Malnutrition and intestinal parasites continue to have serious impacts on the growth and cognitive development of children in Angola. A longitudinal four-arm randomized parallel trial was conducted to investigate if deworming with a single annual dose of albendazole (annual-ALB) or a four-monthly test-and-treat (4TT) intestinal parasites approach at an individual or household levels improve nutritional outcomes...
Praziquantel (PZQ) is the drug of choice in the treatment of schistosomiasis due to its high cure rates and no significant side effects. Currently, more and more cases of resistance or increased tolerance to PZQ have been reported, consequently, there were recommendations for continuous monitoring of drug resistance. In our laboratory, we selected a parasitic line of Schistosoma mansoni, through constant drug p...
This article analises paradiplomacy as a new international relations practice in a period of mature globalization characterized by the emergence of new actors and agendas of association and cooperation within the framework of regional integration blocs, groups of countries, or bilateral relations. From an approach based on the concept of actorness, the research explores the specificities of paradiplomacy, its p...
The international activity of subnational actors in what is understood as paradiplomacy has been a recurrent phenomenon since the 1990s. This underscores the international projection of interests hitherto contained in the scope of national agendas and reverberates in the dynamics of co-operation projects among countries. Such processes deserve therefore to be rethought in theoretical and conceptual terms. This ...
Background: Helminth intestinal parasitoses are responsible for high levels of child mortality and morbidity. Hence, the capacity to diagnose these parasitoses and consequently ensure due treatment represents a factor of great importance. Objectives: The main objective of this study involves comparing two methods of concentration, parasitrap and Kato-Katz, for the diagnosis of intestinal parasitoses in faecal s...
As hemoglobinopatias são doenças hereditárias resultado de alterações na síntese de cadeias de globina e incluem alterações estruturais e talassemias que são provocadas pela produção diminuída de globina. Se não for diagnosticada e tratada, muitas das hemoglobinopatias resultam em morte nos primeiros anos de vida. Dada a importância do tema e a escassez de dados no nosso meio iniciou-se o estudo das mesmas no H...
As Hemoglobinopatias são doenças hereditárias com uma prevalência de 10 a 30% de portadores na população africana. As alterações das hemoglobinas envolvem a síntese estrutural e quantitativa dos aminoácidos que compõem as diferentes cadeias de globinas. A Doença das Células Falciformes compreende um grupo de hemoglobinopatias que apresentam um conjunto de sinais e sintomas, sendo a forma mais grave da doença. D...
A hidatidose é uma zoonose, causada pelo helminta Echinococcus granulosus, presente de um modo geral, em todo o globo terrestre tendo na região mediterrânica uma elevada importância. Estão descritos, para esta espécie, 10 genótipos (G1 a G10) em saúde pública ligados a diferentes hospedeiros intermediários. Das técnicas de biologia molecular utilizadas para a genotipagem do E. granulosus, umas mostraram-se mais...