Profile of people seeking health services during Pope Francis' visit to Mozambique, 2019

Pope Francis visited Mozambique from September 4-6, 2019. During the visit, a real-time surveillance system for mass gathering events was implemented in all places where people gathered in Maputo City for early detection of possible outbreaks and other health-related events. The system was implement...

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Published in:	The Pan African medical journal Vol. 35; no. 95; p. 95
Main Authors:	Elias, Hélio Inácio, Chicanequisso, Eduardo Mangue, Nhantumbo, Beatriz, Braga, Judite Monteiro, Gurjal, Lorna, Luis, Maiumuna, Dimas, Tomas, Baltazar, Cynthia Semá, Rossetto, Erika Valeska
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Uganda African Field Epidemiology Network 2020 The African Field Epidemiology Network The Pan African Medical Journal
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Catholicism Child Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control epidemiological Epidemiology Female Francis (Pope) Health risk assessment Health services Health services utilization health surveillance Humans Hypothermia Infectious diseases Male mass gathering Middle Aged Mozambique Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data Patients pope francis Popes Public Health Public Health Surveillance Short Communication Surveys and Questionnaires Womens health Young Adult Mozambique Mozambique Pope Francis epidemiological health surveillance mass gathering
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Summary:	Pope Francis visited Mozambique from September 4-6, 2019. During the visit, a real-time surveillance system for mass gathering events was implemented in all places where people gathered in Maputo City for early detection of possible outbreaks and other health-related events. The system was implemented at four sites were mass gathering events occurred over the three-day visit. Data were collected by administering a simple questionnaire on a tablet, which collected information about sociodemographics, syndromic diagnoses, and outcomes of the patients that sought medical care. Additionally, a descriptive epidemiological assessment was performed during the event. A total of 150 individuals were attended at the designated places during the event. Of these, 56.7% were female and 90.7% aged > 15 years. The majority of the patients (74.7%) sought care on the third day of the event, which was held at the Zimpeto National Stadium. The most common diagnoses were hypertension (20.7%), hypothermia (15.3%), and headache (11.3%). Almost all cases (95.0%) were discharged, (4.0%) cases were transferred and (1.0%) case resulted in death on the way to the health facility. The surveillance system strategy developed to detect real-time public health events during the Pope?s visit was successfully implemented. No outbreak was identified during the event.
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ISSN:	1937-8688 1937-8688
DOI:	10.11604/pamj.2020.35.95.21611