Sack, Daniel E;
Frisby, Michael B;
Diemer, Matthew A;
Schacht, Caroline De;
Graves, Erin;
Kipp, Aaron M;
Emílio, Almiro;
Matino, Ariano;
Barreto, Ezequiel;
Rompaey, Sara Van;
Wallston , Kenneth A;
Audet, Carolyn M.
The ability to understand another’s emotions and act appropriately, empathy, is an important mediator of
relationship function and health intervention fidelity. We adapted the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) – an empathy
scale – among seroconcordant expectant couples with HIV in the Homens par...
Background: Deficiencies in the provision of evidence-based obstetric care are common in low-income countries, including Mozambique. Constraints relate to lack of human and financial resources and weak health systems, however limited resources alone do not explain the variance. Understanding the healthca...
Attitude of Health Personnel,
Developing Countries,
Family/psychology,
Maternal Health Services/standards,
Maternal Health Services/organization & administration,
Organizational Culture,
Perception,
Reproducibility of Results,
Surveys and Questionnaires/standards,
Workplace,
Mozambique
Orlando, s;
Triulzi, i;
Ciccacci, f;
Palla, i;
Palombi, l;
Marazzi, m c;
Giuliano, m;
Floridia, m;
Mancinelli, s;
Mutemba, e;
Turchetti, g.
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) represents the ninth leading cause of death worldwide. In 2016 are estimated 1.3 million TB deaths among HIV negative people and an additional 374,000 deaths among HIV positive people. In 2016 are estimated 1.4 million new cases of TB in people living with HIV (PLHIV), 74% o...
Comorbidity,
Cost-Benefit Analysis,
Delayed Diagnosis,
Diagnostic Tests, Routine/methods,
HIV Infections/diagnosis,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/therapy,
Mass Screening/methods,
Reproducibility of Results,
Tuberculosis/epidemiology,
Tuberculosis/diagnosis,
Tuberculosis/therapy,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
High-Throughput Screening Assays/economics,
Mozambique
n well-resourced settings, reduced circulating maternal free placental growth factor (PlGF) aids in either predicting or confirming the diagnosis of preeclampsia, fetal growth restriction, stillbirth, preterm birth, and delivery within 14 days of testing when pre-eclampsia is suspected. This operational ...
d0109490,
Biomarkers/blood,
d0084230,
Mozambique,
Pre-Eclampsia/blood,
d0112560,
d0053170,
Arterial Pressure,
Endocrine Disruptors,
Early Diagnosis,
Placenta Growth Factor/blood,
Pre-Eclampsia/diagnosis,
Pre-Eclampsia/etiology,
Pre-Eclampsia/physiopathology,
Predictive Value of Tests,
Premature Birth/etiology,
ROC Curve,
Reproducibility of Results,
Risk Factors,
Stillbirth,
Urban Health
Rada, samantha;
Gamper, jutta;
González, raquel;
Ngoma, ghyslain, mombo;
Ouédraogo, smaïla;
Kakolwa, mwaka, a;
Manego, rella, zoleko;
Sevene, esperança;
Kabanywanyi, abdunoor, m;
Accrombessi, manfred;
Briand, valérie;
Cot, michel;
Vala, anifa;
Kremsner, peter, g;
Nhacolo, arsénio;
Aponte, john, j;
Macete, eusébio;
Menéndez, clara;
Ramharter, michael.
Background: At times, ultrasound is not readily available in low resource countries in Africa for accurate determination of gestational age, so using alternative methods is pivotal during pregnancy. These assessments are used to aid the risk analysis for an infant and management strategies for premature ...
The role of health literacy on HIV outcomes has not been evaluated widely in Africa, in part because few appropriate literacy measures exist. We developed a 16-item scale, the HIV Literacy Test (HIV-LT) to assess literacy-related tasks needed to participate in HIV care. Items were scored as correct or in...
Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active,
HIV Infections,
Health Communication,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Health Literacy,
Mozambique,
Psychometrics,
Reproducibility of Results,
Surveys and Questionnaires
Meggi, Bindiya;
Bollinger, Timothy;
Mabunda, Nédio;
Vubil, Adolfo;
Tobaiwa, Ocean;
Quevedo, Jorge I;
Loquiha, Osvaldo;
Vojnov, Lara;
Peter, Trevor F;
Jani, Ilesh V.
The long delay in returning test results during early infant diagnosis of HIV (EID) often
causes loss-to-follow-up prior to antiretroviral treatment (ART) initiation in resource-limited
settings. A point-of-care (POC) test may help overcome these challenges. We evaluated
the performance of the LYNX p24 A...
Anti-HIV Agents/therapeutic use,
Early Diagnosis,
HIV Infections/diagnosis,
HIV Infections/therapy,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/immunology,
Point-of-Care Testing/standards,
Reproducibility of Results,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Sensitivity and Specificity,
HIV-1/immunology
Background In resource-limited countries, CD4 T-cell (CD4) testing continues to be used for determining antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation eligibility and opportunistic infection monitoring. To support expanded access to CD4 testing, simple and robust technologies are necessary. We conducted this st...
Sensitivity and Specificity,
Reproducibility of Results,
Mozambique,
Middle Aged,
Men,
Humans,
HIV Seropositivity,
Allergy and Immunology,
Child, Preschool,
CD4 Lymphocyte Count/instrumentation,
HIV Infections/immunology
Nhantumbo, aquino albino;
Cantarelli, vlademir vicente;
Caireão, juliana;
Munguambe, alcides moniz;
Comé, charlotte elizabeth;
Pinto, gabriela do carmo;
Zimba, tomás francisco;
Mandomando, inácio;
Semá, cynthia baltazar;
Gudo, eduardo samo;
Moraes, milton ozório.
Background: In Sub-Saharan Africa, including Mozambique, acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) represents a main cause of childhood mortality. The burden of ABM is seriously underestimated because of the poor performance of culture sampling, the primary method of ABM surveillance in the region. Low quality ce...
DNA, Bacterial/cerebrospinal fluid,
DNA, Bacterial/genetics,
Drug Resistance, Bacterial,
Haemophilus influenzae/drug effects,
Haemophilus influenzae/genetics,
Haemophilus influenzae/isolation & purification,
Meningitis, Bacterial/diagnosis,
Meningitis, Bacterial/epidemiology,
Meningitis, Bacterial/microbiology,
Microbial Sensitivity Tests,
Multivariate Analysis,
Neisseria meningitidis/drug effects,
Neisseria meningitidis/genetics,
Neisseria meningitidis/isolation & purification,
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods,
Reproducibility of Results,
Seasons,
Sensitivity and Specificity,
Severity of Illness Index,
Streptococcus agalactiae/drug effects,
Streptococcus agalactiae/genetics,
Streptococcus agalactiae/isolation & purification,
Streptococcus pneumoniae/drug effects,
Streptococcus pneumoniae/genetics,
Streptococcus pneumoniae/isolation & purification,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Jani, Ilesh;
Sebastian, Jennifer;
Vubil, Adolfo;
Subbarao, Shambavi;
Bila, Dolce;
Sousa, Amina;
Mabunda, Nédio;
Garcia, Albert;
Ellemberger, Dennis;
Ramos, Artur;
Skaggs, Beth.
We performed a comparative analysis between Roche Amplicor HIV-1 DNA test and CAPTAQ assay for the detection of HIV in 830 dried blood spot (DBS) pediatric samples collected in Mozambique. Our results demonstrated no statistical difference between these assays. The CAPTAQ assay approached nearly 100% rep...
