Scheduled for late November, the Forum is expected to bring together health institutions, communication professionals and journalists, researchers, policymakers, civil society organisations, development partners, academia and the private sector, in a space for sharing experiences, reflecting on challenges and identifying solutions for more effective, accessible and people-centred health communication.

The project will evaluate a strategy combining home-based tuberculosis skin testing using SIILTIBCY, the involvement of Community Health Workers (Agentes Polivalentes Elementares – APEs), and the use of AI to support the interpretation of test results.

The results indicate that women exposed to ivermectin around the time of conception did not have a significantly increased risk of miscarriage, stillbirth or major congenital anomalies compared with women who received albendazole.

Segundo Pedro Alonso, a criação do CISM foi motivada pelas profundas desigualdades na esperança de vida entre os diferentes países. Há trinta anos, as diferenças ultrapassavam os 30 anos, dependendo do local onde uma pessoa nascesse. “Isso não era aceitável”, destacou. Para os próximos anos, o desafio passa por garantir que os próprios países disponham de capacidade científica para encontrar soluções para os seus problemas prioritários de saúde.

As part of the PROTECT project – Preparing for Optimized Phase III/IV Trials of Group B Streptococcus Maternal Vaccines in Africa – the Manhiça Health Research Centre (CISM) held two workshops focused on the co-creation of key messages. The sessions brought together policymakers, healthcare professionals, community and religious leaders, pregnant women and their family members, as well as communication specialists, with the aim of developing communication messages and tools t

Mais do que formalizar uma parceria institucional, o acordo abre caminho para uma colaboração estratégica que poderá fortalecer a cooperação científica em saúde, num contexto em que a complexidade dos desafios de saúde pública exige respostas cada vez mais integradas, sustentadas por investigação científica de excelência, formação qualificada e cooperação entre instituições.

A study conducted by researchers from the Manhiça Health Research Centre (CISM) in Quelimane District, Zambézia Province, found that nearly one in four pregnant women (24.5%) did not feel happy when they learned they were pregnant.

Martinho Dgedge, has called for greater investment in scientific research, stronger national research institutions, and enhanced international cooperation as essential pillars for addressing emerging global health threats.

The Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) has congratulated the Manhiça Health Research Centre (CISM) on the celebration of its 30 years of scientific research, highlighting its role as one of Africa's leading health research institutions and expressing its interest in strengthening scientific collaboration between the two organisations.

Published in the African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, the article entitled “The road map for ISO 15189-laboratory accreditation: The Experience of Manhiça Health Research Centre (CISM) laboratory, in southern Mozambique” describes the path followed by the CISM Laboratory between 2012 and 2020 to achieve this important institutional milestone.