Published in Health policy and planning
The provision of a secure and safe blood supply has taken on new importance in sub-Saharan Africa with the onset of the AIDS epidemic. Blood transfusion services capable of providing safe blood are not cheap, however, and there has been some debate on the desirability and sustainability of different financing mechanisms for blood transfusion servic...
Published in BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
Health experts fear epidemics of several infectious diseases in Mozambique as floods recede and mosquitoes begin breeding. According to Pierre Kahozi of WHO, malaria is already endemic in the region but there are fears that a much greater outbreak might occur. Scores of suspected cases of cholera were reported and more are expected, along with case...
Published in Studies in family planning
This article presents the results from the 1997 Mozambique Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) that was conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estatistica, Maputo, Mozambique, within the framework of the DHS Program of Macro International. The data for the nationally representative survey were collected from 9282 households and complete interviews ...
Published in Lancet (London, England)
This article reports a growing concern on the increasing rate of adolescent pregnancy in Cape Verde. A survey done in 1994 by the UN International Children's Emergency Fund showed that 45% of women studied had their first child when they were 20 years old or younger; 18% had their first child when they were younger than 18. According to Fernando Ro...
Published in Journal of biosocial science
This study presents and tests a new conceptualization of the relationship between the type of social environment in which women work and their fertility and contraceptive use using data from three separate studies conducted in Maputo, Mozambique, in 1993. Studies demonstrated that women who work in more collectivized environments are associated wit...
Published in Bulletin of the World Health Organization
The global initiative to eradicate poliomyelitis is focusing on a small number of countries in Africa (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan) and Asia (Afghanistan, Tajikistan), where progress has been hindered by armed conflict. In these countries the disintegration of health systems and difficulties of ac...
Published in Bulletin of the World Health Organization
The largest outbreak of poliomyelitis ever recorded in Africa (1093 cases) occurred from 1 March to 28 May 1999 in Luanda, Angola, and in surrounding areas. The outbreak was caused primarily by a type-3 wild poliovirus, although type-1 wild poliovirus was circulating in the outbreak area at the same time. Infected individuals ranged in age from 2 m...
Published in BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
This paper examines the nutritional status and mortality of refugee and resident children in a non-camp setting during the war in Guinea-Bissau. Subjects included 422 children aged 9-23 months in 30 clusters. Results showed that, during the refugee situation, all the children deteriorated nutritionally and mortality was high (3.0% in a 6-week perio...
Published in Health policy and planning
This paper examines the need for better coordination of external resources through a discourse on the effectiveness of aid and good government. The review of key issues, allowing increased attention to aid coordination in the health sector, presents the first section. The second section describes, assesses, and compares the strengths and weaknesses...
Published in Health policy and planning
This paper evaluates the interactions between actors present in the Mozambican health scene. Analyses are done in its existing aid management mechanism, factors influencing the effectiveness of coordination mechanisms and its outcomes. This study is based on a review of documents and interviews with key government and donor informants carried out i...
