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Relatório anual das actividades relacionadas ao HIV/SIDA

O Programa Nacional de Controlo de ITS HIV/SIDA (PNC ITS-HIV/SIDA) é a entidade do Serviço Nacional de Saúde responsável pela gestão dos serviços de saúde relacionados ao HIV. A sua missão é de coordenar, regulamentar e prestar cuidados e tratamento às pessoas vivendo com HIV. Para responder de...

Contribution of the clinical information to the accuracy of the minimally invasive and the complete diagnostic autopsy

Hum. pathol; 85 (), 2019
Embora o diagnóstico de autópsia inclua rotineiramente uma avaliação completa de todos os resultados patológicos disponíveis e também de qualquer dado clínico disponível, a contribuição dessas informações clínicas para o rendimento diagnóstico da autópsia não foi analisada. Nosso objetiv...

A aplicação do MAIEC no contexto do Status Nutricional Infantil em Moçambique
The application of the MAIEC in the context of Child Nutritional Status in Mozambique

O presente documento é o relatório do estágio final do Curso de Mestrado em Enfermagem com Especialização em Enfermagem Comunitária da Universidade Católica Portuguesa. O estágio foi realizado em Moçambique no contexto escolar de uma instituição local constituída por várias comunidades escol...

Policy review on the management of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia by community health workers in Mozambique

Hum. resour. health; 17 (1), 2019
Background: Pre-eclampsia is one of the leading causes of maternal death in Mozambique. Limited access to health care facilities and a lack of skilled health professionals contribute to the high maternal morbidity and mortality rates in Mozambique and indicate a need for community-level interventions. Th...

Differential expression of var subgroups and PfSir2a genes in afebrile Plasmodium falciparum malaria: a matched case-control study

Malar. j. (Online); 18 (1), 2019
Background: Poor knowledge on the afebrile Plasmodium falciparum biology limits elimination approaches to target asymptomatic malaria. Therefore, the association of parasite factors involved in cytoadhesion, parasite multiplication and gametocyte maturation with afebrile malaria was assessed. Methods: Pl...

Malaria case management commodity supply and use by community health workers in Mozambique, 2017

Malar. j. (Online); 18 (47), 2019
Community health workers (CHWs) provide preventive care and integrated community case management (iCCM) to people with low healthcare access worldwide. CHW programmes have helped reduce mortality in myriad countries, but little data on malaria supply chain management has been shared. This project evaluat...

Understanding the bricks to build better surgical oncology unit at Maputo Central Hospital: prevalent surgical cancers and residents knowledge

cancer is a growing concern in Mozambique. However, the country has limited facilities and few oncologists. Surgical oncologists are an unmet need. The aim of this study was to assess residents' knowledge in prevalent cancer domains and to identify and characterize prevalent cancers treated by surgery at...

Biomarkers for tuberculosis: the case for lipoarabinomannan

ERJ open res; 5 (1), 2019
Tuberculosis (TB) is considered the most onerous of infectious diseases according to recent reports from the World Health Organization. Available tests for TB diagnosis present severe limitations, and a reliable point-of-care (POC) diagnostic test does not exist. Neither is there a test to discern betwee...

Malaria, immunity and mental disorders: A plausible relationship?

EBioMedicine; 40 (), 2019
Malaria is the most common and dangerous parasitic disease, being responsible every year for nearly half a million deaths, and an estimated 219 million clinical cases, globally [1]. The devastating short-term effects that an acute malarial infection can have on any given individual have been historically...

Community knowledge and acceptance of indoor residual spraying for malaria prevention in Mozambique: a qualitative study

Malar. j. (Online); 18 (1), 2019
Background: Malaria control remains a leading health challenge in Mozambique. Indoor residual spraying (IRS) is an effective strategy to control malaria transmission, but there are often barriers to reaching the coverage necessary for attaining maximum community protective effect of IRS. Mozambique recor...