Profile of people seeking health services during Pope Francis' visit to Mozambique, 2019
Parasit. vectors
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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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Coleções:
06-national
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MZ
Base de dados:
RSDM
Assunto principal:
Surtos de Doenças
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Vigilância em Saúde Pública
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Eventos de Massa
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
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En
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Parasit Vectors
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Parasit. vectors
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Parasites & vectors
Ano de publicação:
2020
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Article