Resultados: 6

Burden and risk factors of snakebite in Mopeia, Mozambique: Leveraging larger malaria trials to generate data of this neglected tropical disease

Plos negl. trop. dis; 17 (8), 2023
Background: Snakebite is a neglected disease that disproportionally affects the rural poor. There is a dearth of evidence regarding incidence and risk factors in snakebite-endemic countries. Without this basic data, it will be impossible to achieve the target of a 50% reduction of snakebite morbidity and...

Plano Estratégico do Sector da Saúde PESS 2014-2019 (Extensão 2020-2024)
Health Sector Strategic Plan Sector PESS 2014-2019 (Extension 2020-2024)

A saúde é a condição essencial para o desenvolvimento dos indivíduos, das comunidades e do país no geral. O presente plano estratégico do sector da saúde (PESS) reflecte a ambição desse desenvolvimento, expressa, de forma inequívoca, nos propósitos contidos no âmbito da visão, missão e pri...

Review article on cardiovascular diseases in low- and middle-income countries

Parasit. vectors; (), 2020
Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is a poverty-related disease of unknown origin that afflicts predominantly young people of certain rural areas in low-income countries and can be used to expose global disparities in cardiovascular research. Despite affecting predominantly young people and causing high morbi...

Frequency and distribution of neglected tropical diseases in Mozambique: a systematic review

Infect. dis. poverty; 8 (1), 2019
Mozambique is considered one of the countries with highest NTDs burden although available data is scarce. This study aims to conduct a systematic review on published available data about the burden and distribution of the different NTDs across Mozambique since January 1950 until December 2018. We identif...