Profile of people seeking health services during Pope Francis' visit to Mozambique, 2019
Parasit. vectors
; : [1-5], 2020. tab, graf
Article
in English
| RSDM
| ID: biblio-1380864
Responsible library:
MZ1.1
ABSTRACT
Pope Francis visited Mozambique from September 4-6, 2019. During the visit, a real-time surveillance system for mass gathering events was implemented in all places where people gathered in Maputo City for early detection of possible outbreaks and other health-related events. The system was implemented at four sites were mass gathering events occurred over the three-day visit. Data were collected by administering a simple questionnaire on a tablet, which collected information about sociodemographics, syndromic diagnoses, and outcomes of the patients that sought medical care. Additionally, a descriptive epidemiological assessment was performed during the event. A total of 150 individuals were attended at the designated places during the event. Of these, 56.7% were female and 90.7% aged > 15 years. The majority of the patients (74.7%) sought care on the third day of the event, which was held at the Zimpeto National Stadium. The most common diagnoses were hypertension (20.7%), hypothermia (15.3%), and headache (11.3%). Almost all cases (95.0%) were discharged, (4.0%) cases were transferred and (1.0%) case resulted in death on the way to the health facility. The surveillance system strategy developed to detect real-time public health events during the Popes visit was successfully implemented. No outbreak was identified during the event.
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Collection:
National databases
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MZ
Health context:
Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas
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SDG3 - Health and Well-Being
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SDG3 - Target 3.4 Reduce premature mortality due to noncommunicable diseases
Health problem:
Goal 8: Outbreaks, emergencies and disasters
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Target 3.2: Reduce avoidable death in newborns and children under 5
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Arterial Hypertension
Database:
RSDM
Main subject:
Disease Outbreaks
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Public Health Surveillance
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Mass Gatherings
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
English
Journal:
Parasit. vectors
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Centers for disease control and prevention/MZ
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Instituto nacional de saúde/MZ
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Ministry of health. National public health directorate. Epidemiology department/MZ
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Mozambique field epidemiology training program/MZ