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Nonspecific effects of the bacillus calmette-guérin vaccine in Portuguese child...
Fronteira, Ines; Pacheco, Matilde; Schaltz-Buchholzer, Frederik; Ferrinho, PauloFunding Information: The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology provided funds to Global Health and Tropical Medicine (UID/04413/2020) and Comprehensive Health Research Center (UIDP/04923/2020). This project was funded by a grant from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (reference number: EXPL/SAU-EPI/0067/2021). Publisher Copyright: © 2024 JMIR Publications Inc.. All rights reserved....
Implementation of policy and management interventions to improve health and car...
Cavalcante de Oliveira, Ana Paula; Galante, Mariana Lopes; Maia, Leila Senna; Craveiro, Isabel; da Silva, Alessandra Pereira; Fronteira, InesFunding Information: Mathieu Boniol—Health Workforce Department, World Health Organization—WHO Geneva, Switzerland for helpful discussions and guidance. Project developed in response to WHO’s call 2021-016_UHC-HWF_WrkforceIntel published by the funder; grant registration number 2021/1175760-0—Purchase Order 20275943—Unit Reference HWF/HWP. Centro de Estudos, Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico em Saúde Colec...
Policies and management interventions to enhance health and care workforce capa...
de Oliveira, Ana Paula Cavalcante; Galante, Mariana Lopes; Maia, Leila Senna; Craveiro, Isabel; da Silva, Alessandra Pereira; Fronteira, InesFunding Information: This study was funded by the Solidarity Fund, through a grant administered by the World Health Organization. Publisher Copyright: ©Ana Paula Cavalcante de Oliveira, Mariana Lopes Galante, Leila Senna Maia, Isabel Craveiro, Alessandra Pereira da Silva, Ines Fronteira, Raphael Chança, Paulo Ferrinho, Mario Dal Poz.; Background: Countries and health systems have had to make challenging resourc...
Are immigrants more vulnerable to the socioeconomic impact of COVID-19? A cross...
Martins, Maria Rosário O.; Shaaban, Ahmed Nabil; Abecasis, Ana; Muggli, Zelia; Amado, Regina; Vaz, Dora; Dias, Sara S.; Silva, Antonio C.Funding Information: The project was funded by a grant from the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (FCT), RESEARCH4COVID19, reference 065, co-financed by FAMI funds reference PT/2018/FAMI/350, and by Saúde Global e Medicina Tropical, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal, ref. UID/04413/2020. Publisher Copyright: Copyright © 2022 O. Martins, Shaaban, Abecasis,...
Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Portuguese-Speaking Countries:
Sousa, Álvaro Francisco Lopes de; Teixeira, Jules Ramon Brito; Lua, Iracema; Souza, Fernanda de Oliveira; Ferreira, A. J. F.; Schneider, GuilhermeCOVID-19 vaccine hesitancy (VH) has caused concerns due to the possible fluctuations that may occur directly impacting the control of the pandemic. In this study, we aimed to estimate the prevalence and factors associated with COVID-19 VH in Portuguese-speaking countries. We developed a web survey (N:6,843) using an online, structured, and validated questionnaire. We used Measurement Models, Exploratory Factor ...
HIV and tuberculosis co-infection among migrants in Europe: A systematic review...
Tavares, Ana Maria; Fronteira, Ines; Couto, Isabel; Machado, Diana; Viveiros, Miguel; Abecasis, Ana B.; Dias, SoniaBACKGROUND: International human migration has been rapidly growing. Migrants coming from low and middle income countries continue to be considerably vulnerable and at higher risk for infectious diseases, namely HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) and tuberculosis (TB). In Europe, the number of patients with HIV-TB co-infection has been increasing and migration could be one of the potential driving forces. OBJECT...
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de Almeida Simoes, Jorge; Augusto, Goncalo Figueiredo; Fronteira, Ines; Hernandez-Quevedo, CristinaThis analysis of the Portuguese health system reviews recent developments in organization and governance, health financing, health care provision, health reforms and health system performance. Overall health indicators such as life expectancy at birth and at age 65 years have shown a notable improvement over the last decades. However, these improvements have not been followed at the same pace by other important...