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Epidemiological profile of health consultations during the Mozambique 9th National Cultural Festival, August 2016

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2019
INTRODUCTION: The use of mass gatherings as spaces to practice health surveillance has been growing in recent years. In Mozambique, the 9th National Festival of Culture in 2016 was selected for this practice.
Judite Monteiro Braga, Lucas Nhantumbo, António Nhambomba, Esmeralda Cossa, Crescêncio Nhabomba, Tomas Dimas, Daniele Nunes, Cristolde Salomão, José Paulo Langa, Cynthia Baltazar, Jonas Brant   +10 more
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Profile of bacterial infectious disease and antimicrobial choices in an urban hospital at Maputo, Mozambique: a prospective observational study

The Lancet Global Health, 2019
Background: Few antimicrobial resistance profile data exist for Mozambique. Limited antimicrobial stewardship and a lack of guidelines favour near anarchic antibiotic use.
Clotilde Nhatave, MD, Gilberto Lucas, MD, Inara Wate, MD, Zaira Sáu, MD, Sam Patel, MD, Emília V Noormahomed, PhD, Robert T Schooley, MD, Randy Taplitz, MD   +7 more
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Inspiring young minds: the Microbiology Kids Club in Mozambique

Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
The Microbiology Kids Club is an initiative designed to foster early interest in microbiology among children aged 5 to 16 years in Mozambique. Through hands-on activities such as microscopy, pipetting and artistic exploration, the program introduces ...
Aureliana Chambal Chilengue, Marília Namburete, Osvaldo Inlamea, Bibiana Melchior, Sádia Pereira, Emídio Nhavoto, Pedro Inguana, Dolorte Simbine, Júlio Nandza, Esperança Sevene   +9 more
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La Chiesa Cattolica e l’Estado Novo nell’Africa Portoghese: tra cooperazione istituzionale e dissenso politico

Storicamente, 2019
In this article we address the issue of the political relationship between the Estado Novo regime and the Catholic Church in Portuguese colonial Africa.
Fernando Tavares Pimenta
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Education in Post-Conflict Societies: Angola and Mozambique’s Path to an Accessible and Sovereign Education System [PDF]

Ученые записки Института Африки Российской академии наук
The article analyzes the current state of education in Angola and Mozambique and the roots of the problems that prevent these countries from achieving true cultural sovereignty—a set of socio-cultural factors that allow the people and the state to form ...
GRIBANOVA Valentina Valerievna, GRISHINA Nina Vladimirovna   +1 more
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Clinical Performance of Self-Collected Nasal Swabs and Antigen Rapid Tests for SARS-CoV-2 Detection in Resource-Poor Settings

Biomedicines, 2022
Background: In resource-poor countries, antigen-based rapid tests (Ag-RDTs) performed at primary healthcare and community settings improved access to SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics.
Nádia Sitoe, Júlia Sambo, Nédio Mabunda, Neuza Nguenha, Jorfélia Chilaúle, Júlio Rafael, Anésio Macicame, Imelda Chelene, Chishamiso Mudenyanga, Jillian Sacks, Sofia Viegas, Osvaldo Loquiha, Ilesh Jani   +12 more
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
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Survival of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [L] Lam) vines in cultivars subjected to long dry spells after the growing season in Mozambique

Open Agriculture, 2017
Optimisation of sweetpotato production potential is not realized in sub-Saharan Africa where dry spells are common after the growing season. Lack of seed cultivars at the beginning of the rainy season is the challenge and identifying those cultivars with
Andrade Maria I., Makunde Godwill S., Ricardo Jose, Menomussanga Joana, Alvaro Abilio, Gruneberg Wolfgang J.   +5 more
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Inflation, Race, and Legislation—The Erosion in the Real Value of Monetary Compensation for Miners' Occupational Lung Disease in South Africa, 1973–2024

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background For much of the 20th century, the South African mining industry had a statutory compensation system for pneumoconiosis and tuberculosis characterized by gross racial inequality. This study examines the impact of inflation over the period 1973–2024 on the real value of miners' lung disease compensation, including the effect of the ...
Martin Nicol, Jim teWaterNaude, Barry Kistnasamy, Rodney Ehrlich   +3 more
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Irrigation Challenges, Water Access, and Adaptation Strategies in Smallholder Farming: Evidence From Gaza Province, Mozambique

Global Challenges
Irrigation is a critical component of smallholder agriculture, particularly in regions prone to climatic variability and water scarcity, such as Mozambique.
Hercidio Jaime Tandane, Bento Filipe Francisco, Alfredo José Maholele, Manuel Mulhuli Sitoe   +3 more
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