INTRODUCTION Typhoid fever is an important public health problem in many low-income countries where asymptomatic carriers play an important role in its dissemination. The bacterium causing typhoid fever can live in the gallstones of asymptomatic persons after the infection. These carriers are reservoirs of S. Typhi, are highly contagious, and spread the disease through the secretion of bacteria...

This study assesses the biogeographic classification of the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) on the basis of the species diversity and distribution of reef-building corals. Twenty one locations were sampled between 2002 and 2011. Presence/absence of scleractinian corals was noted on SCUBA, with the aid of underwater digital photographs and reference publications for species identification. Sampling e...

INTRODUCTION Africa is increasingly affected by cholera. In Mozambique, cholera appeared in the early 1970s when the seventh pandemic entered Africa from the Indian subcontinent. In the following decades, several epidemics were registered in the country, the 1997-1999 epidemic being the most extended. Since then, Mozambique has been considered an endemic area for cholera, characterized by yearl...

BACKGROUND Genotypic molecular testing may be very helpful for tuberculosis (TB) drug-resistance surveillance and for treatment guidance in low resource settings. METHODS Descriptive analysis of M. tuberculosis isolates from Beira Central Hospital, Mozambique, during 2014-2015. Genotype MTBDRplus and MTBDRsl were used and patient medical records reviewed. To explore genotypic susceptibility p...

BACKGROUND In the last two decades, chikungunya virus (CHIKV) has rapidly expanded to several geographical areas, causing frequent outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa, South East Asia, South America, and Europe. Therefore, the disease remains heavily neglected in Mozambique, and no recent study has been conducted. METHODS Between January and September 2013, acute febrile patients with no other ev...

AIM We present the approaches used in and outcomes resulting from integrated community case management (iCCM) programmes in Niger and Mozambique with a strong focus on demand generation and social mobilisation. METHODS We use a case study approach to describe the programme and contextual elements of the Niger and Mozambique programmes. RESULTS Awareness and utilisation of iCCM services and ...

Between 1995 and 2000, on average 4 eddies per year are observed from satellite altimetry to propagate southward through the Mozambique Channel, into the upstream Agulhas region. Further south, these eddies have been found to control the timing and frequency of Agulhas ring shedding. Within the Mozambique Channel, anomalous SSH amplitudes rise to 30 cm; in agreement with in situ measured veloci...

17 Presence of pyrethroid insecticides in human breast milk and in thatch wall material of dwellings 18 from Southern Africa subtropical area (Manhiça, Mozambique) was investigated to assess potential 19 pyrethroid route of human exposure. Human breast milk samples were collected during 2002 when 20 pyrethroids were widely used as insecticides for mosquito bed nets in Mozambique for malaria 21 ...

BACKGROUND A legacy of colonial rule coupled with a devastating 16-year civil war through 1992 left Mozambique economically impoverished just as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic swept over southern Africa in the late 1980s. The crumbling Mozambican health care system was wholly inadequate to support the need for new chronic disease services for people with the acquired immunodefi...

Through its Food Security Project, the Directorate of Agricultural Economics of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries maintains two publication series for results of research on food security issues. Publications under the Flash series are short (3-4 pages), carefully focused reports designed to provide timely research results on issues of great interest. Publications under the Research Pap...