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Conceptualizing sexual and gender-based violence in European asylum reception centers

  • Authors: Oliveira C, Martins MRO, Dias S, Keygnaert I
  • Publication Year: 2019
  • Journal: Archives of Public Health
  • Link: https://archpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13690-019-0351-3

Background Sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) is a major public health problem and a violation of human rights. Refugees, asylum seekers and migrants are exposed to a constant risk for both victimization and perpetration. Yet, in the context of European asylum reception centers (EARF) professionals are also considered to be at risk. Our study […]
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Cost-effectiveness of two long-lasting insecticidal nets delivery models in mass campaign in rural Mozambique

  • Authors: Arroz JAH, Candrinho B, Mendis C, Lopez M, Martins MRO
  • Publication Year: 2019
  • Journal: BMC Research Notes
  • Link: https://www.researchsquare.com/article/aeb22dba-97c0-41de-b7db-d9c4a8b2015f/v1

Objective The aim is to compare the cost-effectiveness of two long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) delivery models (standard vs new) in universal coverage (UC) campaigns in rural Mozambique. Results The total financial cost of delivering LLINs was US$ 231,237.30 and US$ 174,790.14 in the intervention (302,648 LLINs were delivered) and control districts (219,613 LLINs were delivered), […]
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WhatsApp: A supplementary tool for improving bed nets universal coverage campaign in Mozambique

  • Authors: Arroz JAH, Candrinho BN, Mussambala F, Chande M, Mendis C, Dias S, Martins MRO
  • Publication Year: 2019
  • Journal: BMC Health Services Research
  • Link: https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-019-3929-0

Background WhatsApp (WA) is the most recent and attractive applicative among Smartphone users. The use of WA in healthcare environment has been shown of multiple benefices. Mozambique team involved in 2017 bed nets universal coverage campaign (UCC) implemented a distant mentoring strategy using WA. This study aims to perform a descriptive analysis of the use […]
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Understanding the bricks to build better surgical oncology unit at Maputo Central Hospital: prevalent surgical cancers and residents knowledge

  • Authors: Morais A, Come J, Selemane C, Pires G, Tivane A, Cossa M, Tulsidas S, Antunes L, Costa MJ, Sidat M, Martins MRO, Carrilho C, Santos LL
  • Publication Year: 2019
  • Journal: The Pan African Medical Journal
  • Link: http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/32/83/full/

Introduction cancer is a growing concern in Mozambique. However, the country has limited facilities and few oncologists. Surgical oncologists are an unmet need. The aim of this study was to assess residents’ knowledge in prevalent cancer domains and to identify and characterize prevalent cancers treated by surgery at Maputo Central Hospital, the largest hospital in […]
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Time delay and associated mortality from negative smear to positive Xpert MTB/RIF test among TB/HIV patients: A retrospective study 11 Medical and Health Sciences 1103 Clinical Sciences 11 Medical and Health Sciences 1117 Public Health and Health Services

  • Authors: Lisboa M, Fronteira I, Colove E, Nhamonga M, Martins MRO
  • Publication Year: 2019
  • Journal: BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6322291/

Background The GeneXpert MTB/RIF Assay (Xpert®) is known to be a feasible, effective and a hopeful tool for rapid tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and treatment. However, little is known about the time delay caused by initial negative sputum smear microscopy (NSSM), but consecutive positive Xpert TB test (PXTBt) and its association with TB mortality in resource-constrained […]
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