Resultados: 45

Sociocultural understanding of Tuberculosis and implications for care-seeking among adults in the province of Zambezia, Mozambique: Qualitative research

PLos ONE; 19 (1), 2024
Introduction Mozambique has a high burden of Tuberculosis (TB) with an incidence of 368 per 100,000 population in 2020, coupled with a low all-form TB detection rate. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated delays in timely diagnosis and treatment of new TB cases. Promoting active TB case finding is a nati...

Computer vision syndrome and associated factors in university students and teachers in Nampula, Mozambique

BMC ophthalmol. (Online); 23 (1), 2023
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...

How prevalent is COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in low-income and middle-income countries and what are the key drivers of hesitancy? Results from 53 countries

BMJ Open; 13 (11), 2023
Objectives: This study aims to estimate the levels of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in 53 low-income and middle-income countries, differences across population groups in hesitancy, and self-reported reasons for being hesitant to take the COVID-19 vaccine. Methods: This paper presents new evidence on levels...

Changing patterns in the burden of paediatric injuries during the COVID-19 pandemic: a study in Mozambique’s central hospitals

Introdução: Há um corpo substancial de conhecimento sobre os efeitos da pandemia de COVID-19 nas lesões, mostrando reduções frequentes, mas inconsistentes, tanto no volume quanto no padrão. No entanto, estudos especificamente direcionados a crianças são menos comuns, principalmente em países de...

Tracking SARS-CoV-2 introductions in Mozambique using pandemic-scale phylogenies: a retrospective observational study

Lancet Glob. Health; 11 (6), 2023
From the start of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, global sequencing efforts have generated an unprecedented amount of genomic data. Nonetheless, unequal sampling between high-income and low-income countries hinders the implementation of genomic surveillance systems at the global and local level. Filling the kno...

From External to Local: Opportunities and Lessons Learned from Transitioning COMSA-Mozambique

Am. j. trop. med. hyg; 108 (5), 2023
Donor transitions, where externally funded programs transfer to country ownership and management, are increasingly common. The Countrywide Mortality Surveillance for Action - Mozambique (COMSA) project established a nationwide surveillance system capturing vital events at the community level with funding...

Understanding livelihood changes in the charcoal and baobab value chains during Covid-19 in rural Mozambique: The role of power, risk and civic-based stakeholder conventions

Geoforum; 140 (103706), 2023
Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce the transmission of Covid-19 had different repercussions for domestic, regional and global value chains, but empirical data are sparse on specific dynamics, particularly on their implications for value-chain stakeholders’ local livelihoods. Through rese...

Condições de nascimento e fatores gestacionais associados, antes e durante a pandemia da covid-19, no distrito de nampula– moçambique
Birth conditions and associated gestational factors, before and during the covid-19 pandemic, in the district of Nampula - Mozambique

ALBERTO, Rapieque José, M.Sc., Universidade Federal de Viçosa, março de 2023. Condições de nascimento e fatores gestacionais associados, antes e durante a pandemia da COVID-19, no distrito de Nampula–Moçambique. Orientadora Sílvia Eloiza Priore. Coorientadores: Dayane de Castro Morais, Sylvia do...

Condições de nascimento e factores gestacionais associados, antes e durante a pandemiia da covid-19, no distrito de nampula-mocambique
Birth conditions ande associated gestational factors, before and during the covid-19 pandemic, in district of nampula- mozambique

Introdução: O peso ao nascer é um indicador com repercussão na saúde e sobrevida infantil, podendo aumentar o risco de morbi-mortalidade no primeiro ano de vida quando este for inferior a 2500 gramas. Durante a pandemia da COVID-19, o setor de saúde viu se obrigado a ajustar o modelo de assistênci...

Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 during the first four waves in Mozambique

Mozambique reported the first case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in March 2020 and it has since spread to all provinces in the country. To investigate the introductions and spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Mozambique, 1 142 whole genome sequences sampled within Mozambique were phylogenetically analyzed a...