Resultados: 27

Long-lasting household damage from Cyclone Idai increases malaria risk in rural western Mozambique

Cyclone Idai in 2019 was one of the worst tropical cyclones recorded in the Southern Hemisphere. The storm caused catastrophic damage and led to a humanitarian crisis in Mozambique. The affected population suffered a cholera epidemic on top of housing and infrastructure damage and loss of life. The housi...

RELATÓRIO ANUAL (PAV), 2023
ANNUAL REPORT (PAV), 2023

O presente relatório foi elaborado com vista a dar a conhecer as principais actividades desenvolvidas em 2023, alinhadas com os objetivos estratégicos do sector saúde; Demonstra de forma quantitativa e qualitativa, a alocação dos recursos disponíveis, quer humanos, quer financeiros e ainda, o ní...

Mapeamento de áreas críticas de cólera em moçambique
Mapping critical cholera areas in Mozambique

Moçambique é signatário da iniciativa global para a eliminação da cólera até ao ano de 2030, estratégia voltada para a interrupção da transmissão da doença, redução da mortalidade e eliminação da cólera como problema de saúde pública. Em Moçambique, a cólera é altamente sazonal, com...

Pre-emptive oral cholera vaccine (OCV) mass vaccination campaign in Cuamba District, Niassa Province, Mozambique: feasibility, vaccination coverage and delivery costs using CholTool

BMJ Open; 12 (9), 2022
Mozambique suffers from regular floods along its principal river basins and periodic cyclones that resulted in several cholera epidemics during the last decades. Cholera outbreaks in the recent 5 years affected particularly the northern provinces of the country including Nampula and Niassa provinces. A...

Conditions to eliminate cholera in Mozambique - the pathway for the development of the national cholera plan

Pan Afr. med. j; 42 (), 2022
Cholera disproportionately affects the most vulnerable segments of the population, particularly those who have low or no access to basic water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). Despite some improvements in WASH conditions, cholera still represents a persistent challenge in Mozambique, where outbreaks occu...

The seasonality of cholera in sub-Saharan Africa: a statistical modelling study

Lancet Glob. Health; 10 (6), 2022
Cholera remains a major threat in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where some of the highest case-fatality rates are reported. Knowing in what months and where cholera tends to occur across the continent could aid in improving efforts to eliminate cholera as a public health concern. However, largely due to the ...

Mozambique’s response to cyclone Idai: how collaboration and surveillance with water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions were used to control a cholera epidemic

Infect. dis. poverty; 9 (68), 2020
Cyclone Idai, which hit Mozambique in March 2019, was one of the worst climate-related natural disasters on record in the Southern Hemisphere causing massive destruction of housing and disruption to vital infrastructure including the electrical grid, communications and water supply. Almost two million pe...

Mozambique’s response to cyclone Idai: how collaboration and surveillance with water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions were used to control a cholera epidemic

Parasit. vectors; (), 2020
Cyclone Idai, which hit Mozambique in March 2019, was one of the worst climate-related natural disasters on record in the Southern Hemisphere causing massive destruction of housing and disruption to vital infrastructure including the electrical grid, communications and water supply. Almost two million pe...

Conhecimento da população urbana sobre cólera em Nampula. Moçambique

Introdução: os surtos de cólera, uma infecção bacteriana aguda intestinal causada pela ingestão de alimentos ou água contaminados com o Vibrio cholerae, devem-se a condições inadequadas de habitação, saneamento e falta de água potável. Esta doença é endémica em Moçambique, tendo ocorrido...

A rapid qualitative assessment of oral cholera vaccine anticipated acceptability in a context of resistance towards cholera intervention in Nampula, Mozambique

Vaccine; 44 (36), 2018
While planning an immunization campaign in settings where public health interventions are subject to politically motivated resistance, designing context-based social mobilization strategies is critical to ensure community acceptability. In preparation for an Oral Cholera Vaccine campaign implemented in N...