Bauhofer, Adilson Fernando Loforte;
Ussivane, Édio Ussivane;
Chissaque, Assucênio Chissaque;
Iahaia, Fátima Iahaia;
Pololo, Ramígio;
Campos, Fernanda;
Miranda, Emerson;
António, Luciana;
Maholela, Placida;
Gatambire, Aline;
Djedje, Marlene;
Raice, Fatima;
Goncalves, Luzia;
Deus, Nilza;
Inlamea, Osvaldo.
Background: Seroprevalence studies provide information on the true extent of infection and capture demographic and geographic differences, indicating the level of immunity against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We sought to provide local evidence of SARS-CoV-2 exposure in s...
Anticorpos Antivirais/sangue,
COVID-19/epidemiologia,
COVID-19/imunologia,
Estudos Transversais,
Imunoglobulina G/sangue,
Imunoglobulina M,
Moçambique/epidemiologia,
Prevalência,
SARS-CoV-2/imunologia,
Instituições Acadêmicas,
Estudos Soroepidemiológicos
Nhacolo, Ariel;
Magaço, Amilcar;
Amosse, Felizarda;
Hunguana, Aura;
Matsena, Teodimiro;
Nhacolo, Arsénio;
Xerinda, Elisio;
Bassat, Quique;
Sacoor, Charfudin;
Mandomando, Inacio;
Munguambe, Khátia.
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...
COVID-19/epidemiologia,
COVID-19/prevenção & controle,
Máscaras,
Estudos Transversais,
Características da Família,
Desinfecção das Mãos,
Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde,
Percepção,
Distanciamento Físico,
Quarentena,
SARS-CoV-2,
Inquéritos e Questionários,
Moçambique/epidemiologia
Introdução: As doenças crónicas não transmissíveis (DNTs) são responsáveis por quase três quartos de todas as
mortes no mundo. A prevalência de DNTs e seus factores de risco metabólicos e comportamentais estão a aumentar
rapidamente nas áreas urbanas africanas. Identificar os factores de ...
De Schacht, Caroline;
Lucas, Carlota;
Paulo, Paula;
Fernando, Anibal Naftal;
Chinai, Jalilo Ernesto;
Silva, Wilson P;
Amane, Guita;
Sultane, Thebora;
Honwana, Nely;
Malimane, Inacio;
Couto, Aleny;
Yu, Zhihong;
Wester, C William.
Background
In 2021, Mozambique initiated community-based oral HIV self-testing (HIVST) to increase testing access and uptake among priority groups, including adult males, adolescents, and young adults. Within an HIVST pilot project, we conducted a performance evaluation assessing participants’ ability ...
Background: Understanding determinants of preventive sexual behaviours is important for intervention efforts to support these behaviours and, thereby, reduce STIs and HIV burden. In general, there is limited insight into determinants of preventive behaviours among university students in Mozambique. There...
Chisenga, Mukosha;
Dlamini, Bongani;
Mwendera, Nyasha;
Maquina, Paulo;
Hamainza, Busiku;
Martins, José Franco;
Saute, Francisco;
Bock, Henrico;
Gosling, Roly;
Bennett, Adam;
Smith, Jennifer;
Kleinschmidt, Immo.
Background The importation of parasites across borders remains a threat to malaria elimination. The Southern African Development Community Malaria Elimination Eight (E8) established 39 border health facilities on 5 key international borders between high and low-burden countries. These clinics aimed to im...
Background: Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) is a complex of eye and visual problems that arise while using a computer or other Video Display Terminal (DVT). With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of these DVTs has become indispensable in the lives of students and teachers. This study aims to id...
Comorbidities are defined as the simultaneous occurrence of two or more diseases within the same individual. Comorbidities can delay a patient's recovery and increase the costs of treatment. Assessing comorbidities can provide local health care policy-makers with evidence of the most common multi-health ...
Introduction: The use of face masks is one of the preventive measures that Mozambique adopted in order to limit the spread of COVID-19. A study carried out from May 25 to June 6, 2020 found that although many wore masks, incorrect use was observed in 27.5% of the population observed. This data collection...
Holcomb, david a;
Monteiro, vanessa;
Capone, drew;
António, virgílio;
Chiluvane, márcia;
Cumbane, victória;
Ismael, nália;
Knee, jackie;
Kowalsky, erin;
Lai, amanda;
Linden, yarrow;
Mataveia, elly;
Nala, rassul;
Rao, gouthami;
Ribeiro, jorge;
Cumming, oliver;
Viegas, edna;
Brown, joe.
Introduction We previously assessed the effect of an onsite sanitation intervention in informal neighbourhoods of urban Maputo, Mozambique on enteric pathogen detection in children after 2 years of follow-up (Maputo Sanitation (MapSan) trial, ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02362932). We found significant reducti...
