Contexte : L’épidémie du virus de l’immunodéficience humaine au Mozambique est un problème grave de santé publique et le Ministère de la Santé a étendu le traitement antirétroviral à tous les districts du pays. Cependant, on constate un nombre élevé d’abandon du traitement encore insuff...
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Anti-Retroviral Agents,
Anthropology, Cultural,
Medication Adherence,
HIV Infections/drug therapy,
Developing Countries,
Plants, Medicinal,
Epidemics/prevention & control,
Medicine, African Traditional,
Anti-Retroviral Agents/pharmacology,
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes/drug therapy,
HIV Infections/therapy,
Anti-HIV Agents/therapeutic use
Background: In preventing the transfer of HIV to their children, the Ministry of Health in Mozambique recommends all couples follow medical advice prior to a pregnancy. However, little is known about how such women experience pregnancy, nor the values they adhere to when making childbearing decisions. Th...
Fertility/genetics,
d0032700,
Pregnancy/psychology,
Child Health,
d0149300,
d0149440,
d0607280,
HIV Infections/therapy,
HIV Infections/psychology,
Sexual Behavior/psychology,
Rural Population/statistics & numerical data,
Mozambique,
Nurses/trends
Background: In Mozambique, HIV infection remains a leading cause of adolescent mortality. With advances in antiretroviral treatment (ART), the population of adolescents living with vertically-acquired HIV is growing. Most studies of adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) focus on older youth with horizontal...
Sigauque, betuel;
Moiane, benild;
Massora, sergio;
Pimenta, fabiana;
Verani, jennifer r;
Mucavele, helio;
Chauque, alberto;
Santos, rita t;
Carvalho, maria da gloria;
Whitney, cynthia g;
Leesa, fernanda c.
Pneumococcal carriage is a precursor of invasive pneumococcal disease. Mozambique introduced 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV10) in April 2013, using a 3-dose schedule without a booster. We evaluated PCV10 impact on pneumococcal carriage and colonization density by HIV status.
Methods: We c...
The assessment of pregnant women's knowledge about modes of infections transmission is essential to tailor programs to their needs. This study aimed to assess knowledge about human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) among pregnant women in Nampula - Mozambi...
Audet, Carolyn M;
Graves, Erin;
Barreto, Ezequiel;
Schacht, Caroline De;
Gong, Wu;
Shepherd, Bryan E;
Aboobacar, Arifo;
Calvo, Lazaro Gonzalez;
Alvim, Maria Fernanda;
Aliyu, Muktar H;
Kipp, Aaron M;
Jordan, Heather;
Amico, K Rivet;
Diemer, Matthew;
Ciaranello, Andrea;
Dugdale, Caitlin;
Vermund, Sten H;
Rompaey, Sara Van.
Background: In resource-limited rural settings, scale-up of services to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV has not been as effective as in better resourced urban settings. In sub-Saharan Africa, women often require male partner approval to access and remain engaged in HIV care. Our study will...
Breast Feeding/methods,
HIV Infections/diagnosis,
HIV Infections/psychology,
HIV Infections/therapy,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Infant, Newborn,
Interpersonal Relations,
HIV Infections/transmission,
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/prevention & control,
Rural Population
Acácio, sozinho;
Nhampossa, tacilta;
Quintó, llorenç;
Vubil, delfino;
Sacoor, charfudin;
Kotloff, karen;
Farag, tamer;
Dilruba, nasrin;
Macete, eusebio;
Levine, myron, m;
Alonso, pedro;
Mandomando, inácio;
Bassat, quique.
The Global Enteric Multicenter Study enrolled children with moderate-to-severe diarrhea (MSD) and less-severe diarrhea (LSD) between December 2007 and November 2012. One to three controls for MSD cases and one per LSD case were enrolled and matched by age, sex, and neighborhood. All children were tested ...
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
African men who have sex with men (MSM) frequently, and often concurrently, have female partners, raising concerns about HIV sexual bridging. We explored potential HIV transmission in Mozambique from and to female partners of MSM focusing on preferred anal sex role and circumcision status. Data collected...
Mozambique,
Circumcision, Male/statistics & numerical data,
Gender Identity,
d0475680,
d0000723390,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/prevention & control,
HIV Infections/transmission,
Homosexuality, Male/statistics & numerical data,
Prevalence,
Risk Factors,
Sexual Behavior,
Sexual Partners,
Sexual and Gender Minorities/statistics & numerical data,
Surveys and Questionnaires,
Unsafe Sex/statistics & numerical data
Marotta, Claudia;
Giaquinto, Carlo;
i Gennaro, Francesco;
Chhaganlal, Kajal D;
Saracino, Annalisa;
Moiane, Jorge;
aringhini, Guido;
Pizzol, Damiano;
Putoto, Giovanni;
Monno, Laura;
Casuccio, Alessandra;
Vitale, Francesco;
Mazzucco, Walter.
Background: In 2013, Mozambique implemented task-shifting (TS) from clinical officers to maternal and child
nurses to improve care for HIV positive children < 5 years old. A retrospective, pre-post intervention study was
designed to evaluate effectiveness of a new pathway of care in a sample of Beira Dis...
