Resultados: 69

Palliative care in Mozambique: Physicians' knowledge, attitudes and practices

PLos ONE; 15 (8), 2020
Background Palliative care is an essential part of medical practice but it remains limited, inaccessible, or even absent in low andmiddle income countries. Objectives Toevaluate the general knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Mozambican physicians on palliative care. Methods Across–sectional observa...

Risk factors associated with high prevalence of intimate partner violence amongst school-going young women (aged 15-24years) in Maputo, Mozambique

PLos ONE; 15 (12), 2020
Background: In many countries, there is evidence that intimate partner violence is prevalent among young women. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and the factors associated with intimate partner violence in young women (aged 15-24 years) attending secondary schools in Maputo, Mozambique. Metho...

Molecular and serological characterization of occult hepatitis B among blood donors in Maputo, Mozambique

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 115 (), 2020
BACKGROUND Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) - characterized by the absence of detectable HBsAg in the presence of HBV DNA - represents a potential threat for blood safety. OBJECTIVES This study was conducted with the aim to investigate the serological and molecular characterization of occult HBV infecti...

Gendered relationship between HIV stigma and HIV testing among men and women in Mozambique: a cross-sectional study to inform a stigma reduction and male-targeted HIV testing intervention

BMJ Open; 9 (10), 2019
Objectives: Increasing and sustaining engagement in HIV care for people living with HIV are critical to both individual therapeutic benefit and epidemic control. Men are less likely to test for HIV compared with women in sub-Saharan African countries, and ultimately have delayed entry to HIV care. Stigma...

Tipping the balance towards long-term retention in the HIV care cascade: A mixed methods study in southern Mozambique

PLoS One; 14 (9), 2019
Background: The implementation of quality HIV control programs is crucial for the achievement of the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets and to motivate people living with HIV (PLWHIV) to link and remain in HIV-care. The aim of this mixed method cross-sectional study was to estimate the linkage and long-term retenti...

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...

The incidence of pregnancy hypertension in India, Pakistan, Mozambique, and Nigeria: A prospective population-level analysis

PloS med; 16 (4), 2019
Most pregnancy hypertension estimates in less-developed countries are from cross-sectional hospital surveys and are considered overestimates. We estimated population-based rates by standardised methods in 27 intervention clusters of the Community-Level Interventions for Pre-eclampsia (CLIP) cluster rando...

Prevalência de Parasitoses Intestinais em Crianças nas Escolas Primárias da Província de Sofala, Moçambique

Introdução: O complexo de infecções intestinais parasitárias é causado por organismos que podem ser biologicamente classificados em protozoários ou helmintos. Os parasitas constituem o maior grupo de organismos responsável por infecções em humanos. A província de Sofala localiza-se na regiã...

Avaliação do conhecimento dos profissionais de saúde sobre a cardiomiopatia periparto na área de saúde do hospital geral josé macamo na cidade de maputo

A cardiomiopatia periparto (CMPP) é um distúrbio de patogénese pouco conhecida, na qual ocorre uma disfunção do ventrículo esquerdo associado a sintomas de insuficiência cardíaca, no último mês da gestação até 6 meses pós-parto em uma mulher previamente saudável. OBJECTIVO: Avaliar o...

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...