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Malaria, HIV and Malnutrition among Internally Displaced People in Mozambique During COVID-19 Pandemic: Results from a Community-Based Intervention Cover

Malaria, HIV and Malnutrition among Internally Displaced People in Mozambique During COVID-19 Pandemic: Results from a Community-Based Intervention

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|Dec 2022

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Table 1

Data collection details and demographic characteristics of people who accessed the service and diseases screening in Sofala and Cabo Delgado.

SOFALACABO DELGADOTOTAL OVERALL
NHAMATANDADONDOBEIRATOTAL SOFALA PROVINCEMONTEPUEZCHIÚREANCUABETOTAL CABO DELGADO PROVINCE
Estimated population in IDP sites14 12616 52223 88354 53114 50213 91812 65441 07495 605
Data collection starting dateJanuary 31st, 2021February 7th, 2021February 21st, 2021February 28th, 2021March 14th, 2021March 14th, 2021
Total weeks of data collection34 weeks
(from Epi Week 5 to 38)
33 weeks
(from Epi Week 6 to 38)
31 weeks
(from Epi Week 8 to 38)
30 weeks
(from Epi Week 6 to 38)
28 weeks
(from Epi Week 11 to 38)
28 weeks
(from Epi Week 11 to 38)
Total population reached13 25916 41823 88253 55914 41613 06812 46039 94493 503
SexMale6 097 (46.0)7 366 (44.9)11 080 (46.4)24 543 (45.8)6 654 (46.2)6 168 (47.2)5 939 (47.7)18 761 (47.0)43 304 (46.3)
Female7 162 (54.0)9 052 (55.1)12 802 (53.6)29 016 (54.2)7 762 (53.8)6 900 (52.8)6 521 (52.3)21 183 (53.0)50 199 (53.7)
Age<51 986 (15.0)2 668 (16.3)2 610 (10.9)7 264 (13.6)2 515 (17.4)2 160 (16.5)1 606 (12.9)6 281 (15.7)13 545 (14.5)
5-246 140 (46.3)8 392 (51.1)11 441 (47.9)25 973 (48.5)6 032 (41.8)5 074 (38.8)5 349 (42.9)16 455 (41.2)42 428 (45.4)
25-443 101 (23.4)3 623 (22.1)7 337 (30.7)14 061 (26.3)3 345 (23.2)3 730 (28.5)3 516 (28.2)10 591 (26.5)24 652 (26.4)
>442 032 (15.3)1 735 (10.6)2 494 (10.4)6 261 (11.7)2 524 (17.5)2 104 (16.1)1 989 (16.0)6 617 (16.6)12 878 (13.8)
Covid-19 symptomsCough437 (3.3)1 031 (6.3)230 (1.0)1 698 (3.2)3 418 (23.7)3 262 (25.0)2 389 (19.2)9 069 (22.7)10 767 (11.5)
Fever640 (4.8)983 (6.0)142 (0.6)1 765 (3.3)3 491 (24.2)2 792 (21.4)2 524 (20.3)8 807 (22.0)10 572 (11.3)
Running nose140 (1.1)406 (2.5)63 (0.3)609 (1.1)1 494 (10.4)2 340 (17.9)167 (1.3)4 001 (10.0)4 610 (4.9)
Difficulty breathing96 (0.7)373 (2.3)20 (0.1)489 (0.9)1 249 (8.7)2 014 (15.4)369 (3.0)3 632 (9.1)4 121 (4.4)
At least one symptom882 (6.7)1 137 (6.9)355 (1.5)2 374 (4.4)3 107 (21.6)4 272 (32.7)2 927 (23.5)10 306 (25.8)12 680 (13.6)
MalariaTotal tested11 783 (88.9)15 822 (96.4)21 993 (92.1)49 598 (92.6)9 728 (67.5)9 320 (71.3)11 747 (94.3)30 795 (77.1)80 393 (86.0)
Positive416 (3.1)48 (0.3)157 (0.7)621 (1.2)999 (6.9)2 071 (15.8)514 (4.1)3 584 (9.0)4 205 (4.5)
HIVScreened11 475 (86.5)7 071 (43.1)23 882 (100)42 428 (79.2)13 908 (96.5)12 264 (93.8)12 464 (100)38 636 (96.7)81 064 (86.7)
Eligible for testing1 563 (11.8)31 (0.2)18 763 (78.6)20 357 (38.0)71 (0.5)1 139 (8.7)0 (0.0)1 210 (3.0)21 567 (23.1)
Referred for test30 (0.2)10 (0.1)222 (0.9)262 (0.5)81 (0.6)908 (6.9)65 (0.5)1 054 (2.6)1 316 (1.4)
Self-revealed HIV76 (0.6)791 (4.8)465 (1.9)1 332 (2.5)277 (1.9)974 (7.5)212 (1.7)1 463 (3.7)2 795 (3.0)
Self-revealed HIV on ART66 (0.5)624 (3.8)465 (1.9)1 155 (2.2)252 (1.7)918 (7.0)207 (1.7)1 377 (3.4)2 532 (2.7)
Malnutrition*Screened1 344 (67.7)2 251 (84.4)2389 (91.5)5 984 (82.4)2 148 (85.4)1 926 (89.2)1 424 (88.7)5 498 (87.5)11 482 (84.8)
Malnourished31 (1.6)100 (3.7)33 (1.3)164 (2.3)109 (4.3)198 (10.3)386 (24.0)693 (11.0)857 (6.3)
Malnourished with COVID symptoms27 (1.4)44 (1 6)4 (0.2)75 (1.0)44 (1.7)210 (0.1)345 (21.5)599 (9.5)674 (5.0)

[i] * As denominator only <5 population reached has been considered.

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Figure 1

Total number of malaria cases and test positivity rate. Vertical bars show the total number of malaria cases diagnosed among internally-displaced people in Sofala (blue) and Cabo Delgado (orange) provinces. Continuous lines show the test-positivity rate for malaria in Sofala (grey) and Cabo Delgado (yellow) provinces during COVID-19 pandemic.

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Figure 2

Total number of malnutrition cases. Total number of internally displaced children <5 diagnosed with malnutrition in Sofala (blue line) and Cabo Delgado (orange) provinces during the COVID-19 pandemic. X axis: Epi week; Y axis: number of children diagnosed with malnutrition per week.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3969 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
Language: English
Submitted on: Sep 20, 2022
Accepted on: Nov 5, 2022
Published on: Dec 5, 2022
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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