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Efeitos dasMedidas restritivas de combate à covid-19 no cumprimento das rotinas de tratamento do hiv no centro de saúde de moamba
Effects of restrictive measures to combat covid-19 on compliance with hiv treatment routines at the moamba health center

Em países economicamente fragilizados, com alta prevalência de infecções por vírus de imunodeficiência humana, as medidas de saúde pública e administrativas adoptadas para prevenir, controlar e conter a propagação da pandemia da COVID-19 representaram ameaça às actividades de controlo e manej...

Polyclonal Multidrug ESBL-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Emergence of Susceptible Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae ST23 Isolates in Mozambique

Globally, antibiotic-resistant Klebsiella spp. cause healthcare-associated infections with high mortality rates, and the rise of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp) poses a significant threat to human health linked to community-acquired infections and increasing non-susceptibility. We investigated...

Burden and risk factors of snakebite in Mopeia, Mozambique: Leveraging larger malaria trials to generate data of this neglected tropical disease

Plos negl. trop. dis; 17 (8), 2023
Background: Snakebite is a neglected disease that disproportionally affects the rural poor. There is a dearth of evidence regarding incidence and risk factors in snakebite-endemic countries. Without this basic data, it will be impossible to achieve the target of a 50% reduction of snakebite morbidity and...

Mask use in public places in Maputo City, Mozambique: Cross-sectional survey

PLos ONE; 18 (8), 2023
Introduction: The use of face masks is one of the preventive measures that Mozambique adopted in order to limit the spread of COVID-19. A study carried out from May 25 to June 6, 2020 found that although many wore masks, incorrect use was observed in 27.5% of the population observed. This data collection...

Alternative approaches for creating a wealth index: the case of Mozambique

BMJ glob. health; 8 (8), 2023
Background Residual malaria transmission is the result of adaptive mosquito behavior that allows malaria vectors to thrive and sustain transmission in the presence of good access to bed nets or insecticide residual spraying. These behaviors include crepuscular and outdoor feeding as well as intermittent ...

13º Anuário estatístico- recursos humanos para a saúde em moçambique – 2022
13th Statistical yearbook - human resources for health in mozambique - 2022

A Política de Saúde e a estratégia de sua implementação aprovadas pelo Governo de Moçambique, estão orientadas para determinantes sociais de saúde, cujo objectivo é promover a melhoria das condições e modos de vida das populações. Paralelamente, o Plano Estratégico do Sector Saúde 2020 –...

Quality of routine data for monitoring nutrition and diarrhoea indicators of children under 5 in Mozambique: an ecological study over a 5-year period

BMJ Open; 13 (7), 2023
Background: Undernutrition and diarrhoea have a high burden in children under 5 in low/middle-income countries. Having data-driven quality health services for these two diseases is key in order to address the high burden of diseases; therefore, health systems must provide data to monitor, manage, plan an...

Detecting temporal and spatial malaria patterns from first antenatal care visits

Nature communications; 14 (4004), 2023
Pregnant women attending first antenatal care (ANC) visits represent a promising malaria surveillance target in Sub-Saharan Africa. We assessed the spatio-temporal relationship between malaria trends at ANC (n = 6471) and in children in the community (n = 3933) and at health facilities (n = 15,467) in so...

B-cell immunity and vaccine induced antibody protection reveal the inefficacy of current vaccination schedule in infants with perinatal HIV-infection in Mozambique, Africa

EBioMedicine; 93 (104666), 2023
Despite antiretroviral treatment (ART), immune dysfunction persists in children with perinatal HIV infection (HEI). Here we investigated the impact of HIV status on maternal antibody (Ab) passage, long-term vaccine induced immunity and B-cell maturation. Methods: 46 HIV Exposed Uninfected (HEU), 43 HEI,...

Inquérito Nacional sobre o Impacto do HIV e SIDA em Moçambique (INSIDA 2021)
National Survey on the Impact of HIV and AIDS in Mozambique (INSIDA 2021

O Inquérito sobre o Impacto do HIV e SIDA em Moçambique (INSIDA 2021) foi um inquérito nacional baseado nos agregados familiares, conduzido entre Abril de 2021 e Fevereiro de 2022, visando medir o impacto da resposta nacional ao HIV. O INSIDA 2021 ofereceu aconselhamento e testagem de HIV com entrega ...