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Post-ART Symptoms Were Not the Problem: A Qualitative Study on Adherence to ART in HIV-Infected Patients in a Mozambican Rural Hospital

Maixenchs, maria; Boene, helena; Anselmo, rui; Mindu, carolina; Alonso, pedro; Menéndez, clara; Macete, Eusébio; Pool, robert; Letang, emílio; Naniche, denise; Munguambe, khátia.

PLos ONE; 10 (9), 2015

Objective: The objective of this qualitative study was to explore how clinical symptoms may affect adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in HIV patients, and to explore factors, perceptions and attitudes related to adherence to therapy. Design: A qualitative study was carried out in the context of th...

Anti-Retroviral Agents/adverse effects, Anti-Retroviral Agents/therapeutic use, Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active/adverse effects, Family Characteristics, HIV/drug effects, HIV Infections/drug therapy, HIV Infections/epidemiology, Hospitals, Rural, Medication Adherence, Prospective Studies, Qualitative Research, Socioeconomic Factors, Mozambique/epidemiology

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Normas para o diagnóstico, tratamento e controlo da hipertensão arterial e outros factores de risco cardiovasculares

Damasceno, Albertino.

Diabetes Mellitus, Therapeutics, Renal Insufficiency, Stroke, Blood Circulation, Medication Adherence, Hypertension, Diagnosis, Practice Patterns, Physicians', Cardiovascular System, Risk Factors

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Sociocultural and epidemiological aspects of HIV/AIDS in Mozambique

Audet, carolyn m; Burlison, janeen; Moon, troy d; Sidat, mohsin; Vergara, alfredo; Vermund, sten h.

BMC int. health hum. rights; 10 (15), 2010

Background: A legacy of colonial rule coupled with a devastating 16-year civil war through 1992 left Mozambique economically impoverished just as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic swept over southern Africa in the late 1980s. The crumbling Mozambican health care sys...

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