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IgM and IgG against Plasmodium falciparum lysate as surrogates of malaria exposure and protection during pregnancy

Malar. j. (Online); 17 (1), 2018
Background: Difficulties to disentangle the protective versus exposure role of anti-malarial antibodies hamper the identification of clinically-relevant immune targets. Here, factors affecting maternal IgG and IgMs against Plasmodium falciparum antigens, as well as their relationship with parasite infect...

High production of pro-inflammatory cytokines by maternal blood mononuclear cells is associated with reduced maternal malaria but increased cord blood infection

Malar. j. (Online); 17 (1), 2018
Background: Increased susceptibility to malaria during pregnancy is not completely understood. Cellular immune responses mediate both pathology and immunity but the effector responses involved in these processes have not been fully characterized. Maternal and fetal cytokine and chemokine responses to mal...

Managing Advanced HIV Disease in a Public Health Approach
Managing Advanced HIV Disease in a Public Health Approach

Clin Infect Dis; 66 (2), 2018
Em 2017, a Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS) publicou diretrizes para o manejo da doença avançada pelo vírus da imunodeficiência humana (HIV) dentro de uma abordagem de saúde pública. Dados recentes sugerem que mais de um terço das pessoas que iniciam a terapêutica anti-retroviral (TARV) o fa...

Relatório anual das actividades relacionadas ao HIV/SIDA - 2017

O Programa Nacional de Controlo (PNC) de 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 forma estrat...

Hypertension in Mozambique: trends between 2005 and 2015

J. hypertens; 36 (4), 2018
To assess the current prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of arterial hypertension in Mozambican population, including adolescents and young adults, and to appraise their trends over the past decade, for the 25–64 years old population. Methods: A cross-sectional study of a representative sam...

Hypertension in Mozambique: trends between 2005 and 2015

J. hypertens; 36 (4), 2018
To assess the current prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of arterial hypertension in Mozambican population, including adolescents and young adults, and to appraise their trends over the past decade, for the 25–64 years old population. A cross-sectional study of a representative sample of the...

Priorização de doenças zoonóticas da One Health para o envolvimento multissectorial em Moçambique
Prioritization of zoonotic diseases for multisectoral in Mozambique

O objectivo desta oficina de trabalho de 2 dias sobre Priorização de Doenças Zoonóticas One Health (OHZDP) foi identificar doenças zoonóticas de maior preocupação nacional para Moçambique, usando contribuições iguais de representantes da saúde humana, gado, ambiente, vida selvagem, pesquisa, ...

Assessment of the societal cost of Taenia solium in Angónia district, Mozambique

BMC infect. dis; 18 (121), 2018
Background: The zoonotic parasite Taenia solium is endemic in Angónia district, Tete province, Mozambique, though the burden of the disease complex is unknown. Methods: As part of two cross-sectional studies on human and porcine cysticercosis in the area, unique epidemiological and cost data were colle...

Uptake of intermittent preventive treatment and pregnancy outcomes: health facilities and community surveys in Chókwè district, southern Mozambique

Malar. j. (Online); 17 (1), 2018
Malaria in pregnancy leads to serious adverse effects on the mother and the child and accounts for 75,000-200,000 infant deaths every year. Currently, the World Health Organization recommends intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) at each sche...