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Frequency of Pathogenic Paediatric Bacterial Meningitis in Mozambique: The Critical Role of Multiplex Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction to Estimate the Burden of Disease

PLos ONE; 10 (9), 2015
Background: In Sub-Saharan Africa, including Mozambique, acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) represents a main cause of childhood mortality. The burden of ABM is seriously underestimated because of the poor performance of culture sampling, the primary method of ABM surveillance in the region. Low quality ce...

Avalicao da infeccao filarial por Wuchereria bancrofti antes do inicio do tratamento massivo para eliminacao da filariase linfatica no Distrito de Murrupula, Provincia Nampula-Mocambique

A Wuchereria bancrofti é responsável por mais de 90% dos casos da Filaríase Linfática no mundo todo. Em Moçambique, 103 distritos são endémicos para a doença com as prevalências mais altas na região norte do país. A eliminação da doença esta prevista para o ano 2020 e pode ser alcançada pe...

Post-ART Symptoms Were Not the Problem: A Qualitative Study on Adherence to ART in HIV-Infected Patients in a Mozambican Rural Hospital

PLos ONE; 10 (9), 2015
Objective: The objective of this qualitative study was to explore how clinical symptoms may affect adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in HIV patients, and to explore factors, perceptions and attitudes related to adherence to therapy. Design: A qualitative study was carried out in the context of th...

Frequency of Pathogenic Paediatric Bacterial Meningitis in Mozambique: The Critical Role of Multiplex Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction to Estimate the Burden of DiseaseFrequency of Pathogenic Paediatric Bacterial Meningitis in Mozambique: The Critical Role of Multiplex Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction to Estimate the Burden of Disease

PLos ONE; 10 (9), 2015
Background: In Sub-Saharan Africa, including Mozambique, acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) represents a main cause of childhood mortality. The burden of ABM is seriously underestimated because of the poor performance of culture sampling, the primary method of ABM surveillance in the region. Low quality ce...

Estratégia nacional de promoção de saúde 2015 - 2019 [2024]

i. A Estratégia Nacional de Promoção de Saúde 2015 – 2019 (2024) visa galvanizar os esforços do Sistema Nacional de Saúde em promover hábitos de vida saudável para melhorar a saúde e o bem-estar da população Moçambicana em linha com o Plano Estratégico do Sector de Saúde 2014 – 2019 (20...

Relatório Semestral 2015 Relatório Semestral das Actividades Relacionadas ao HIV/SIDA

O Programa Nacional de Controlo (PNC) de ITS-HIV/SIDA é a entidade responsável do Serviço Nacional de Saúde para a gestão dos serviços de saúde relacionados ao HIV. A sua missão é de coordenação, regulamentação e prestação de cuidados e tratamento aos pacientes vivendo com HIV. Para respon...

Ajudar os bebés a respirar: bordagem do processo em Moçambique

Em Moçambique, o Programa Integrado de Saúde Materna e Infantil (MCHIP) em parceria com parceiros de cooperação do MISAU prestam assistência na extenção para 122 maternidades da Iniciativa Maternidades Modelo (IMM). No período 2011-2014, o programa adaptou e imp...

Implementation and Operational Research: Expedited Results Delivery Systems Using GPRS Technology Significantly Reduce Early Infant Diagnosis Test Turnaround Times

The objective of this study was to quantify the impact of a new technology to communicate the results of an infant HIV diagnostic test on test turnaround time and to quantify the association between late delivery of test results and patient loss to follow-up. We used data collected during a pilot impleme...

Determinants of virological failure and antiretroviral drug resistance in Mozambique

J. antimicrob. chemother; 70 (9), 2015
Objectives: The objective of this study was to inform public health actions to limit first-line ART failure and HIV drug resistance in Mozambique. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. HIV-1-infected adults on first-line ART for at least 1 year attending routine visits in the Manhiça District Hospi...

The performance of the expanded programme on immunization in a rural area of Mozambique

Acta trop.; 146 (), 2015
Vaccines are an effective public health measure. Vaccination coverage has improved in Africa in the last decades but has still not reached WHO/UNICEF target of at least 90% first-dose coverage for vaccines in the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) implemented in Mozambique in 1979. There are concer...