O MISAU e o CNCS encomendaram uma revisão externa conjunta dos planos estratégicos dos programas nacionais de contro de ITS/HIV/SIDA e da Tuberculose (TB) bem como o estabelecimento da linha de base da resposta as hepatites virais em Moçambique. Esta avaliação foi liderada pela Organização Mundial...
Martins-Fonteyn, Emilia;
Loquiha, Osvaldo;
Baltazar, Cynthia;
Thapa, Subash;
University of California, San Francisco – USA, of Global Health Sciences;
Raimundo, Ines;
Hens, Niel;
Aerts, Marc;
Meulemans, Herman;
Degomme, Olivier;
Wouters, Edwin.
Background: Information dealing with social and behavioural risk factors as well as their mechanisms among
Mozambican migrants working in South African mines remains undocumented. This study aims to understand the
various factors influencing HIV-related risk behaviours and the resulting HIV positive stat...
A hepatite B oculta é caracterizada pela presença do ácido desoxiribonucleíco (ADN) do VHB no soro, plasma ou tecido hepático em indivíduos com serologia negativa para o antígeno de superfície (HBsAg). Os mecanismos que conduzem à infecção oculta pelo VHB não são claros, embora as mutações...
Whereas the number of people newly infected by HIV is continuing to decline globally, the epidemic continues to expand in many parts of the world. As the HIV/AIDS epidemic has matured in many countries, it is believed that the proportion of new infections occurring within couples has risen. Across countr...
As infeções sexualmente transmissíveis, incluindo as vaginais estão entre os problemas de saúde
pública mais comuns em todo o mundo. A infertilidade feminina e masculina, a transmissão de
mãe para o filho, determinando perdas gestacionais ou doença congénita e o aumento do risco
para a infe...
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
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
Situação do HIV na região
A epidemia de HIV na África Subsaariana continua a ser causa
de uma signifi cativa taxa de mortalidade e morbilidade, tendo
esta região uma parte desproporcionada da carga global,
conforme mostra a descrição a seguir. Enquanto o número
de novas infecções na África...
HIV,
Miners,
Epidemiologic Surveillance Services,
Health Services Accessibility,
Unsafe Sex,
Sexual Partners,
Health Surveys/statistics & numerical data,
Prevalence,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Surveys and Questionnaires/statistics & numerical data,
Occupational Groups/classification,
Hepatitis B virus
“Experiências e percepções sobre o uso de insumos de prevenção do HIV e outras ITS em homens que fazem sexo com homens" é um estudo que foi realizado na cidade de Maputo no período entre 2010 - 2012. A motivação do mesmo surgiu no âmbito duma investigação sobre avaliação de risco e vulner...
HIV prevalence rates in Zambézia Province were estimated to be 12.6% in 2009. A number of educational campaigns have been aimed at improving HIV transmission and prevention knowledge among community members in an effort to reduce infection rates. These campaigns have also encouraged people to seek healt...
Anti-HIV Agents/therapeutic use,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Africa,
Residence Characteristics,
Delivery of Health Care,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/psychology,
HIV Infections/therapy,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Medicine, African Traditional,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/psychology,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/statistics & numerical data,
Rural Population/statistics & numerical data,
Sexual Partners/psychology
