A investigação operacional

1 Junho 2016
2016

On the way to universal coverage of maternal services in Iringa rural District in Tanzania. Who is yet to be reached?

2016-06-01T11:18:00+02:001 Junho 2016|

Straneo M., Fogliati P., Pellis I., Goodman C., Dalla Riva D., Kisika F., Mpuya E., Putoto G.
African Health Sciences, 2016 June

This study sought to assess the effectiveness of new strategies for tackling maternal mortality in sub-Saharan Africa including an expansion of reproductive health care coverage especially in areas where more vulnerable women lack access to primary health care services. The data was collected in Tanzania through household surveys of 464 recently-pregnant women in an area [...]

1 Junho 2016
2016

Ambulance referral for emergency obstetric care in remote settings.

2016-06-01T11:12:58+02:001 Junho 2016|

Tsegaye A., Somigliana E., Alemayehu T., Calia F., Maroli M., Barban P., Manenti F., Putoto G., Accorsi S.
International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 2016 June

This retrospective study assessed the operation of an ambulance service set up for pregnant women needing transportation to EmOC healthcare facilities in a rural area of Ethiopia between 1 July and 31 December 2013. The service was available 24 hours a day and was free of charge. The majority (59.5%) of the women who requested [...]

1 Maio 2016
2016

Is a woolen cap effective in maintaining normothermia in low-birth-weight infants during kangaroo mother care? Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

2016-05-01T11:29:00+02:001 Maio 2016|

Trevisanuto D., Putoto G., Pizzol D., Serena T., Manenti F., Varano S., Urso E., Massavon W., Tsegaye A., Wingi O., Onapa E., Segafredo G., Cavallin F.
Trials Journal, 2016 May

Neonatal hypothermia is one of the biggest challenges associated with the morbidity and mortality of preterm infants, especially in sub-Saharan African countries, where neonatal support therapy is very limited. Kangaroo mother care (KMC) is a low-cost method whose use is highly recommended whenever possible in order to maintain the body temperature of such infants. Despite [...]

1 Maio 2016
2016

Gestational Diabetes: an overview with attention for developing countries

2016-05-01T11:20:06+02:001 Maio 2016|

Schiavone M., Putoto, G., Laterza F., Pizzol D.
Endocrine Regulations, 2016 May

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as a glucose intolerance that occurs for the first time during pregnancy. It usually presents between 24 and 28 weeks gestation. At first patients have no particular symptoms; later, however, they can be affected by symptoms such as blurry vision, fatigue, skin infections, nausea, vomiting, and weight loss despite [...]

1 Abril 2016
2016

Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection: a Mozambique overview

2016-04-01T11:26:47+02:001 Abril 2016|

Pizzol D., Putoto G., Chhaganlal K.D.
Virus diseases, 2016 June

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection known. It spreads easily because individuals who contract the virus often have no symptoms and are therefore unaware that they are infected. Although HPV infection is frequently asymptomatic and transitory, it can persist and cause lesions including warts, condylomas and cancers depending on the risk [...]

1 Março 2016
2016

Treating Pyloric Stenosis Medically in a Resource Poor Setting

2016-03-01T11:22:30+01:001 Março 2016|

Bizzocchi A., Metz D.
Annals of Pediatrics and Child Health, 2016 March

Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) is one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders in infancy, one that frequently necessitates abdominal surgery. While in wealthier countries such operations are fairly routine and only rarely involve complications, in resource-poor settings the disorder can prove fatal for infants due to the lack of neonatal and pediatric surgeons in [...]

11 Dezembro 2015
2015

Effect of a Neonatal Resuscitation Course on Healthcare Providers’ Performances Assessed by Video Recording in a Low-Resource Setting

2015-12-11T00:00:27+01:0011 Dezembro 2015|

Trevisanuto D., Bertuola F., Lanzoni P., Cavallin F., Matediana E., Manzungu O.W., Gomez E., Da Dalt L., Putoto G.
PLoS One, 2015 Dec 11;10(12)

In Mozambique neonatal mortality is 34 neonatal deaths per 1,000 live births, accounting for approximately 35% of under-5 deaths. Around 25% of these neonatal deaths is linked to delivery-related events, in particular breathing problems. Indeed, the intervention of health care personnel is required when newborns are unable to breathe spontaneously, but in lower-income countries health [...]

26 Novembro 2015
2015

The 2014 EVD outbreak in Pujehun, Sierra Leone: epidemiology and impact of interventions

2015-11-26T15:24:36+01:0026 Novembro 2015|

Ajelli M., Parlamento S., Bome D., Kebbi A., Atzori A., Frasson C., Putoto G., Carraro D., Merler S.
BMC Medicine, 2015 Nov 26;13(1):281

The 2014–2015 Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic ha colpito duramente il West Africa, soprattutto Guinea, Sierra Leone e Liberia, with a total of 28,220 reported cases and 11,291 reported deaths (WHO, September 2015). Starting in July 2014, Doctors with Africa CUAMM worked to combat Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone’s Pujehun District, where it has been [...]

25 Novembro 2015
2015

Ebola: lessons learned and future challenges for Europe

2015-11-25T15:19:58+01:0025 Novembro 2015|

Quaglio G., Goerens C., Putoto G., Rübig P., Lafaye P., Karapiperis T., Dario C., Delaunois P., Zachariah R.
Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2015 November 25

The Ebola epidemic that has ravaged West Africa – Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone in particular – since 2014 had led to more than 28,000 reported cases by October 2015, with implications not only for the health of communities involved, but also in terms of its impact on the region’s economies and overall development and [...]

30 Setembro 2015
2015

How Can Childbirth Care for the Rural Poor Be Improved? A Contribution from Spatial Modelling in Rural Tanzania

2015-09-30T14:18:26+02:0030 Setembro 2015|

Fogliati P., Straneo M., Brogi C., Fantozzi P.L., Salim R.M., Msengi H.M., Azzimonti G., Putoto G.
PLoS One, 2015 Sep 30

The use of spatial and geographic models such as Geographical Information Systems (GIS) was integrated into this study, whose aim was to assess the coverage of health care centers offering obstetric services in two rural areas of Tanzania, the Iringa and Ludewa Districts. Both areas have a high density of health care facilities. However, the [...]