“It’s all about money”: urban–rural spaces and relations in Maputo, Mozambique

Antenatal care in Maputo, Mozambique.

Mozambique, within its plan for overall social and economic change, has given priority to primary health care with a principal focus on maternal and child health. In 1980 an antenatal control form was introduced into all Maputo's antenatal clinics to monitor pregnancies and to help direct specialist care to mothers at greatest risk--a strategy known by WHO as the "risk approach." In this study ...

It's all about the money.

Self-reported food and drug allergy in Maputo, Mozambique.

33-3506/$ see front matter Q 200 i:10.1016/j.puhe.2004.07.013 * Corresponding author. Address: idemiologia, Faculdade de Medic rto, Al. Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4 l.: C351 225507597; fax: C351 225 E-mail address: [email protected] There is wide regional variation in the prevalence of drug and food allergy. Although no data are available from developing countries, allergy frequency is expected to ...

Culture , Cooperation , and Planning for Development in Maputo , Mozambique

Cooperation projects rooted in cultural ties, such as South-South cooperation, are contemporarily receiving unprecedented attention from the international development community. This focus on specific types of partnerships points to an increasing concern that who a development actor partners with matters. One reason behind the comparative advantage of South-South cooperation is that countries f...

Trends in Cancer Incidence in Maputo, Mozambique, 1991–2008

BACKGROUND Very limited information is available regarding the incidence of cancer in sub-Saharan Africa. We analyzed changes in cancer patterns from 1991 to 2008 in Maputo (Mozambique). METHODS We calculated the rates of incidence of different cancer sites by sex in the 5-year age-group of the population of Maputo city as well as age-standardized rates (ASRs) and average annual percentage ch...