A presente estratégia nacional de prevenção e combate às cobranças ilícitas apresenta um conjunto de linhas de acção com o objectivo de responder aos problemas de suborno e mau atendimento nas unidades sanitárias. Com efeito, este documento emana da Estratégia de Qualidade e Humanização e apr...
The United Nation’s sustainable development goal for 2030 is to eradicate the global malaria epidemic, primarily as the disease continues to be one of the major concerns for public health in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2015, the region accounted for 90% of malaria deaths. Mozambique recorded a malaria morta...
The emergence of community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus infections is increasingly recognized as life threating problem worldwide. In Manhiça district, southern Mozambique, S. aureus is the leading cause of community-acquired bacteremia in neonates. Methods: Eighty-four S. aureus isolates from childre...
Galatas, beatriz;
Nhamussua, lidia;
Candrinho, baltazar;
Mabote, lurdes;
Cistero, pau;
Gupta, himanshu;
Rabinovich, regina;
Menendez, clara;
Macete, eusebio;
Saute, francisco;
Mayor, alfredo;
Alonso, pedro;
Bassat, quique;
Aide, pedro.
Recent reports regarding the re-emergence of parasite sensitivity to chloroquine call for a new consideration of this drug as an interesting complementary tool in malaria elimination efforts, given its good safety profile and long half-life. A randomized (2:1), single-blind, placebo-controlled trial was ...
Background
Studies have been conducted in developing countries using SMS to communicate with patients to reduce the number of missed appointments and improve retention in treatment, however; very few have been scaled up. One possible reason for this could be that patients or staff are dissatisfied with t...
A epidemia da tuberculose em Moçambique tem sido influenciada consideravelmente por factores como as condições económicas, incluindo a pobreza e o desemprego, as condições ambientais, incluindo bairros urbanos superlotados, a epidemia de VIH, as condições sociais, incluindo as migrações por tra...
Viegas, Sofia O;
Azam, Khalide;
Madeira, Carla;
Aguiar, Carmen;
Dolores, Carolina;
Mandlaze, Ana P;
Chongo, Patrina;
Masamha, Jessina;
Cirillo, Daniela M;
Jani, Ilesh Vinodrai;
Gudo, Eduardo Samo.
Background: Internationally-accredited laboratories are recognised for their superior test reliability, operational performance, quality management and competence. In a bid to meet international quality standards, the Mozambique National Institute of Health enrolled the National Tuberculosis Reference La...
Tuberculosis (TB) remains an important public health concern and a leading cause of disease and death worldwide. Mozambique is one of the few high-burden countries where incidence rates have not improved in recent years. The estimated TB incidence rate in 2014 was 552 cases per 100 000 population and t...
