Aldina Gonçalves

TL;DR: A method based on the polymerase chain reaction for highly sensitive detection and identification of human malaria parasites was applied to blood and mosquito samples obtained from a village in Guinea Bissau and preliminary evidence was obtained to show that the distribution of P. malariae infections within the village was non-random.

TL;DR: The type of private practice supplementary income-generating activities of public sector doctors in the Portuguese-speaking African countries are explored, and what is happening in professional medical circles in response to the inability of the public sector to sustain a credible system of health care delivery is provided.

TL;DR: The co-occurrence of accurate and inaccurate knowledge about HIV transmission among adolescents has significant implications to implement and design comprehensive interventions with impact in adolescents’ attitudes towards people with HIV/AIDS.

TL;DR: Results emphasise the idea that social support perception has an important role in diabetic patients' glycaemic control and quality of life and suggest that patients who suffer from diabetes chronic complications report less satisfaction with their friends.

TL;DR: It was concluded that these adolescents view sexual behaviour, sexual partners and condom use as elements within a complex script that governs heterosexual interactions, which has important implications for the implementation of a comprehensive programme on HIV/AIDS education in secondary schools.