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8 September 2016

Local Food Resources to Fight Children Malnutrition and Infectious Diseases in Mozambique

2017-08-11T15:21:26+02:008 September 2016|

Pizzol D., Di Gennaro F., De Palma A., Marquez G., Monno L., Saracino A., Romanelli M., Putoto G., Bertoldo A.
Journal of Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016 August

Malnutrition in low-resource settings affects some 200 million children under the age of 5, i.e. one out of every three. In Mozambique 42.6% of children suffer from chronic malnutrition, and nearly 6% from acute malnutrition. In circumstances like these, it is of fundamental importance to exploit all available and accessible resources in order to tackle [...]

8 September 2016
2016

Information and communications technologies in low and middle-income countries: survey results on economic development and health

2017-08-11T15:21:13+02:008 September 2016|

Quaglio G., Dario C., Karapiperis T., Delponte L., Mccormack S., Tomson G., Micheletti G.,Bonnardot L., Putoto G., Zanaboni P.
Health Policy and Technology, 2016 December

Even as information and communications technologies (ICT) become more widespread even in low-resource countries, a significant gap still exists compared with more developed countries. In Africa, for example, only 22% of the population has access to the Internet compared with 77% in Europe. Based on a survey of experts from various fields, this study examined [...]

8 September 2016
2016

HIV and Surgery: an issue only for developed country? An overview from Mozambique

2017-08-11T15:20:59+02:008 September 2016|

Fumo A., Garofalo N., Chhaganlal K., Di Gennaro F., Boscardin C., Laforgia R., De Palma A.,Putoto G., Pizzol D.
Euromediterranean Biomedical Journal, 2016 July

HIV is a public health emergency in Sub-Saharan Africa, with 1 out of 20 adults affected by the disease. In Mozambique, where HIV figures are in line with those in the broader Sub-Saharan region, the causes of HIV/AIDS related-death include emergency surgery and post-operative infections. This study reviews the existing literature on surgically-treated diseases in [...]

8 September 2016
2016

Evaluation of a maternal health care project in South West Shoa Zone, Ethiopia: before-and-after comparison

2017-08-11T15:20:40+02:008 September 2016|

Wilunda C., Tanaka S., Putoto G., Tsegaye A., Kawakami K.
Reproductive Health, 2016 September

This study assessed the maternal health services provided by Doctors with Africa CUAMM in Wolisso, Gori and Wonchi Districts, in Ethiopia’s central Oromia Region. It was based on an evaluation of four key parameters: pregnant women’s use of at least 4 prenatal visits; use of the three basic health services, i.e. blood pressure measurement and [...]

19 July 2016

Tanzania: an appeal in The Lancet on behalf of mothers and children

2016-07-19T12:10:18+02:0019 July 2016|

A letter from Doctors with Africa CUAMM was recently published in The Lancet. A public health appeal calling for policies that can bring about better outcomes for mothers and children, it aimed to focus attention on the issue of maternal mortality in Tanzania, a country where – paradoxically – an excess of rural delivery sites lowers the quality of the health care services provided. An interview of Manuela Straneo by Chiara Di Benedetto, Doctors with Africa CUAMM