Encontrados 16 documentos, a visualizar página 1 de 2
Household iodized salt consumption and iodine status in women of reproductive a...
Catumbela, Emanuel; de Lemos, Manuel; Nimi, Tazi; Têmbua, Carlos; Paixão, Joana Paula; Kapapelo, Alexandre; Kimboka, Sabas; Baldé, FanceniFunding Information: This work was supported by UNICEF and Government of Angola under contract number 43252845. Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2025.; Background: The first evaluation of iodine nutritional status in Angola was carried out in 2006. This involved a limited survey of urinary iodine concentration (UIC) among school-aged children, conducted in 24 schools within the municipalities of Bié Provinc...
Therapeutic response to four artemisinin-based combination therapies in Angola,...
Dimbu, Pedro Rafael; Labuda, Sarah; Ferreira, Carolina Miguel; Caquece, Felismina; André, Kialanda; Pembele, Garcia; Pode, DilunvuidiPublisher Copyright: Copyright © 2024 Dimbu et al.; Monitoring antimalarial efficacy is important to detect the emergence of parasite drug resistance. Angola conducts in vivo therapeutic efficacy studies (TESs) every 2 years in its fixed sentinel sites in Benguela, Lunda Sul, and Zaire provinces. Children with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria were treated with artemether-lumefantrine (AL), artesunate...
Assessment of the yellow fever outbreak in Angola from December 2015 through De...
Manuel, Eusebio; Armando, António; Francisco, Moisés; Paixão, Joana; Aramburu, Javier; de Oliveira, Miguel dos Santos; Freitas, HelgaFunding Information: The authors thank technicians, Clinicians, and staff members from the Instituto Nacional de Investigação em Saúde (INIS), Direcção Nacional de Saúde Pública (DNSP), World Health Organization (WHO), and Médecins Sans Frontières for their technical support and assistance. Orçamento Geral de Estado (State General Budget) 2022 was allocated to the National Institute for Health Research (INIS) t...
High Detection Rate of Rotavirus Infection Among Children Admitted with Acute G...
Vita, Dikudila; Lemos, Manuel; Neto, Zoraima; Evans, Mathebula; Francisco, Ngiambudulu M.; Fortes, Filomeno; Fernandes, Ema; Cunha, CelsoFunding Information: This research was funded by Abbott Rapid Diagnostics Group. The study sponsors had no role in the design of the study. Publisher Copyright: © 2024 by the authors.; Rotavirus group A (RVA) is a major cause of pediatric acute gastroenteritis (AGE). Vaccination is an effective public health strategy and Angola implemented it in 2014. This hospital-based study aimed to estimate the prevalence o...
Plasmodium falciparum population structure in southwestern Africa, using whole ...
Tavares, Wilson; Dwivedi, Ankit; Stabler, Thomas C; Rao, Samyukta; Martins, José Franco; Fortes, Filomeno; Arez, Ana Paula; Morais, JoanaMalaria continues to be the principal cause of morbidity and mortality in Angola, primarily due to Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) infection. Angola ranked 9th worldwide in number of malaria deaths in 2021 but the distribution of disease is remarkably heterogeneous, with provinces varying between <1% and >50% malaria prevalence. Despite malaria’s heavy toll on public health in Angola, Pf genetic diversity and demogr...
Molecular Markers of Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine Resistance in Samples from Child...
Rosillo, Stefano R.; Dimbu, Pedro Rafael; Cândido, Ana Luisa M.; Oh, Je Hoon Michael; Ferreira, Carolina Miguel; Andrade, Benjamin Nieto; Labuda, SarahFunding Information: The study was funded by the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative and the Advanced Molecular Detection program at CDC. Funding Information: We thank all study staff and participants, Venceslau Mambi Pelenda, José Bumba da Cunha, Oliveira Kiatoko, Felismina Caquece, Luzala Elisabeth Armando Garcia, Djos Kialanda, Garcia Pembele, Domingos Jandondo, and Belmira José Bondo. The findings and concl...
Partilha de experiências de desenho de estratégias de vacinação
Fortes, Filomeno; Fortunato , Paula; Ferrinho, P
Wasting, Stunting, and Anemia in Angolan Children after Deworming with Albendaz...
Gasparinho, Carolina; Gonçalves, Maria Helena; Chissaque, Assucênio; Silva, Giovani L.; Fortes, Filomeno; Gonçalves, LuziaFunding Information: Funding: This work was supported by the promoters of CISA (Camões, Institute of Cooperation and Language, Portugal; Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (FCG); Government of Bengo Province; Angolan Ministry of Health—MINSA) and the National Malaria Control Program, Angola; the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT, grants reference SFRH/BD/91566/2012, UIDB/00006/2020, UIDP/00006/2020, and UI...
Continued low efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine in Angola in 2019
Dimbu, Pedro Rafael; Horth, Roberta; Cândido, Ana Luísa M.; Ferreira, Carolina Miguel; Caquece, Felismina; Garcia, Luzala Elisabeth ArmandoFunding Information: The study was funded by the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative and the Advanced Molecular Detection Initiative at the CDC. Funding Information: We thank all study staff and participants, Venceslau Mambi Pelenda, Jos? Bumba da Cunha, Oliveira Kiatoko, and Venkatachalam Udhayakumar. The findings and conclusions in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the off...
Impact of Annual Albendazole versus Four-Monthly Test-and-Treat Approach of Int...
Gasparinho, Carolina; Kanjungo, Aguinaldo; Zage, Félix; Clemente, Isabel; Santos-Reis, Ana; Brito, Miguel; Sousa-Figueiredo, José CarlosMalnutrition and intestinal parasites continue to have serious impacts on growth and cog-nitive 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 individual or household levels improve nutritional outcomes of pr...