HIV stigma continues to be a major challenge to addressing HIV/AIDS in various countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including Mozambique. This paper explores the multidimensional nature of HIV stigma through the thematic analysis of five qualitative studies conducted in high HIV prevalence provinces in Mozam...
Peter, trevor;
Ellenberger, dennis;
Boeras, debrah;
Kim, andrea A;
Messele, tsehaynesh;
Roberts, teri;
Stevens, wendy;
Jani, ilesh;
Abimiku, alash'le;
Ford , nathan;
Katz, Zachary;
Nkengasong, john N.
Scaling up access to HIV viral load testing for individuals undergoing antiretroviral therapy in low-resource settings is a global health priority, as emphasised by research showing the benefits of suppressed viral load for the individual and the whole population. Historically, large-scale diagnostic tes...
Anti-HIV Agents/therapeutic use,
Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active/methods,
Drug Monitoring,
HIV Infections/drug therapy,
Health Policy,
Medical Laboratory Science,
Blood/virology,
Desiccation/methods,
Global Health,
HIV Infections/prevention & control,
HIV Infections/virology,
Medical Laboratory Science/organization & administration,
Specimen Handling/methods,
Viral Load
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
Studies have been conducted in developing countries using SMS to communicate with patients to reduce the number of missed appointments and improve retention in treatment, however; very few have been scaled up. One possible reason for this could be that patients or staff are dissatisfied with the method i...
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Anti-Retroviral Agents/therapeutic use,
Antitubercular Agents/therapeutic use,
HIV Infections/therapy,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
Reminder Systems,
Telemedicine/methods,
Text Messaging,
HIV,
Health Education,
Communication,
Supply
Jani, ilesh, v;
Meggi, bindiya;
Vubil, adolfo;
Bhatt, nilesh;
Tobaiwa, ocean;
Quevedo, jorge, i;
Loquiha, osvaldo;
Lehe, jonathan, d;
Vojnov, lara;
Peter, trevor, f.
Viral load testing is the WHO-recommended monitoring assay for patients on HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART). Point-of-care (POC) assays may help improve access to viral load testing in resource-limited settings. We compared the performance of the Alere Q NAT POC viral load technology (Alere Technologies,...
Provision of effective contraception to HIV-positive women of reproductive age is critical to effective management of HIV infection and prevention of both vertical and horizontal HIV transmission in developing countries. This exploratory retrospective study examines contraceptive use during the prolonged...
Characteristics, HIV risk, and program coverage for underage female sex workers (FSW) are rarely systematically described worldwide. We compared characteristics of underage (15-17 years old) and adult (≥18 years old) FSW in three main urban areas of Mozambique (Maputo, Beira and Nampula) using data fro...
Na África subsariana, a prevalência da infecção por vírus da hepatite B (VHB) varia entre 9-20% e da coinfecção VHB/vírus da imunodeficiência humana (VIH), entre 10-20%. VHB tem a patogénese centrada na resposta imunitária e VIH tem impacto na infecção por VHB por induzir maior risco de cron...
Castillo, Paola;
Martinez, Miguel J;
Ussene, Esperança;
Jordao, Dercio;
Lovane, Luciliao;
Ismail, Mamudo R;
Carrilho, Carla;
Lorenzoni, Cesaltina;
Fernandes, Fabiola;
Bene, Rosa;
Palhares, Antonio;
Ferreira, Luiz;
Mandomando, Inacio;
Vila, Jordi;
Hurtado, Juan Carlos;
Munguambe, Khátia;
Maixenchs, Maria;
Sanz, Ariadna;
Quinto, Llorenç;
Macete, Eusebio;
Alonso, Pedro;
Bassat, Quique;
Menendez, lara;
Ordi, Jaume.
There is an urgent need to identify tools able to provide reliable information on the cause of death in low-income regions, since current methods (verbal autopsy, clinical records, and complete autopsies) are either inaccurate, not feasible, or poorly accepted. We aimed to compare the performance of a st...
Introduction—The rapid scale-up of HIV care and treatment in resource-limited countries
requires concurrent, rapid development of health information systems to support quality service
delivery. Mozambique, a country with an 11.5% prevalence of HIV, has developed nation-wide
patient monitoring systems (...
Aptitude,
Delivery of Health Care,
d0062680,
Outcome Assessment, Health Care,
d0062950,
d0590120,
HIV-1/isolation & purification,
d0630050,
HIV Infections/therapy,
Monitoring, Physiologic/methods
