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 ...
Across rural sub-Saharan Africa, people living with HIV (PLHIV) commonly seek out treatment from traditional healers. We report on the clinical outcomes of a community health worker intervention adapted for traditional healers with insight into our results from qualitative interviews. We employed a pre-p...
Cambaco, Olga;
Gachuni, Noni;
Distler, Rebecca;
Cuinhane, Carlos;
Parker, Emily;
Mucavele, Estevão;
Bassat, Quique;
Chauque, Célia;
Saute, Franscisco;
Munguambe, Khátia;
Sacoor, Charfudin.
In low-and middle-income countries, many infants and children remain unregistered in both civil registration and healthcare records, limiting their access to essential rights-based services, including healthcare. A novel biometric registration prototype, applying a non-touch platform using smart phones a...
Cartões Inteligentes de Saúde/organização & administração,
Identificação Biométrica/métodos,
Cuidadores/psicologia,
Moçambique,
d0036950,
d0170280,
Pai/psicologia,
Cartões Inteligentes de Saúde/ética,
Aceitação pelo Paciente de Cuidados de Saúde/psicologia,
Projetos Piloto,
Registros,
População Rural
Amosse, Felizarda;
Boene, Helena;
Kinshella, Mai-Lei Woo;
Drebit, Sharla;
Sharma, Sumedha;
Makanga, Prestige Tatenda;
Valá, Anifa;
Magee, Laura A;
Dadelszen, Peter von;
Vidler, Marianne;
Sevene, Esperança;
Munguambe, Khátia Munguambe.
Delays due to long distances to health facilities, poor road infrastructure, and lack of affordable transport options contribute to the burden of maternal deaths in Mozambique. This study aimed to assess the implementation and uptake of an innovative community-based transport program to improve access to...
A análise da literatura médica internacional faz notar a ausência de documentos contendo uma abordagem transversal, relativa à infeção pelo Vírus da Imunodeficiência Humana (VIH) no quadro nacional Moçambicano, facto que motivou a elaboração deste documento.
No ano 2010 a prevalência da infe...
Background: In Mozambique, socio-economic and cultural factors influence the wide adoption of disease preventive measures that are relevant for malaria control strategies to promote early recognition of disease, prompt seeking of medical care, sleeping under insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), and taking i...
Matsuzaki, Mika;
Sherr, Kenneth;
Augusto, Orvalho;
Kawakatsu, Yoshito;
Ásbjörnsdóttir, Kristjana;
Chale, Falume;
Covele, Alfredo;
Manaca, Nélia;
Muanido, Alberto;
Wagenaan, Bradley H;
Mocumbi, Ana O;
Gimbel, Sarah.
Hypertension (HTN) is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, and its prevalence has been rising in low- and middle-income countries. The current study describes HTN prevalence in central Mozambique, association between wealth and blood pressure (BP), and HTN monitoring and diagnosis practice am...
After the Ebola outbreaks the world is again facing a challenge in which human behaviours and contact history play crucial roles in determining the trends in disease spreading within and across communities. With the onset of the recent coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, several issues related to co...
Menéndez, clara;
Quintó, ilorenç;
Castillo, paola;
Carrilho, carla;
Ismail, mamudo, r;
Lorenzoni, cesaltina;
Fernandes, fabiola;
Hurtado, juan carlos;
Rakislova, natalia;
Munguambe, khátia;
Maixenchs, maria;
Macete, eusebio;
Mandomando, inacio;
Martínez, miguel, j;
Bassat, quique;
Alonso, pedro, i;
Ordi, jaume.
Background: Accurate information on causes of death (CoD) is essential to estimate burden of disease, track global progress, prioritize cost-effective interventions, and inform policies to reduce mortality. In low-income settings, where a significant proportion of deaths take place at home or in poorly-r...
Autopsia/métodos,
Causas de Morte/tendências,
População Rural,
Pneumonia/diagnóstico,
Diagnóstico Clínico,
Tuberculose/diagnóstico,
Instalações de Saúde,
HIV/crescimento & desenvolvimento,
Mortalidade/tendências,
População,
Moçambique/epidemiologia
Baltazar, cynthia semá;
DeLima, yara voss;
Ricardo, helena;
Botão, carlos;
Langa, denise chitsondzo;
Costa, paulino da;
Malamule, diosdélio;
Augusto , angelo;
Viegas, sofia;
Obisie-Nmehielle, nkechi;
Tomm-Bonde, laura;
Mulekya, francis bwambale.
As part of ongoing efforts to generate evidence needed on HIV and tuberculosis (TB) to inform policies and programs aimed to improve the health outcomes of migrants and communities affected by migration and mining, a preliminary investigation was conducted through a biological and behavioral (BBS) approa...
Infecções Oportunistas Relacionadas com a AIDS/epidemiologia,
Infecções Oportunistas Relacionadas com a AIDS/psicologia,
Infecções Oportunistas Relacionadas com a AIDS/tratamento farmacológico,
Infecções Oportunistas Relacionadas com a AIDS/virologia,
Conscientização,
Conhecimento,
Tuberculose Latente/epidemiologia,
Tuberculose Latente/microbiologia,
Tuberculose Latente/psicologia,
Tuberculose Latente/transmissão,
Programas de Rastreamento,
Mineradores/psicologia,
Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Prevalência,
Fatores de Risco,
População Rural,
Comportamento Sexual,
Inquéritos e Questionários,
Migrantes/psicologia,
Moçambique
