Profile: Manhiça health research centre (Manhiça HDSS)

C Sacoor, A Nhacolo, D Nhalungo… - International journal …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The Manhiça Health Research Centre, established in 1996 in a rural area of southern
Mozambique, currently follows around 92 000 individuals living in approximately 20 000 …

[HTML][HTML] Diarrheal disease in rural Mozambique: Burden, risk factors and etiology of diarrheal disease among children aged 0–59 months seeking care at health …

…, L Quintó, D Vubil, J Ruiz, D Nhalungo, C Sacoor… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Diarrheal disease remains a leading cause of illness and death, particularly in
low-income countries. Its burden, microbiological causes and risk factors were examined in …

[HTML][HTML] Breast milk and gut microbiota in African mothers and infants from an area of high HIV prevalence

R González, I Mandomando, V Fumadó, C Sacoor… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Human milk and infant gut microbiota are essential for the immune system
maturation and protection against infections. There is scarce information on the microbiological …

[HTML][HTML] Mothers' satisfaction with care during facility-based childbirth: a cross-sectional survey in southern Mozambique

S Mocumbi, U Högberg, E Lampa, C Sacoor… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2019 - Springer
Background Client satisfaction is an essential component of quality of care. Health system
factors, processes of care as well as mothers’ characteristics influence the extent to which …

[HTML][HTML] A 10 year study of the cause of death in children under 15 years in Manhica, Mozambique

…, DA Nhalungo, F Abacassamo, CN Sacoor… - BMC public health, 2009 - Springer
Background Approximately 46 million of the estimated 60 million deaths that occur in the
world each year take place in developing countries. Further, this mortality is highest in Sub-…

[HTML][HTML] Seasonal variation in geographical access to maternal health services in regions of southern Mozambique

PT Makanga, N Schuurman, C Sacoor… - International journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Background Geographic proximity to health facilities is a known determinant of access to
maternal care. Methods of quantifying geographical access to care have largely ignored the …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of community delivery of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy on its coverage in four sub-Saharan African countries …

…, M Meremikwu, VR Rabeza, C Sacoor… - The Lancet Global …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) with
sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine is recommended at each antenatal care clinic visit in high-moderate …

Health and demographic surveillance systems within the child health and mortality prevention surveillance network

…, SA Madhi, A Mehta, D Obor, C Sacoor… - Clinical Infectious …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Health and demographic surveillance systems (HDSSs) provide a foundation for characterizing
and defining priorities and strategies for improving population health. The Child Health …

The INDEPTH standard population for low-and middle-income countries, 2013

…, M Urassa, K Streatfield, M Shimada, C Sacoor… - Global health …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Crude rates such as the crude death rate are functions of both the age-specific rates and the
age composition of a population. However, differences in the age structure between two …

Cohort profile update: Manhiça health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS) of the Manhiça health research centre (CISM)

…, E Macete, P Alonso, F Saúte, C Sacoor - International journal …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The data collection tool was changed from Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) to tablets due
to technical difficulties. Tablets were adopted also to accommodate the Open Health …