Benoni, Roberto;
Casigliani, Virginia;
Zin, Annachiara;
Ronzoni, Niccolò;
Di Chiara, Costanza;
Merolle, Ada;
Guambe Dos Anjos, Helga;
Chenene, Fernando;
Tognon, Francesca;
Putoto, Giovanni;
Giaquinto, Carlo.
n In Sofala province (Mozambique), young people living with HIV (YPLHIV) are estimated at 7%
among people aged 15–24 years. Even though the COVID-19 pandemic threatened HIV health services, data
on the impact of COVID-19 on YPLHIV people are lacking. This study aimed at exploring the seroprevalence o...
Olbrich, laura;
Verghese, Valsan, P;
Smith, zoe franckling;
Sabi, issa;
Ntinginya, Nyanda E;
Mfinanga, alfred;
Banze, denise;
Viegas, sofia omar;
Khosa, celso;
Semphere, robina.
Background Childhood tuberculosis remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in part due to missed diagnosis. Diagnostic methods with enhanced sensitivity using easy-to-obtain specimens are needed. We aimed to assess the diagnostic accuracy of the Cepheid Mycobacterium tuberculosis Host Response pr...
Approximately 15% of people with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa have comorbid depression, which impacts treatment outcomes. We describe predictors of baseline depressive symptoms in 1079 female and 1079 male participants in a cluster-randomized trial in Zambézia Province, Mozambique from November 2017 to Dec...
Schacht, caroline de;
Amorim, gustavo;
Rompaey, sara van;
Melo, mayra;
Verissimo, cheinaze;
Naftal, anibal;
Graves, erin;
Bilhete, fernandes;
Tique, josé;
Wester, c william.
The community adherence support group (CASG) was one of the first differentiated service delivery (DSD) models introduced in Mozambique. This study assessed the impact of this model on retention in care, loss to follow-up (LTFU), and viral suppression among antiretroviral therapy (ART)-treated adults in ...
O Inquérito sobre o Impacto do HIV e SIDA em Moçambique (INSIDA 2021) foi um inquérito nacional baseado nos agregados familiares, conduzido entre Abril de 2021 e Fevereiro de 2022, visando medir o impacto da resposta nacional ao HIV. O INSIDA 2021 ofereceu aconselhamento e testagem de HIV com entrega ...
HIV/drug effects,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Viral Load/statistics & numerical data,
,
HIV Infections/diagnosis,
HIV Infections/prevention & control,
HIV Infections/drug therapy,
HIV Infections/transmission,
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/statistics & numerical data,
Infant Mortality/trends
Background: Plasmodium falciparum infection in pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa is often asymptomatic. As these forms of malaria are often submicroscopic and difficult to diagnose by conventional methods (microscopy and/or rapid diagnostic test), diagnosis requires the use of molecular techniques suc...
Schacht, daroline de;
Nhacule, edna;
Belo, celso;
Young, peter w;
Bhatt, nilesh;
Júnior, faustino;
Gusmão, eduarda pimentel de;
Muquingue, humberto;
Muteerwa, ana;
Bila, Dulce;
Ouenzar, mohammed a;
Madede, tavares;
Cumbane, reginalda;
Amorim, gustavo;
Viegas, edna.
Introduction: As COVID-19 continues to spread globally and within Mozambique, its impact among immunosuppressed persons, specifically persons living with HIV (PLHIV), and on the health system is unknown in the country. The 'COVid and hIV' (COVIV) study aims to investigate: (1) the seroprevalence and sero...
Background: Service providers' attitudes toward interventions are essential for adopting and implementing novel interventions into healthcare settings, but evidence of evaluations in the HIV context is still limited. This study is part of the CombinADO cluster randomized trial (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT0493...
Magaia, Mário;
Magaia, Célia C;
Couto, Aleny;
Dengo, Nataniel;
Cassamo, Abdul R;
Nhantumbo, Rene;
Mahumane, Carlos;
Mabote, Atanásio;
Mikusova, Silvia;
Nhangave, Amâncio;
Bhatt, Nilesh;
Mukherjee, Sushant S.
In Mozambique, 38.7% of women and 60.4% of men ages 15–59 years old living with HIV
do not know their HIV status. A pilot home-based HIV counseling and testing program
based on index cases in the community was implemented in eight districts in Gaza province
(Mozambique). The pilot targeted the sexual p...
Teasdale, Chloe A;
Choy, Michelle;
Tsiouris, Fatima;
Gusmao, Eduarda Pimentel De;
Banqueiro, Etelvino C P;
Couto, Aleny;
Tibana, Kwalila;
Flowers, Nicole;
Urso, Marilena;
Vitale, Mirriah;
Abrams, Elaine J.
Background: Repeat HIV testing during pregnancy and breastfeeding identifies women with incident infections, those living with HIV who have been lost to care, and infants at risk for HIV infection. We report data from repeat testing for women in maternal and child health (MCH) services at 10 health facil...
Breast Feeding,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/diagnosis,
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/prevention & control,
Maternal-Child Health Services,
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/diagnosis,
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/epidemiology,
Mozambique/epidemiology
