintomáticos a casos de gastroenterite aguda (GA) e infecções no sistema nervoso central. Devido aos diferentes rumos que...

Quality assurance for point-of-care testing in Mozambique’s National Health Service

Medical care in Mozambique is mostly provided through the national health service of the Ministry of Health. All primary healthcare and HIV-related services are provided free of charge. There are over 1500 public sector health facilities in Mozambique and most of these are primary healthcare centres. Alt...

External Quality Assessment Programme for Early Infant Diagnosis of HIV-1, Mozambique, 2011-2014

This study evaluated a National External Quality Scheme Program for early infant diagnosis of HIV. Fourteen laboratory technicians participated, and nine testing panel cycles were sent between 2011 and 2014. The response rate was 100% for the first eight panels, and the number of technicians with a test ...

Evaluation of the Ogawa-Kudoh method for tuberculosis isolation in two health units in Mozambique

Background: Mozambique is among the highest tuberculosis, tuberculosis–HIV and multidrug-resistant-tuberculosis burden countries. Although molecular technologies are available in-country, mycobacterial isolation through culture remains an important tool for tuberculosis diagnostics and drug susceptibil...

Moving towards malaria elimination in southern Mozambique: Cost and cost-effectiveness of mass drug administration combined with intensified malaria control

PLos ONE; 15 (7), 2020
As new combinations of interventions aiming at interrupting malaria transmission are under evaluation, understanding the associated economic costs and benefits is critical for decision-making. This study assessed the economic cost and cost-effectiveness of the Magude project, a malaria elimination initia...

Dried blood spots for Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae detection and serotyping among children < 5 years old in rural Mozambique

BMC pediatr. (Online); 20 (326), 2020
Background: Dried blood spots (DBS) have been proposed as potentially tool for detecting invasive bacterial diseases. Methods: We evaluated the use of DBS for S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae detection among children in Mozambique. Blood for DBS and nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs were collected from children w...

Community-level interventions for pre-eclampsia (CLIP) in Mozambique: A cluster randomised controlled trial

Objectives: Pregnancy hypertension is the third leading cause of maternal mortality in Mozambique and contributes significantly to fetal and neonatal mortality. The objective of this trial was to assess whether task-sharing care might reduce adverse pregnancy outcomes related to delays in triage, transpo...