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Age targeting and scale-up of voluntary medical male circumcision in Mozambique

PLos ONE; 14 (2), 2019
Background: The voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) program in Mozambique aimed to increase male circumcision (MC) coverage to 80 percent among males ages 10 to 49 by 2018. Given the difficulty in attracting adult men over age 20 for circumcision, Mozambique became interested in assessing its age-...

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...

Vigilância integrada de doenças e resposta em moçambique manual de bolso para clínicos

A Vigilância Integrada de Doenças e Resposta (VIDR) é uma estratégia do Escritório Regional da Organização Mundial da Saúde para a África (OMS-AFRO), seus estados-membros, e seus parceiros técnicos, para criação e implementação de sistemas abrangentes de vigilância e resposta à saúde pú...

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...

Access to and use of preventive intermittent treatment for Malaria during pregnancy: A qualitative study in the Chókwè district, Southern Mozambique

PLos ONE; 14(1) (), 2019
Background Malaria remains a significant health problem in Mozambique, particularly in the case of pregnant women and children less than five years old. Intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPT-SP) is recommended for preventing malaria in pregnancy (MiP). Despite the widespre...

TB sequel: incidence, pathogenesis and risk factors of long-term medical and social sequelae of pulmonary TB - a study protocol

BMC pulm. med; 19 (1), 2019
Background: Up to fifty percent of microbiologically cured tuberculosis (TB) patients may be left with permanent, moderate or severe pulmonary function impairment. Very few studies have systematically examined pulmonary outcomes in patients to understand the pathophysiologic basis and long-term socio-eco...

Rethinking integrated nutrition-health strategies to address micronutrient deficiencies in children under five in Mozambique

Matern. child nutr; 15 (1), 2019
In Mozambique, about two thirds of children 6-59 months of age are affected by vitamin A deficiency and anaemia. The objective of this case study is to provide programme considerations for planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating vitamin A and iron deficiency interventions within the context of...

Incidência da malária na região centro de moçambique: determinantes naturais e condicionantes sociais – uma perspectiva geográfica

A malária é uma doença infecciosa causada pelo protozoário unicelular do gênero Plasmodium. É uma patologia que continua a causar significante morbimortalidade nas áreas onde é prevalente, sobretudo em Moçambique, com ênfase para a Região Centro. Geralmente, a doença tem afetado de forma desp...

Avaliação do conhecimento dos profissionais de saúde sobre a cardiomiopatia periparto na área de saúde do hospital geral josé macamo na cidade de maputo

A cardiomiopatia periparto (CMPP) é um distúrbio de patogénese pouco conhecida, na qual ocorre uma disfunção do ventrículo esquerdo associado a sintomas de insuficiência cardíaca, no último mês da gestação até 6 meses pós-parto em uma mulher previamente saudável. OBJECTIVO: Avaliar o...