Humberto Muquingue

Humberto Muquingue
Eduardo Mondlane University · Faculty of Medicine

MD, MSc, PhD

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September 1991 - December 2015
Eduardo Mondlane University
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  • Lecturer

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Introduction Leprosy and lymphatic filariasis (LF) are among the most disabling neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) that affect the citizens of Mozambique, especially in the Northern provinces. The irreversible impairments caused by these NTDs often lead to psychosocial consequences, including poor mental wellbeing, stigma and reduced social partici...
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Background: Adult device circumcision may potentially reach more men in Sub-Saharan Africa, with fewer human resource and capacity needs than surgical procedures. Despite these advantages, little is known about device acceptability, including pain and maintaining the device in situ. Methods: Healthy, HIV-negative men, between 18 and 49 years, in...
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This chapter discusses the long-term adverse health effects of cyanide exposure in humans. These long-term effects are distinct from the effects of acute poisoning caused by single and short-term exposure. The concentration of cyanogenic glycosides depends on both genetic and environmental factors, and agro-ecological differences such as water stre...
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Konzo is an irreversible paralysis of the legs that occurs mainly in children and young women associated with large cyanide intake from bitter cassava coupled with malnutrition. In East Africa outbreaks occur during drought, when cassava plants produce much more cyanogens than normal. A wetting method that removes cyanogens from cassava flour was t...
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In Mozambique, epidemics of the cassava-associated paralytic disease, konzo, have been reported in association with drought or war: over 1100 cases in 1981, over 600 cases in 1992-1993, and over 100 cases in 2005. Smaller epidemics and sporadic cases have also been reported. Large epidemics have occurred at times of agricultural crisis, during the...
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In 2006, the Mozambique Ministry of Health (MOH) developed a National Plan to Improve the Quality and Humanization of Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Services that adopted a quality improvement methodology developed by Jhpiego. This methodology, called Standards-Based Management and Recognition (SBM-R), is a practical approach that calls for contin...
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The need to improve mother and child health care provision in developing countries is worldwide acknowledged and the respective process goes along with a series of movies which compromise the materialization of this objective. Using a qualitative research approach and interpretive paradigm, this article is a work in progress that intends to describ...
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Cassava is the staple food of tropical Africa and its production, averaged over 24 countries, has increased more than threefold from 1980 to 2005, and the population has more than doubled over that time compared with a 1.5 times increase worldwide. Agriculturally, cassava performs very well but the roots and leaves contain cyanogenic glucosides tha...
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Immunization is an effective strategy to reduce morbidity and mortality among children. This recognition has led many countries to concentrate efforts in establishing desirable achievements in the form of immunization coverage figures. However, less focus has been placed on effort made by different countries to attain high immunization coverage. Du...
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An old tradition in the Mozambican health system is the appointment of doctors to perform both clinical and managerial tasks in the health districts. As a consequence, a paradox embedded with conflict and potential arises when we take into account the often neglected but essential role of the districts in the health information system and the diver...
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The development and running of efficient and appropriate Health Information Systems, while urgently needed, are difficult to achieve and depend heavily on skill and human resources, which tend to be in short supply African countries. One way to address the human resource problem in this area is to develop cross-country collaboration for sharing of...

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