Resultados: 15

Effect of seven anti-tuberculosis treatment regimens on sputum microbiome: a retrospective analysis of the HIGHRIF study 2 and PanACEA MAMS-TB clinical trials

The Lancet microbe; 4 (11), 2023
Background: Respiratory tract microbiota has been described as the gatekeeper for respiratory health. We aimed to assess the impact of standard-of-care and experimental anti-tuberculosis treatment regimens on the respiratory microbiome and implications for treatment outcomes. Methods: In this retrospect...

Sociodemographic characteristics of professional categories most affected by COVID-19 in Mozambique from March to July 2020

Pan Afr. med. j; 43 (162), 2022
The risk of a worker becoming ill due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is related to occupational exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Due to the need to restore work activities in Mozambique, the study was conducted with the aim of identifying the occupational ...

Performance Evaluation of the STANDARDTM Q COVID-19 and PanbioTM COVID-19 Antigen Tests in Detecting SARS-CoV-2 during High Transmission Period in Mozambique

Diagnostics (Basel); 12 (2), 2022
(1) Background: Laboratory-based molecular assays are the gold standard to detect SARS-CoV-2. In resource-limited settings, the implementation of these assays has been hampered by operational challenges and long turnaround times. Rapid antigen detection tests are an attractive alternative. Our aim is to ...

Nucleic Acid Point-of-Care Testing to Improve Diagnostic Preparedness

Clin. infect. dis; 75 (4), 2022
Since the start of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, testing, contact tracing, and isolation have been the primary tools for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection control. The early detection of emerging outbreaks or new variants is the first critical step...

Response of the social systems to Covid-19 in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia: A synthesis of the challenges and opportunities

Objective: This synthesis aimed to assess prevailing social systems and behaviours to identify challenges and opportunities towards COVID-19 responses in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia. Methods: We searched information using set of broad topic-related terms to include articles and documents reporting co...

Relatório da componente qualitativa do estudo sobre ´´avalição do cumprimento da quarentena e isolamento obrigatório, em pessoas expostas e diagnosticadas com SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 na Cidade e Província de Maputo, 20 de Março a 20 de Maio, 2020´´

No final do mês de Dezembro de 2019, a cidade de Wuhan (na província de Hubei, na China) foi palco da emergência de um novo coronavírus, causador de pneumonia potencialmente grave (COVID-19). A COVID-19 é a doença respiratória aguda causada pelo novo coronavírus chamado SARS-CoV-2 (Yang et al.,20...

Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is frequently associated with chronic respiratory impairment despite microbiological cure. There are only a few clinical research studies that describe the course, type and severity as well as associated risk factors for lung impairment (LI) in TB patients

Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is frequently associated with chronic respiratory impairment despite microbiological cure. There are only a few clinical research studies that describe the course, type and severity as well as associated risk factors for lung impairment (LI) in TB patients....

Manual Programa de Treinamento de Jornalistas em Matérias de Comunicação sobre a COVID -19

Instituto Nacional de Saúde (INS) através da Direcção de Formação e Comunicação em Saúde – Departamento de Formação em Ciência e Tecnologia em Saúde, na sua missão de realizar formações contínuas sobre matérias de saúde e no âmbito da resposta a pandemia da COVID-19, desenvolveu o p...

Interpretações e práticas tradicionais em torno de asma na Provincia de Nampula, nos distritos de Moma, Nacala-a-Velha e Nampula

Asma é um problema de Saúde Pública Mundial. Em Moçambique asma tem o seu peso na mortalidade de 13.3% das Crianças e Adolescentes. A OMS, em 2008, estimou que, no País ocorrem 229 mortes em cada 100.000 pessoas por doenças respiratórias crónicas (Silva Matos e Beran, 2012). Este problema ainda ...

Predictors of Health-Care Utilization Among Children 6-59 Months of Age in Zambézia Province, Mozambique

Am. j. trop. med. hyg; 96 (2), 2017
Abstract. Globally, approximately 5.9 million children under 5 years of age died in 2015, a reduction of over 50% since 1990. Millennium Development Goal 4 established the goal of reducing child mortality by two-thirds by 2015. Multiple countries have surpassed this goal; however, regional and within-cou...