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A Balanced Proinflammatory and Regulatory Cytokine Signature in Young African Children Is Associated With Lower Risk of Clinical Malaria

Clin. infect. dis; 69 (Sep.2019), 2019
The effect of timing of exposure to first Plasmodium falciparum infections during early childhood on the induction of innate and adaptive cytokine responses and their contribution to the development of clinical malaria immunity is not well established. As part of a double-blind, randomized, placebo-contr...

Revenue-raising potential for universal health coverage in Benin, Mali, Mozambique and Togo

Bull. W.H.O. (Print); 97 (9), 2019
Increasing overall fiscal space is important for the health sector due to the centrality of public financing to make progress towards universal health coverage. One strategy is to mobilize additional government revenues through new taxes or increased tax rates on goods and services. We illustrate how cou...

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...

Avaliação de necessidades de sistemas de informação em radiologia, nos serviços de radiologia dos hospitais públicos de Moçambique
Needs assessment of information systems in information systems, in the radiology services of public hospitals in Mozambique

A prestação de serviços, como componente essencial do sistema de saúde, refere-se à forma como os recursos são organizados e geridos para assegurar o acesso, a qualidade, a segurança e a continuidade dos cuidados de acordo com as condições de saúde, em diferentes locais e ao longo do tempo. Na ...

Invasive disease potential of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes before and after 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction in a rural area, southern Mozambique

Vaccine; 37 (51), 2019
Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) is a major cause of disease in children, and is associated with high morbidity and mortality worldwide [1]. In 2015, invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) was responsible for an estimated 318,000 deaths in children under 5 years of age, with most of these deaths occu...

Targeting Pregnant Women for Malaria Surveillance

Trends parasitol; 35 (9), 2019
Women attending antenatal care (ANC) are a generally healthy, easy-access population, contributing valuable data for infectious disease surveillance at the community level. ANC-based malaria surveillance would provide a routine measure of the malaria burden in pregnancy, which countries lack, whilst pote...

Efficacy and safety of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for treatment of Plasmodium falciparum uncomplicated malaria in adult patients on antiretroviral therapy in Malawi and Mozambique: an open label non-randomized interventional trial

Malar. j. (Online); 18 (1), 2019
Background: HIV-infected individuals on antiretroviral therapy (ART) require treatment with artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) when infected with malaria. Dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine (DPQ) is recommended for treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria, but its efcacy and safety has not been ...

Regulamento de sanidade animal: Regulamento de vigilância epidemiológica e controlo de doenças dos animais em Moçambique
Animal health regulations: Regulations for the epidemiological surveillance and control of animal diseases in Mozambique

O presente Regulamento estabelece normas para a vigilância epidemiológica e controlo de doenças dos animais em Moçambique....

Costs associated with delivering HPV vaccination in the context of the first year demonstration programme in southern Mozambique

In Mozambique cervical cancer is a public health threat, due to its high incidence and limited access to early diagnosis of precancerous lesions. International organisations are supporting the introduction of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines in low- and middle-income countries. Some of these countries...

Manual de manejo Clínico e programático da tuberculose multirresistente
Clinical and programmatic management manual for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

O surgimento de resistência aos fármacos usados para tratar a tuberculose (TB), particularmente a Tuberculose Multirresistente (TB-MR), tornou-se um problema de saúde pública em vários países e, um sério obstáculo na luta contra Tuberculose, razão pela qual a OMS recomenda desde o ano 2000 uma a...