Plácida Maholela

Veterinary Medicine
One Health
Zoonotic Diseases
Epidemiology
Digital Health
Environmental Determinants
Biosecurity

Plácida Maholela is pursuing a PhD in Biomedicine and Health Sciences at the University of Minho, Portugal (2024 – 2028). She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Veterinary Medicine from Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique (2011 – 2017), completing the dissertation “Microbiological Evaluation of the Addition of Brine in Chicken Carcasses Produced in Maputo.”

Since 2017, Plácida has been a researcher at Mozambique’s National Institute of Health, focusing on zoonotic diseases and the environmental and entomological determinants of disease transmission in urban areas. Her interdisciplinary work addresses major public-health challenges, including occupational zoonoses, SARS-CoV-2 epidemiology among children and households, and factors driving urban chikungunya transmission.

Plácida Maholela

Veterinary Medicine
One Health
Zoonotic Diseases
Epidemiology
Digital Health
Environmental Determinants
Biosecurity

Scientific Highlights

Chongo I. et al. Outcomes from a zoonotic-disease prioritization workshop using a One Health approach in Mozambique, 2018 – 2023. One Health Outlook 6 (1), 2024. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42522-024-00113-9
Bauhofer A.F.L. et al. Burden of COVID-19 in the paediatric population at Hospital Central de Maputo, Mozambique, Oct 2020 – Oct 2022. Viruses 16 (7), 2024. https://doi.org/10.3390/v16071112
Bauhofer A.F.L. et al. SARS-CoV-2 in Mozambican primary school-aged children: a cross-sectional study. BMC Pediatrics 24 (1), 2024. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-024-04904-x
Muleia R. et al. Assessing the vulnerability and adaptation needs of Mozambique’s health sector to climate change. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21050532
Oludele J. et al. Emerging zoonotic diseases among pastoral communities of Caia and Búzi Districts, Mozambique. Viruses https://doi.org/10.3390/v15122379
Mugabe V.A. et al. Surveillance for arboviruses and leptospirosis in areas affected by Cyclones Idai and Kenneth in Mozambique. Frontiers in Tropical Diseases 4, 2023. https://doi.org/10.3389/fitd.2023.1091545
Nhantumbo A.A. et al. Aetiology of meningitis among adults in three hospitals in Mozambique: the role of HIV. PLOS ONE 17 (5), 2022. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267949