O papel da institucionalidade de ética em pesquisa é cada vez mais relevante na
proteção dos direitos humanos dos participantes de pesquisa em países do Sul
Global, e isso é atestado por organismos internacionais como a UNESCO. Promover
seu melhoramento contínuo é, portanto, uma ação desejável...
Purpose: There is scant research on depressive symptoms (DS), suicidal ideation (SI), and mental health care-seeking in Mozambique.
Methods: Generalized estimating equations were used to assess factors associated with DS, SI, and mental health care-seeking among 3080 individuals interviewed in a repre...
Purpose: Our goal was to determine whether an economic and social empowerment intervention implemented in
Zambézia Province, Mozambique reduced girls’ vulnerability to HIV. We use this experience to discuss challenges of evaluating real-world interventions.
Methods: Two rounds of data were collected f...
Objectives: Globally, people living with HIV (PLWH) are at greater risk for various infections and chronic pain, therefore, vulnerable to prescription drug diversion which might negatively impact HIV care. The study purpose is to gather evidence on prescription drug diversion among PLWH.
Study design: Th...
As the epidemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is rapidly developing in low and middle-income countries (LMICs), the importance of local research capacity and the role of contextually relevant research in informing policy and practice is of paramount importance. In this regard, initiatives in resear...
Background: Porcine cysticercosis has a negative impact on human health and the meat industry, as it makes infected meat unaproprieted for consuption and it is the main etiology of epileptic seizures in developing countries. There are multiple serological assays that use crude antigens with high sensitiv...
Baltazar, cynthia semá;
Horth, roberta;
Inguane, celso;
Sathane, isabel;
César, freide;
Ricardo, helena;
Botão, carlos;
Augusto, ângelo;
Cooley, laura;
Cummings, beverly;
Raymond, henry F;
Young, peter W.
Mineworkers are considered a population at risk
for HIV due to risk behaviors associated with migratory work
patterns. This was the first study in Mozambique to determine
the prevalence of HIV and associated demographic and risk
behaviors, and assess use and access to prevention and
healthcare services a...
: Malaria remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Mozambique. Increased investments
in malaria control have reduced the burden, but few studies have estimated the costs of malaria in the country. This
paper estimates the economic costs associated with malaria care to households and to the h...
Purpose: This study describes patterns of community-level stigmatizing attitudes towards mental illness (MI) in central Mozambique.
Methods: Data for this study come from a representative community household survey of 2933 respondents ≥ 18 years old in Manica and Sofala Provinces, Mozambique. Six MI...
Background: Mozambique classifies but does not yet enforce antibiotics as prescription-only-medicine (POM) allowing the public access to a variety of antibiotics that otherwise are provided on prescription. This contributes to the growing practice of self-medication with antibiotics (SMA) which systemati...
