Resultados: 3

HIV community index testing reaches proportionally more males than facility-based testing and is cost-effective: A study from Gaza province, Mozambique

PLos ONE; 18 (5), 2023
In Mozambique, 38.7% of women and 60.4% of men ages 15–59 years old living with HIV do not know their HIV status. A pilot home-based HIV counseling and testing program based on index cases in the community was implemented in eight districts in Gaza province (Mozambique). The pilot targeted the sexual p...

Early impact of rotavirus vaccination in children less than five years of age in Mozambique

Vaccine; 36 (47), 2018
Mozambique introduced rotavirus vaccine (Rotarix, GSK Biologicals) in the National Immunization Program in September 2015 with the objective of reducing the burden of total diarrheal disease and specifically severe rotavirus disease. This study aimed to evaluate the early impact of rotavirus vaccine in r...

Nutritional status and its association with physical fitness, physical activity and parasitological indicators in youths from rural mozambique

Am. j. hum. biol; 25 (4), 2013
Little information exists about the relationship of nutritional status and motor performance conditional on asymptomatic parasitemia in rural African children. Aims: The aims of this study were to (1) determine if malnourished youths from rural African areas have lower levels of physical fitness (PF) an...