Resultados: 1531

Validity of reported retention in antiretroviral therapy after roll-out to peripheral facilities in Mozambique: Results of a retrospective national cohort analysis

PLOS ONE; 13 (6), 2018
Retention in anti-retroviral therapy (ART) presents a challenge in sub-Saharan Africa. In Mozambique, after roll-out to peripheral facilities, the 12-month retention rate was reported mostly from sites with an electronic patient tracking system (EPTS), representing only 65% of patients. We conducted a na...

Performance of point-of-care birth HIV testing in primary health care clinics: An observational cohort study

PLOS ONE; 13 (6), 2018
Worldwide only 43% of infants infected with HIV have access to antiretroviral treatment (ART). Despite significant global efforts to expand access to paediatric treatment, coverage lags behind adult ART and may not reach the 90-90-90 goals by 2020 as set by UNAIDS [2]. Resolving this paediatric ART gap i...

Pathways of care for HIV infected children in Beira, Mozambique: pre-post intervention study to assess impact of task shifting

Background: In 2013, Mozambique implemented task-shifting (TS) from clinical officers to maternal and child nurses to improve care for HIV positive children < 5 years old. A retrospective, pre-post intervention study was designed to evaluate effectiveness of a new pathway of care in a sample of Beira Dis...

Partners-based HIV treatment for seroconcordant couples attending antenatal and postnatal care in rural Mozambique: A cluster randomized trial protocol

Contemp. clin. trials; 71 (63), 2018
Background: In resource-limited rural settings, scale-up of services to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV has not been as effective as in better resourced urban settings. In sub-Saharan Africa, women often require male partner approval to access and remain engaged in HIV care. Our study will ...

Plano estratégico de acção: prevenção e controlo das infecções de transmissão sexual 2018-2021

As Infecções de Transmissão Sexual (ITS) encontram-se entre as infecções de mais alta incidência no mundo causando complicações graves, afectando gravemente, de forma inaceitável, aspectos da saúde física, mental e social das pessoas e suas famílias. Dentre elas, a Sífilis, Clamídia e a Gon...

HIV drug resistance patterns in pregnant women using next generation sequence in Mozambique

PLos ONE; 13 (5), 2018
Background: Few data on HIV resistance in pregnancy are available from Mozambique, one of the countries with the highest HIV toll worldwide. Understanding the patterns of HIV drug resistance in pregnant women might help in tailoring optimal regimens for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (...

Directrizes para engajamento do homem nos cuidados de saúde
Guidelines for Men's Engagement in Health Care

A Organização Mundial de Saúde reporta que em várias partes do mundo os indicadores de saúde dos homens e rapazes são mais baixos quando comparado com o das mulheres e raparigas. Todavia, estas disparidades têm recebido pouca atenção dos programas de saúde nacionais, regionais, globais e do...

9º Anuário Estatístico sobre Recursos Humanos para a Saúde em Moçambique - 2018
9th Statistical Yearbook on Human Resources for Health in Mozambique - 2018

O Ministério da Saúde aprovou em outubro de 2008, o Plano Estratégico do Sector da Saúde (2015 – 2019). O mesmo foi elaborado com vista a fazer face aos desafios que se colocam ao sector, com vista a atingir os Objectivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável através dos principais indicadores de saúde...

Spatio-temporal modelling of weekly malaria incidence in children under 5 for early epidemic detection in Mozambique
Spatio-temporal modelling of weekly malaria incidence in children under 5 for early epidemic detection in Mozambique

Sci. rep; 8 (1), 2018
Malaria is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Mozambique. We present a malaria early warning system (MEWS) for Mozambique informed by seven years of weekly case reports of malaria in children under 5 years of age from 142 districts. A spatio-temporal model was developed based on explanatory c...