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Factors Associated with Late Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation among Adults in Mozambique

Lahuerta, Maria; Lima, Josue; Biribonwoha, Harriet Nuwagaba; Okamura, Mie; Alvim, Maria Fernanda; Fernandes, Rufino; Assan, Americo; Hoos, David; Elul, Batya; El-Sadr, Wafaa M; Nash, Denis.
Plos one; 7 (5), 2012
Despite recent changes to expand the ART eligibility criteria in sub-Saharan Africa, many patients still initiate ART in the advanced stages of HIV infection, which contributes to increased early mortality rates, poor patient outcomes, and onward transmission. To evaluate individual and clinic-level fact...
HIV Infections, Patients, Anti-Retroviral Agents, Mortality, Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical, Treatment Outcome, Africa South of the Sahara
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Effect of point-of-care CD4 cell count tests on retention of patients and rates of antiretroviral therapy initiation in primary health clinics: an observational cohort study

Jani, lesh V; Sitoe, Nádia E; Alfai, Eunice R; Chongo, Patrina L; Quevedo, Jorge I; Rocha, Beatriz M; Lehe, Jonathan D; Peter, Trevor F.
Lancet; 378 (9802), 2011
Background: Loss to follow-up of HIV-positive patients before initiation of antiretroviral therapy can exceed 50% in low-income settings and is a challenge to the scale-up of treatment. We implemented point-of-care counting of CD4 cells in Mozambique and assessed the effect on loss to follow-up before im...
Age Factors, Ambulatory Care, Attitude to Health, CD4 Lymphocyte Count, Cohort Studies, Confidence Intervals, Developing Countries, Treatment Outcome, Patient Compliance, Mozambique, Retrospective Studies, Socioeconomic Factors
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Treatment of Kaposi sarcoma in human immunodeficiency virus-1-infected Mozambican children with antiretroviral drugs and chemotherapy

Vaz, paula; Eugenia, macassa; Jani, ilesh, v; Thome, beatriz; Mahagaja, epifanio; Madede, tavares; Muando, valeria; Biberfeld, gunnel; Anderson, soren; Blanche, stephane.
Pediatr. infect. dis. j; 30 (10), 2011
AIDS-associated Kaposi sarcoma occurs in children, but treatment experience reports are very scarce. A retrospective analysis of 28 children treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy and monthly paclitaxel showed unexpected results with 19 children in complete and sustainable remission, including...
Anti-Retroviral Agents/administration & dosage, Antineoplastic Agents/administration & dosage, Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active/methods, Drug Therapy/methods, HIV Infections/complications, HIV Infections/virology, HIV-1/isolation & purification, Sarcoma, Kaposi/therapy, Sarcoma, Kaposi/pathology, Treatment Outcome
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Efficacy of chloroquine, amodiaquine, sulphadoxine–pyrimethamine and combination therapy with artesunate in Mozambican children with non-complicated malaria

Abacassamo, F; Enosse, S; Aponte, J J; Go ́mez-Olive, ́FX; Quinto ́, L; Mabunda, S; Barreto, A; Magnussen, P; Rønn, A M; Thompson, R; Alonso, P L.
Trop. med. int. health; 9 (2), 2004
This paper reports a two-phase study in Manhiça district, Mozambique: first we assessed the clinical efficacy and parasitological response of Plasmodium falciparum to chloroquine (CQ), sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) and amodiaquine (AQ), then we tested the safety and efficacy in the treatment of uncomp...
Chloroquine/adverse effects, Amodiaquine/administration & dosage, Malaria, Falciparum/drug therapy, Sulfadoxine/administration & dosage, Antimalarials/administration & dosage, Antimalarials/adverse effects, Chloroquine/administration & dosage, Malaria, Falciparum/therapy, Plasmodium falciparum/radiation effects, Pyrimethamine/administration & dosage, Pyrimethamine/adverse effects, Treatment Outcome
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A summary of wokshops in Maputo, Beira and Nampula, Mozambique: rational pharmaceuticals management project november 1998

Moçambique. Ministério da Saúde.
Este documento é uma publicação dos resumos do segundo seminário de informações sobre medicamentos para tomada de decisão clínica, prédio do MINSAU. "Projeto de gestão racional de produtos farmacêuticos, novembro de 1998". O seminário começou no dia 02/11/98 com distribuição de materiais ...
Congresses as Topic, 51572, Pharmaceutical Preparations, Mozambique, Medication Errors, Drug Evaluation, Preclinical, Treatment Outcome
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