Resultados: 37

Perceptions and compliance with COVID-19 preventive measures in Southern and Central regions of Mozambique: A quantitative in-person household survey in the districts of Manhiça and Quelimane

PLos ONE; 19 (5), 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted countries to swiftly implement rigorous preventive measures on a population-wide scale worldwide. However, in low-income countries like Mozambique this was difficult, coupled with a generalised lack of knowledge on how the population understood and complied with these m...

Atitude dos homens usuários dos serviços de saúde, no centro de saúde do chamanculo, em relação ao planeamento familiar
Attitude of male users of health services at the chamanculo health center towards family planning family planning

Introdução: As políticas em relação ao planeamento familiar, vem desde muito tempo se dedicando principalmente às mulheres, mesmo sabendo-se que os homens têm um papel importante a desempenhar neste sentido, podendo suas atitudes interferir, positiva ou negativamente, na decisão das suas companhe...

Known HIV status among adolescent women attending antenatal care services in Eswatini, Ethiopia and Mozambique

Reprod. health; 18 (90), 2021
Background: Antenatal care (ANC) clinics remain important entry points to HIV care for pregnant women living with HIV-including adolescents. Prior knowledge of their HIV status at ANC enrollment is crucial to providing services for prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV. We examined kn...

Young at risk-people in Maputo City, Mozambique, present a high willingness to participate in HIV trials: Results from an HIV vaccine preparedness cohort study

PLos ONE; 16 (12), 2021
Introduction: Vaccine efficacy testing requires engagement of willing volunteers with high disease incidence. We evaluated factors associated with willingness to participate in potential future HIV vaccine trials in Maputo, Mozambique. Methods: Adults aged 18-35 years without HIV and who reported at leas...

Young at risk-people in Maputo City, Mozambique, present a high willingness to participate in HIV trials: Results from an HIV vaccine preparedness cohort study

PLos ONE; 16 (12), 2021
Introduction: Vaccine efficacy testing requires engagement of willing volunteers with high disease incidence. We evaluated factors associated with willingness to participate in potential future HIV vaccine trials in Maputo, Mozambique. Methods: Adults aged 18-35 years without HIV and who reported at leas...

Comprehensive knowledge and HIV prevalence in two migrant mineworkers’ communities of origin in Gaza Province in Southern Mozambique: evidence from a cross-sectional survey

Pan Afr. med. j; 40 (19), 2021
Introduction: migrant mine workers are susceptible to engage in risky sexual behaviour due to their high mobility, putting at risk their families and home communities. Because comprehensive knowledge about HIV/AIDS is a key factor in reducing HIV infections, this study aims to understand the current...

Feasibility of task-sharing with community health workers for the identification, emergency management and referral of women with pre-eclampsia, in Mozambique

Reprod. health; 18 (145), 2021
Background Maternal mortality is an important public health problem in low-income countries. Delays in reaching health facilities and insufficient health care professionals call for innovative community-level solutions. There is limited evidence on the role of community health workers in the management o...

Malaria prevention knowledge, attitudes, and practices in Zambezia Province, Mozambique

Malar. j. (Online); 20 (293), 2021
Background: In Mozambique, socio-economic and cultural factors influence the wide adoption of disease preventive measures that are relevant for malaria control strategies to promote early recognition of disease, prompt seeking of medical care, sleeping under insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), and taking i...

Community health worker knowledge, attitudes and practices towards COVID-19: Learnings from an online cross-sectional survey using a digital health platform, UpSCALE, in Mozambique

PLoS One; 16 (2), 2021
Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at the frontline of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic response, yet there is a paucity of literature on their knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) in relation to the pandemic. Community Health Workers (CHWs) in Mozambique are known locally as agentes poliv...

Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Práticas dos Trabalhadores de Saúde em Moçambique sobre a COVID-19: estudo online rápido

Os profissionais de saúde (PS), como profissionais da linha de frente, têm maior risco de infecção pela COVID-19. Foram adoptadas várias medidas para controlar a rápida propagação da epidemia da COVID-19 em Moçambique. A adesão dos (PS) a essas medidas é influenciada por seus conhecimentos, at...