Introdução: O Ministério da Saúde, através da Medicos com África e o UNICEF, implementou uma das suas estratégias de comunicação para a mudança de comportamento intitulada “família modelo” na província de Cabo
Delgado. Esta estratégia visa prevenir doenças como a malária, cólera, desn...
Nhassengo, Pedroso;
Zandamela, Américo;
Nhamuave, Celina;
Cassy, Sheyla Rodrigues;
Cassy, Sheyla Rodrigues;
Cassy, Sheyla Rodrigues;
Chiau, Rogério;
Mutaquiha, Cláudia;
Zindoga, Pereira;
Manhiça, Ivan;
Khosa, Celso;
Cowan, James.
Background: In 2021, there were approximately 450,000 cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) worldwide. The treatment of DR-TB historically included expensive and toxic injectable drugs leading to adverse effects including ototoxicity and Electrocardiogram (ECG) abnormalities. This study described ...
Vubil, Adolfo;
Zicai, Ana Flora;
Sitoe, Nádia;
Nhachigule, Carina;
Costa, Paulino da;
Magul, Cacildo;
Meggi, Bindiya;
Viegas, Sofia;
Mabunda, Nédio;
Jani, Ilesh.
ABSTRACT Dried blood spot (DBS) may overestimate the viral RNA, mainly in patients
with low viral load (VL), due to proviral DNA and intracellular RNA. The Burnett and
HemaSpot provide integrated solutions for the collection, separation, and drying of
plasma from whole blood. This study aims to evalua...
Girmay, Aderajew Mekonnen;
Weldetinsae, Abel;
Mengesha, Sisay Derso;
Adugna, Ermias Alemayehu;
Alemu, Zinabu Assefa;
Wagar, Bedasa;
Serte, Melaku Gizaw;
Awoke, Kaleab Sebsibe;
Bedada, Tesfaye Legesse;
Weldegebriel, Mesaye Getachew;
Dinssa, Danial Abera;
Alemayehu, Tsigereda Assefa;
Kenea, Moa Abate;
Tekulu, Kirubel Tesfaye;
Gobena, Waktole;
Fikresilassie, Getinet;
Melese, Abayew Wassie;
Redwan, Ekram;
Hoffmann, Vivian;
Tessema, Masresha;
Tollera, Getachew.
Diarrhoea among children under 5years is a central public health issue worldwide.5 It causes more than 1.7billion cases and kills 525 000 children under 5years old each year, making it the world’s second leading cause of mortality among children under 5years. 6 Globally, diarrhoeal disease accounts for...
Gimbel, Sarah;
Ásbjörnsdóttir, Kristjana;
Banek, Kristin;
Borges, Madeline;
Crocker, Jonny;
Coutinho, Joana;
Cumbe, Vasco;
Dinis, Aneth;
Eastment, McKenna;
Gaitho, Douglas;
Lambdin, Barrot H;
Pope, Stephen;
Uetela, Onei;
Hazim, Carmen;
McClelland, R Scott;
Mocumbi, Ana Olga;
Muanido, Alberto;
Nduati, Ruth;
Njuguna, Irene N;
Wagenaar, Bradley H;
Wagner, Anjuli;
Wanje, George;
Sherr, Kenneth.
There is a duplicated paragraph, the original article has now been updated to remove the duplicate and read the following:
“Te Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach (SAIA) is an evidence-based, multi-component implementation strategy focused on optimizing service delivery cascades [7]. SAIA combine...
Mandlate, Flávio;
Greene, M. Claire;
Pereira, Luís F;
Sweetland, Annika C;
Kokonya, Donald;
Duarte, Cristiane;
Cournos, Francine;
Oquendo, Maria A;
Wainberg, Milton L;
Sidat, Mohsin;
Sevene, Esperança;
Mello, Marcelo F.
Introduction
Depression is the most common mental disorder among people living with HIV/AIDS and has a negative impact on HIV treatment outcomes. Training lay HIV counselors to identify and manage depression may contribute to improved patient access and adherence to treatment, and reduce stigma and discr...
Sitoe, Nádia;
Sambo, Júlia;
Mabunda, Nédio;
Nguenha, Neuza;
Chilaúle, Jorfélia;
Rafael, Julio;
Macicane, Anésio;
Chelene, Imelda;
Viegas, sofia;
Jani, Ilesh;
Medenyanga, Chishamiso;
Loquiha, Osvaldo;
Sacks, Jillian.
Background: In resource-poor countries, antigen-based rapid tests (Ag-RDTs) performed at primary healthcare and community settings improved access to SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics. However, the technical skills and biosafety requirements inherent to nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal (OP) specimens limit the scal...
Pope, Stephen;
Augusto, Orvalho;
Fernandes, Quinhas;
Gimbel, Sarah;
Ramiro, Isaías;
Uetela, Dorlim;
Tembe, Stélio;
Kimball, Meredith;
Manaca, Mélia;
Anderson, Leigh;
Chicumbe, Sérgio;
Sherr, Kenneth.
Introduction: The effectiveness of facility-level management is an important determinant of primary health care (PHC) reach and quality; however, the nature of the relationship between facility level management and health system effectiveness lacks sufficient empirical grounding. We describe the associat...
O aumento da cobertura vacinal é uma prioridade do programa alargado de vacinação (PAV), especialmente nas províncias das regiões centro e norte do país. O presente estudo tinha em vista avaliar a cobertura de vacinação em crianças de 12 aos 23 meses de idade e ganhar uma compreensão dos factor...
Antibiotic overuse is a major public health challenge worldwide and it can result in the emergence and spread of drug resistance. In Mozambique, there are limited data related to primary care physicians' antibiotic prescription patterns. The aim of this study was to assess the antibiotic prescription pat...
