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Healthcare access and the patterns of maternal health care utilization among poor and non-poor women living in urban areas in Portugal

Studies on attitudes and practices are increasingly used but not specifically related to the motivations for the use of reproductive health care among women of fertile age, living in urban areas and in different social contexts.
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Brazil-Africa technical cooperation in health: What’s its relevance to the post-Busan debate on ‘aid effectiveness’?

Brazil is rapidly becoming an influential player in development cooperation, also thanks to its high-visibility health projects in Africa and Latin America. The 4th High-level Forum on Aid Effectiveness held in Busan in late 2011 marked a change in the way development cooperation is conceptualised. The present paper explores the issue of emerging donors’ contribution to the post-Busan debate on aid effectiveness by looking at Brazil’s health cooperation projects in Portuguese-speaking Africa.
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What influences national and foreign physicians’ geographic distribution? An analysis of medical doctors’ residence location in Portugal.

BACKGROUND:
The debate over physicians’ geographical distribution has attracted the attention of the economic and public health literature over the last forty years. Nonetheless, it is still to date unclear what influences physicians’ location, and whether foreign physicians contribute to fill the geographical gaps left by national doctors in any given country.
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Task-shifting: experiences and opinions of health workers in Mozambique and Zambia.

BACKGROUND:
This paper describes the task-shifting taking place in health centres and district hospitals in Mozambique and Zambia. The objectives of this study were to identify the perceived causes and factors facilitating or impeding task-shifting, and to determine both the positive and negative consequences of task-shifting for the service users, for the services and for health workers.
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Giardia duodenalis and chronic malnutrition in children under five from a rural area of Guinea-Bissau

A case-control study that included 109 children aged 0 to 59 months of a rural community in Guinea-Bissau was conducted. The anthropometric assessment of children in the study identified 31 cases of chronic malnutrition (z-score height for age < -2) and 78 controls (z-score height for age ≥ -2). Microscopic examination of stools was performed for detection and identification of G. duodenalis and other parasites.
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GHTM is a R&D Unit that brings together researchers with a track record in Tropical Medicine and International & Global Health. It aims at strengthening Portugal's role as a leading partner in the development and implementation of a global health research agenda. Our evidence-based interventions contribute to the promotion of equity in health and to improve the health of populations.

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Funding

UID/04413/2025 - DOI: 10.54499/UID/04413/2025

UID/PRR/04413/2025 - DOI: 10.54499/UID/PRR/04413/2025

UID/PRR2/04413/2025 - DOI: 10.54499/UID/PRR2/04413/2025