Background: In April 2019, Mozambique was hit by Cyclone Idai leaving substantial damage to infrastructure and nearly two million people in need of humanitarian assistance. Malaria risk has been associated with living in a rural setting, vicinity to water, and household structure, all factors which are i...
Cyclone Idai in 2019 was one of the worst tropical cyclones recorded in the Southern Hemisphere. The storm caused catastrophic damage and led to a humanitarian crisis in Mozambique. The affected population suffered a cholera epidemic on top of housing and infrastructure damage and loss of life. The housi...
Fernandes, Quinhas;
Augusto, Orvalho;
Chicumbe, Sérgio Chicumbe;
Anselmi, Laura;
Wagenaar, Bradley;
Marlene, Rosa;
Agostinho, Sãozinha;
Gimbel, Sarah;
Pfeiffer, James;
Inguane, Celso;
Uetela, Dorlim Moiana;
Crocker, Jonny;
Ramiro, Isaías;
Matsinhe, Benigna;
Tembe, Stélio;
Carimo, Naziat;
Gloyd, Stephen;
Manhiça, Ivan;
Tavede, Esperança;
Felimone, Priscilla;
Sherr, Kenneth.
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...
Saúde da Criança,
Tempestades Ciclônicas,
Saúde Materno-Infantil,
Conceitos Meteorológicos,
Centros de Saúde Materno-Infantil/organização & administração,
Vacina BCG/imunologia,
Vacina BCG/administração & dosagem,
Teorema de Bayes,
Análise de Séries Temporais Interrompida,
Gravidez,
Moçambique/epidemiologia
No início de 2019, após a grave seca de 2015-2016, as províncias de Sofala e Cabo Delgado, em Moçambique, foram atingidas pelos ciclones Idai e Kenneth, respectivamente. Estes foram os ciclones mais mortíferos e destrutivos da história do país. Actualmente, estas duas províncias acolhem dezenas d...
Mugabe, Vánio André;
Mahumane, Arlete;
Baltazar, Cynthia Semá Baltazar;
Rossetto, Érika Valeska;
Nhabomba, Crescêncio Sequeira;
Fataha, Neusa;
Nyamula, Unicia;
Sotomane, Angélica;
Irugula, Wilson;
Canze, Benigno;
Inlamea, Osvaldo Frederico;
Kitron, Uriel;
Ribeiro, Guilherme Sousa;
Gudo, Eduardo Samo.
In mid-June 2019, 3 months after cyclone Idai landfall in Mozambique, health authorities of Nhamatanda district reported an outbreak of Pellagra. Applying a mixed-method protocol, we carried out an investigation to characterize cases of pellagra, identify the associated factors for the outbreak using a c...
Cyclone Idai, which hit Mozambique in March 2019, was one of the worst climate-related natural disasters on record in the Southern Hemisphere causing massive destruction of housing and disruption to vital infrastructure including the electrical grid, communications and water supply. Almost two million pe...
Vacinas contra Cólera/administração & dosagem,
Cólera/epidemiologia,
Cólera/prevenção & controle,
Controle de Doenças Transmissíveis/estatística & dados numéricos,
Tempestades Ciclônicas,
Epidemias,
Monitoramento Epidemiológico,
Higiene,
Moçambique,
Saneamento,
Vacinação/estatística & dados numéricos,
Água
Cyclone Idai, which hit Mozambique in March 2019, was one of the worst climate-related natural disasters on record in the Southern Hemisphere causing massive destruction of housing and disruption to vital infrastructure including the electrical grid, communications and water supply. Almost two million pe...
A localização geográ¬ca de Moçambique na zona intertropical, a jusante de bacias hidrográ¬cas partilhadas, à sua longa costa e a existência de extensas áreas com altitude abaixo do actual nível do mar in uenciam para a sua vulnerabilidade a eventos extremos de origem meteorológica tais como s...
