Resultados: 14

Countrywide Mortality Surveillance for Action in Mozambique: Results from a National Sample-Based Vital Statistics System for Mortality and Cause of Death

Am. j. trop. med. hyg; 108 (5), 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa lacks timely, reliable, and accurate national data on mortality and causes of death (CODs). In 2018 Mozambique launched a sample registration system (Countrywide Mortality Surveillance for Action [COMSA]-Mozambique), which collects continuous birth, death, and COD data from 700 randoml...

Countrywide Mortality Surveillance for Action in Mozambique: Results from a National Sample-Based Vital Statistics System for Mortality and Cause of Death

Am. j. trop. med. hyg; 108 (5), 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa lacks timely, reliable, and accurate national data on mortality and causes of death (CODs). In 2018 Mozambique launched a sample registration system (Countrywide Mortality Surveillance for Action [COMSA]-Mozambique), which collects continuous birth, death, and COD data from 700 randoml...

Pesquisa de implementação para melhoria de cuidados em oncologia cirúrgica no departamento de cirurgias do hospital central de Maputo
Research to improve surgical oncological care on the surgical department, maputo central hospital

Objetivo: No sentido de avaliar e implementar um programa de qualidade nos cuidados especializados prestados aos doentes oncológicos, que necessitam de intervenções cirúrgicas no Departamento Cirúrgico do Hospital Central de Maputo (HCM), o maior hospital de Moçambique, conduzimos a presente invest...

Demographic, clinical and pathological characterisation of patients with colorectal and anal cancer followed between 2013 and 2016 at Maputo Central Hospital, Mozambique

Ecancermedicalscience; 15 (1205), 2021
: The aim of this study was to investigate colorectal cancer (CRC) data and anal cancer data from Maputo Central Hospital (MCH), the largest hospital and a reference for oncological diseases in Mozambique, with the aim of characterising the disease profile in view to define an appropriate control program...

Esophageal cancer in Mozambique. Disease characterization for the definition of a proficient action program

O cancro do esófago é uma doença heterogénea e complexa, sendo atualmente classificada como um dos cancros mais mortíferos, com um prognóstico desfavorável particularmente na região da África Austral onde Moçambique se localiza. É o sexto cancro mais frequente e a oitava causa de mortalidade p...

Palliative care in Mozambique: Physicians' knowledge, attitudes and practices

PLos ONE; 15 (8), 2020
Background Palliative care is an essential part of medical practice but it remains limited, inaccessible, or even absent in low andmiddle income countries. Objectives Toevaluate the general knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Mozambican physicians on palliative care. Methods Across–sectional observa...

Cancer in Mozambique: Results from two population-based cancer registries

Int. j. cancer; 147 (6), 2020
Results from two recently established population-based registries in Mozambique are reported: Beira in the central region (2014-2017) and Maputo, the capital city, in the South (2015-2017). The results are compared to those from Maputo (Lourenço Marques at the time) in 1956-1960 (appearing Cancer Incide...

Understanding the bricks to build better surgical oncology unit at Maputo Central Hospital: prevalent surgical cancers and residents knowledge

cancer is a growing concern in Mozambique. However, the country has limited facilities and few oncologists. Surgical oncologists are an unmet need. The aim of this study was to assess residents' knowledge in prevalent cancer domains and to identify and characterize prevalent cancers treated by surgery at...

Estratégia de Alimentação Saudável, Actividade Física e Saúde 2019-2023
Healthy Eating, Physical Activity and Health Strategy 2019-2023

Até o século XX, a preocupação do setor de saúde a nível mundial estava voltada para o combate às doenças infecciosas. No entanto, no final do mesmo século, uma nova realidade surgiu como consequência da industrialização e urbanização. Essa realidade, marcada por uma crescente mudança nos ...

Weak surveillance and policy attention to cancer in global health: the example of Mozambique

BMJ glob. health; 3 (2), 2018
Cancer is an emerging public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa due to population growth, ageing and westernisation of lifestyles. The increasing burden of cancer calls for urgent policy attention to develop cancer prevention and control programmes. Cancer surveillance is an essential prerequisite. Onl...