People living with undiagnosed HIV are big contributors to the transmission of the virus. Although measures
have been made to scale up HIV prevention and voluntary counselling and testing in sub-Saharan Africa, testing coverage remains low in many sub-Saharan African countries, including Mozambique and K...
Mozambique antiretroviral therapy is a database used to monitor patients receiving antiretroviral treatment (ART). This study's objective was to evaluate the system for the purpose to monitor patients receiving ART. data from 287,052 patients who started ART from January to December 2017 were verified, a...
Nhantumbo 1, Aquino Albino;
Comé 1, Charlotte Elizabeth;
Maholela 2, Plácida Iliany;
Munguambe 1, Alcides Moniz;
Gudo 2, Eduardo Samo;
Costa 3, Paulino da;
Mott 4, Mariana;
Cunha 4, Gabriella Rosa;
Dias 4, Cícero;
Chambal 5, Lúcia;
Cantarelli 4 6, Vlademir Vicente.
Antecedentes: A meningite continua a ser uma causa importante de morbimortalidade em adultos na África Subsaariana. Os dados sobre a investigação etiológica da meningite em adultos em Moçambique são limitados e a maioria dos estudos foram realizados no sul de Moçambique. A identificação da etiol...
Antigens, Fungal/analysis,
Cryptococcus neoformans,
Cryptococcosis,
HIV Infections/complications,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/diagnosis,
Hospitals,
Meningitis, Cryptococcal/diagnosis,
Meningitis, Cryptococcal/epidemiology,
Meningitis, Pneumococcal,
Retrospective Studies,
Staphylococcus aureus,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Mabunda, nédio;
Augusto, orvalho;
Zicai, ana flora;
Duajá, ana;
Oficiano, Sandra;
Ismael, nalia;
Vubil, adolfo;
Mussá, tufária;
Moraes, milton;
Jani, ilesh.
Background: Although blood transfusion is an intervention that saves lives, it poses significant risks to the blood receivers, including the transmission of bloodborne pathogens. We aimed at determining the prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis B virus (HBV), and Hepatitis C virus (...
Blood Donors,
DNA, Viral/blood,
HIV Infections/diagnosis,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
Hepatitis B/diagnosis,
Hepatitis B/epidemiology,
Hepatitis C/diagnosis,
Hepatitis C/epidemiology,
RNA, Viral/blood,
Seroepidemiologic Studies,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Background: There has been tremendous progress in the fight against HIV worldwide; however, challenges persist in the control of HIV infection. These challenges include the high prevalence of late presenters. There are many disadvantages of late presentation-from reduced survival of the infected person t...
Background: Unhealthy sexual behaviors, such as unprotected sexual intercourse and lack of using screening services increase cyclical transmission of sexually transmitted infections including Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), especially among young adults. Hence health promotion programs can contribute...
Background: Local estimates of HIV-prevalence provide information that can be used to target interventions and consequently increase the efficiency of resources. This enhanced allocation can lead to better health outcomes, including the control of the disease spread, and for more people.
Methods: In thi...
Izco, Santiago;
Murias-Closas, Adrià;
Jordan, Alexander M;
Greene, Gregory;
Catorze, Nteruma;
Chiconela, Helio;
Garcia, Juan Ignacio;
Blanco-Arevalo, Alejandro;
Febrer, Anna;
Casellas, Aina;
Saavedra, Belén;
Chiller, Tom;
Nhampossa, Tacilta;
Garcia-Basteiro, Alberto;
Letang, Emilio.
Introduction: AIDS-mortality remains unacceptably high in sub-Saharan Africa, largely driven by advanced HIV disease (AHD). We nested a study in an existing tuberculosis (TB) contact-tracing intervention (Xpatial-TB). The aim was to assess the burden of AHD among high-risk people living with HIV (PLHIV) ...
Thompson, ricardo;
Nelson, robert;
Casavant, isabelle;
Pals, sherri;
Bonzela, juvencio;
Jaramillo, alicia;
Cardoso, judite;
Ujamaa, dawud;
Tamele, stelio;
Chivurre, victor;
Malimane, inacio;
Pathmanathan, ishani;
Heitzinger, kristen;
Wei, stanley;
Couto, Aleny;
Vergara, alfredo.
Introduction: WHO recommends implementing a mix of community and facility testing strategies to diagnose 95% of persons living with HIV (PLHIV). In Mozambique, a country with an estimated 506,000 undiagnosed PLHIV, use of home-based HIV testing services (HBHTS) to help achieve the 95% target has not been...
Chaúque, Sílvia 1;
Mohole, jyodi;
Zucula, Helton 3;
Lambo, Luisa 1;
Lisboa, Anselmo 1;
Domitila, Ferreira 3;
Nguyen, Hanh 2;
Chowdhary, Harshika 2;
Macmillian, Belinda 3;
Elias, Beatriz 1;
Seni, Amir 3;
Buc k, W Chris 1 2.
Introduction: The neurodevelopmental impact of HIV infection in older children has been welldescribed, with characterization of HIV-associated encephalopathy (HIVE) and associated cognitive
defects. HIVE is relatively common in older children who were vertically infected. The sparse literature on HIVE in...
