Search for dissertations about: "Maputo"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 27 swedish dissertations containing the word Maputo.
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21. Improvement of Thermal Comfort in Buildings through Passive Design
Abstract : In hot humid regions the high outdoor temperature has negative effects on the indoor temperature of buildings that are not designed to cope with the local climate. This leads to discomfort for the occupants. READ MORE
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22. Maternal deaths in Mozambique : an audit approach with special reference to adolescence, abortion and violence
Abstract : The main purpose of the present thesis was to elucidate the causes and circumstances that surround maternal deaths occurring in Hospital Central de Maputo (HCM). The specific aims were 1: to identify the major causes of direct and indirect matemal deaths, and by utilizing the audit approach, to address the avoidability aspect in each case, 2: to estimate the contribution of malaria to matemal mortality, 3: to compare the main causes of direct and indirect matemal death in adolescents with those in non-adolescents, and the prevalence of risk factors used in antenatal cards with the intention to identify "high risk pregnancy" among such women, 4: to review pregnancy-related deaths due to injuries in HCM, and to elucidate the contribution of violence (homicide and suicide) to these deaths, 5: to estimate the trends of matemal mortality in a ten year period, with special reference to adolescents, and to compare the contribution of induced abortion to matemal mortality in two periods in which different policies regarding abortion were applied. READ MORE
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23. ‘How good is good?’ : Studies of facility-based childbirth care in southern Mozambique, from the perspectives of women and health providers
Abstract : Despite the large shift toward facility-based childbirths occurred during the last 15 years in several low resource settings, including in Mozambique, the burden of maternal mortality and morbidity remain considerable. Obstetric fistula is one of the most devastating of all maternal morbidities which still prevalent and is entirely avoidable. READ MORE
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24. Molecular characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Mozambique
Abstract : Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the major health problems in Mozambique. It is estimated that 27,000 deaths caused by TB occur each year with an estimated incidence and prevalence rate of 431 and 504 per 100,000 population respectively. Mozambique ranks 19th on the list of 22 high-burden TB countries in the world. READ MORE
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25. Epidemiological aspects and microbiological characterization of fevers among residents of Mozambique and Swedish travellers returning from the tropics
Abstract : The common theme and aim for this thesis was to explore the epidemiology and the diagnostic possibilities of patients with non-malarial febrile infections of tropical origin, with both the individual patient perspective and the more general public health aspects in focus. Analysis from two study areas, Sweden and Mozambique, are presented in the project. READ MORE
