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
Audet, Carolyn M;
Blevins, Meridith;
Chire, Yazalde Manuel;
Aliyu, Muktar H;
Vaz, Lara M. E;
Antonio, Elisio;
Alvim, Fernanda;
Bechtel, Ruth;
Wester, C. William;
Vermund, Sten H.
Uptake of HIV testing and antiretroviral therapy (ART) services during antenatal care (ANC) in rural Mozambique is disappointing. To nurture supportive male engagement in ANC services, we partnered with traditional birth attendants and trained a new type of male-to-male community health agent, "Male Cham...
Community Health Workers,
Community-Based Participatory Research,
Counseling,
HIV Infections/diagnosis,
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/prevention & control,
Mass Screening,
Midwifery,
Mozambique,
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/diagnosis,
Pregnant Women/psychology,
Prenatal Care,
Sexual Partners,
Treatment Outcome
Hemminki, Elina;
Nwaru, Bright I;
Salomé, Graca;
Parkkali, Saara;
Abacassamo, Fatima;
Augusto, Orvalho;
Cliff, Julie;
Regushevskaya, Elena;
Dgedge, Martinho;
Sousa, Cesar;
Chilundo, Baltazar.
To compare routine versus selective (ie, screening and treatment for anaemia) prenatal iron prophylaxis in a malaria-endemic and HIV-prevalent setting, an extended analysis including previously missing data.
Design: A pragmatic randomised controlled clinical trial.
Setting: 2 health centres in Maputo, ...
Anemia/prevention & control,
Cesarean Section/statistics & numerical data,
Dietary Supplements,
Ferrous Compounds/administration & dosage,
Folic Acid/administration & dosage,
HIV Infections/complications,
Hemoglobins/analysis,
Iron/administration & dosage,
Malaria/complications,
Maternal Death/statistics & numerical data,
Mozambique,
Perinatal Death,
Premature Birth/epidemiology,
Prenatal Care/methods
Context: The effect of global health initiatives on population health is uncertain. Between 2003 and 2008, the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the largest initiative ever devoted to a single disease, operated intensively in 12 African focus countries. The initiative's effect on al...
Africa/epidemiology,
Antiviral Agents/supply & distribution,
Antiviral Agents/therapeutic use,
Federal Government,
Capacity Building,
Africa South of the Sahara/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/drug therapy,
HIV Infections/mortality,
HIV Infections/prevention & control,
International Cooperation/legislation & jurisprudence,
Health Promotion/legislation & jurisprudence
Raquel Gonzalez and colleagues highlight an urgent need to evaluate antimalarials that can be safely administered to HIV-infected pregnant women on antiretroviral treatment and cotrimoxazole prophylaxis.
African HIV-infected pregnant women are the most vulnerable population group to
malaria infection.
...
This is the first integrated biological and behavioral surveillance survey among long-distance truck drivers (LDTD) in Mozambique. Using modified time-location sampling in 2012 at a key transportation junction (Inchope), we enrolled 327 male LDTD. HIV prevalence was 15.4 % (95 % confidence interval : 11....
Condoms/statistics & numerical data,
Mozambique,
HIV Infections/diagnosis,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/transmission,
Motor Vehicles,
Occupations,
Prevalence,
Risk Factors,
Risk-Taking,
Safe Sex/psychology,
Safe Sex/statistics & numerical data,
Sexual Behavior/statistics & numerical data,
Sexual Partners,
Surveys and Questionnaires,
Transportation,
Unsafe Sex/psychology,
Unsafe Sex/statistics & numerical data
Augusto, Ângelo do Rosário;
Young, Peter W;
Horth, Roberta Z;
Inguane, Celso;
Sathane, Isabel;
Ngale, Katia;
Benedetti, Marcos;
Cummings, Beverley;
Sande Botão, Carlos Francisco;
Semá Baltazar, Cynthia Amino;
Frank, Heidi;
Fagan, Jennifer;
Raymond, Henry Fisher;
McFarland, Willi.
This is the first integrated biological and behavioral survey among female sex workers (FSW) in
Mozambique. Using respondent-driven sampling, 400, 411 and 429 FSW were enrolled
respectively in Maputo, Beira and Nampula in 2011-2012. Estimates were produced using RDSAT
7.1. HIV prevalence was 31.2%, 23...
A tuberculose (TB) é uma doença infecciosa que ameaça a humanidade há séculos. Recentemente grandes
avanços foram conseguidos no combate à tuberculose, entretanto a resistência bacilar e a coinfecção pelo
Vírus de Imunodeficiência Humana (HIV) persistem como os principais desafios dos program...
Drug Resistance, Bacterial,
Mycobacterium tuberculosis/drug effects,
Genotype,
Antibiotics, Antitubercular/pharmacology,
Coinfection,
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant/microbiology,
Prevalence,
Tuberculosis/microbiology,
Microbial Sensitivity Tests,
Mycobacterium tuberculosis/genetics,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Em 2013, havia no mundo 3,2 milhões de crianças vivendo com HIV, com
91% de infecções ocorrendo em crianças na África subsaariana, através da transmissão
de mãe para filho (Transmissão vertical -TV). E sem nenhuma intervenção, o risco de
TV varia de 15% a 25% nos países desenvolvidos e de 25...
Public Health,
Coinfection,
HIV,
Infections,
HIV Infections,
Epidemiological Monitoring,
Women,
Prevalence,
Syphilis,
Syphilis, Congenital,
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical,
Mozambique
Introduction: Despite significant gains in access to early infant diagnosis (EID) over the past decade, most HIV-exposed infants still do not get tested for HIV in the first two months of life. For those who are tested, the long turnaround time between when the sample is drawn and when the results are re...
