Resultados: 9

Interpersonal communication, cultural norms, and community perceptions associated with care-seeking for fever among children under age five in Magoé district, Mozambique

Malar. j. (Online); 22 (279), 2023
Background: Malaria is endemic throughout Mozambique, contributing significantly to the country's burden of disease. Prompt and effective treatment for fevers in children can limit the mortality and morbidity impacts of the disease but many children in the country are not taken for formal care when ill. ...

Tendência Crescente de Doenças Não Transmissíveis em Moçambique
Growing Trend of Noncommunicable Diseases in Mozambique

Introdução: A elevada morbilidade e mortalidade da infecção pelo SARS-CoV-2 em pacientes com doenças crónicas e o interesse despertado na compreensão da epidemiologia das Doenças Não Transmissíveis (DNTs) no nosso país constituem uma oportunidade para alargar a comunidade científica interessa...

Adaptation of WHO's generic tuberculosis patient cost instrument for a longitudinal study in Africa

Global health action; 14 (1), 2021
The WHO developed a generic 'TB patient cost survey' tool and a standardized approach to assess the direct and indirect costs of TB incurred by patients and their households, estimate the proportion of patients experiencing catastrophic costs, and measure the impact of interventions to reduce patient cos...

An Epidemiological Study of Stroke Hospitalizations in Maputo, Mozambique A High Burden of Disease in a Resource-Poor Country

Already a major cause of death and disability in high-income countries, the burden of stroke in sub-Saharan Africa is also expected to be high. However, specific stroke data are scarce from resource-poor countries. We studied the incidence, characteristics, and short-term consequences of hospitalizations...

What does the COVID-19 pandemic mean for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria control?

Trop. med. health; 48 (32), 2020
Despite its current relatively low global share of cases and deaths in Africa compared to other regions, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has the potential to trigger other larger crises in the region. This is due to the vulnerability of health and economic systems, coupled with the high burden of hum...

The economic burden of malaria on households and the health system in a high transmission district of Mozambique

Malar. j. (Online); 18 (360), 2019
: Malaria remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Mozambique. Increased investments in malaria control have reduced the burden, but few studies have estimated the costs of malaria in the country. This paper estimates the economic costs associated with malaria care to households and to the h...

Assessment of the societal cost of Taenia solium in Angónia district, Mozambique

BMC infect. dis; 18 (121), 2018
Background: The zoonotic parasite Taenia solium is endemic in Angónia district, Tete province, Mozambique, though the burden of the disease complex is unknown. Methods: As part of two cross-sectional studies on human and porcine cysticercosis in the area, unique epidemiological and cost data were colle...

Infecções invasivas por salmonella entre crianças da zona rural de moçambique, 2001–2014

Clin. infect. dis; 61 (4), 2015
Invasive nontyphoidal Salmonella (iNTS) has emerged as a cause of bacteremia in African children and HIV-infected adults, which is associated with high mortality. Epidemiological data and burden of iNTS infections in resource-constrained settings are needed to better define preventive and curative strate...

A country-wide malaria survey in Mozambique. II. Malaria attributable proportion of fever and establishment of malaria case definition in children across different epidemiological settings

Malar. j. (Online); 8 (74), 2009
Background: Protection against clinical malaria episodes is acquired slowly after frequent exposure to malaria parasites. This is reflected by a decrease with increasing age in both parasite density and incidence of clinical episodes. In many settings of stable malaria transmission, the presence...