Resultados: 33

Coronavirus awareness and household hardship survey data for the CHAMPS HDSS network: Data collected between April 2021 and February 2022 in the Manhiça HDSS, Mozambique

Data in brief; 55 (2024), 2024
Data collection was implemented through an initiative by the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Network to assess whether lockdowns and other social distancing policies during COVID-19 had implications for household economic status, maternal and child health, and healthcare acces...

Provider adherence to clinical care recommendations for infants and children who died in seven low- and middle-income countries in the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network

eClinicalMedicine; (), 2023
Background: Most childhood deaths globally are considered preventable through high-quality clinical care, which includes adherence to clinical care recommendations. Our objective was to describe adherence to World Health Organization recommendations for the management of leading causes of death among chi...

Coverage of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants after four years of implementation in Sierra Leone

Malar. j. (Online); 22 (145), 2023
Background: Intermittent Preventive Treatment of malaria in infants (IPTi) is a malaria control strategy consisting of the administration of an anti-malarial drug alongside routine immunizations. So far, this is being implemented nationwide in Sierra Leone only. IPTi has been renamed as Perennial Malaria...

Maternal and child health care service disruptions and recovery in mozambique after cyclone idai: an uncontrolled interrupted time series analysis

Glob. health sci. pract; 15 (1), 2022
Introduction: Climate change-related extreme weather events have increased in frequency and intensity, threatening people’s health, particularly in places with weak health systems. In March 2019, Cyclone Idai devastated Mozambique’s central region, causing infrastructure destruction, population displ...

Neighbors' use of water and sanitation facilities can affect children's health: a cohort study in Mozambique using a spatial approach

BMC public health (Online); 22 (983), 2022
Background: Impact evaluation of most water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions in health are user-centered. However, recent research discussed WASH herd protection - community WASH coverage could protect neighboring households. We evaluated the effect of water and sanitation used in the househo...

Care-Seeking for Fever for Children Under the Age of Five Before and After the Free Healthcare Initiative in Burkina Faso: Evidence from Three Population-Based Surveys

: In 2016, a free healthcare policy (FHP) was implemented in Burkina Faso for children under the age of five. In our study, we aimed to determine the prevalence of careseeking for a fever in children under the age of five before and after the implementation of the FHP and to analyze the determinants of n...

Association of Maternal Factors and HIV Infection With Innate Cytokine Responses of Delivering Mothers and Newborns in Mozambique

Front. microbiol; 11 (), 2020
Maternal factors and exposure to pathogens have an impact on infant health. For instance, HIV exposed but uninfected infants have higher morbidity and mortality than HIV unexposed infants. Innate responses are the first line of defense and orchestrate the subsequent adaptive immune response and are espec...

Prevalência do aleitamento materno exclusivo e factores associados em moçambique: uma análise do inquérito nacional de saúde de 2015 (imasida)
Prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding and associated associated factors in mozambique: an analysis of the national health survey of 2015 (imasida)

Introdução: O aleitamento materno exclusivo é benéfico para a saúde da criança e da mãe. O AME reduz o risco de contracção de doenças infantis como diarreia, pneumonia e outras, causas principais de morbi-mortalidade infantil nos países de baixa renda. A mulher em prática do AME não somente ...

Prevalência do aleitamento materno exclusivo e factores associados em Moçambique: uma análise do inquérito nacional de saúde de 2015 (IMSIDA)
Prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding and associated factors in Mozambique: an analysis of the 2015 national health survey (IMSIDA)

Introdução: O aleitamento materno exclusivo é benéfico para a saúde da criança e da mãe. O AME reduz o risco de contracção de doenças infantis como diarreia, pneumonia e outras, causas principais de morbi-mortalidade infantil nos países de baixa renda. A mulher em prática do AME não somente ...

Causas de morte em crianças menores de 15 anos no distrito da Manhiça entre 2007 à 2016

A redução da mortalidade em crianças continua a ser uma das principais prioridades de saúde pública no mundo e em particular em Moçambique, visto que mais de seis milhões de crianças morrem a cada ano no mundo, antes de completar 5 anos de idade. Moçambique, apesar de ter registado uma significa...