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The circuits of healthcare: Understanding healthcare seeking behaviour – A qualitative study with tuberculosis patients in Lisbon, Portugal

Abstract Background Understanding health delivery service from a patient´s perspective, including factors influencing healthcare seeking behaviour, is crucial when treating diseases, particularly infectious ones, like tuberculosis. This study aims to trace and contextualise the trajectories patients pursued towards diagnosis and treatment, while discussing key factors associated with treatment delays. Tuberculosis patients’ pathways may serve as […]
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Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Portuguese-Speaking Countries: A Structural Equations Modeling Approach

Abstract: COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy (VH) has caused concerns due to the possible fluctuations that may occur directly impacting the control of the pandemic. In this study, we aimed to estimate the prevalence and factors associated with COVID-19 VH in Portuguese-speaking countries. We developed a web survey (N:6,843) using an online, structured, and validated questionnaire. We […]
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Sexual Exposure to HIV Infection during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM): A Multicentric Study

Abstract The practice of sex with casual partners without the use of adequate prevention in the period of social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic among men who have sex with men (MSM) can expose them to the risk of infection by the HIV virus. To assess this, we conducted an online survey in April […]
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Fatores associados à prática de chemsex em Portugal durante a pandemia da COVID-19

Objetivo: investigar os fatores associados à prática do sexo sob o efeito de drogas (chemsex) entre homens que fazem sexo com homens (HSH) portugueses durante o período de distanciamento social pela COVID-19. Método: inquérito on-line aplicado em maio de 2020 a uma amostra de 1301 participantes residente em Portugal recrutados pelo método Respondent Driven Sampling […]
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Medical faculty profile is an important determinant of student profile and future practice expectations of medical students in Angola

Background Angola is among one of the most deprived countries in the world in terms of medical professionals. In the past decade, the Angolan Government has invested in the expansion of faculties of medicine in the country.  We analysed the profiles of medical students in Angola according to four clusters of medical schools: older faculty […]
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O papel do Estado, do setor privado e do setor social nos diferentes ciclos políticos de saúde em Portugal

Resumo: O sistema de saúde português é constituído por três importantes setores: o Estado, que intervém como regulador de todo o sistema, como planeador, como prestador e financiador do Serviço Nacional de Saúde (SNS); o setor social, com relevante intervenção, principalmente, nos cuida-dos continuados; e o setor privado, com importante papel na prestação de alguns […]
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Empowering health systems research to engage with technical, organizational, social and economic forces: Lessons from the 2014 Ebola epidemic

Abstract This paper draws lessons from the Ebola Virus Disease epidemic to suggest how health systems research can be strengthened to assist better with preparedness for and mitigation of future public health emergencies. The epidemic killed more than 11 000 people in West Africa between February 2014 and January 2016. The causes of the epidemic […]
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Microsatellite based molecular epidemiology of Leishmania infantum from re-emerging foci of visceral leishmaniasis in Armenia and pilot risk assessment by ecological niche modeling

Abstract Background Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is re-emerging in Armenia since 1999 with 167 cases recorded until 2019. The objectives of this study were (i) to determine for the first time the genetic diversity and population structure of the causative agent of VL in Armenia; (ii) to compare these genotypes with those from most endemic regions […]
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Citizen science initiative points at childhood BCG vaccination as a risk factor for COVID‐19

Abstract Current results do not provide conclusive evidence on the effect of BCG vaccination on COVID‐19 alone or in combination with other factors. To address this limitation, in this study we used a citizen science initiative on the COVID‐19 pandemic to collect data worldwide during October 2‐30, 2020 (1,233 individuals) in a structured way for […]
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