Contexte : L’épidémie du virus de l’immunodéficience humaine au Mozambique est un problème grave de santé publique et le Ministère de la Santé a étendu le traitement antirétroviral à tous les districts du pays. Cependant, on constate un nombre élevé d’abandon du traitement encore insuff...
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Anti-Retroviral Agents,
Anthropology, Cultural,
Medication Adherence,
HIV Infections/drug therapy,
Developing Countries,
Plants, Medicinal,
Epidemics/prevention & control,
Medicine, African Traditional,
Anti-Retroviral Agents/pharmacology,
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes/drug therapy,
HIV Infections/therapy,
Anti-HIV Agents/therapeutic use
Background: In Mozambique, HIV infection remains a leading cause of adolescent mortality. With advances in antiretroviral treatment (ART), the population of adolescents living with vertically-acquired HIV is growing. Most studies of adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) focus on older youth with horizontal...
A bilharziose é causada por parasitas que vivem em água doce, como rios ou lagos, em regiões
tropicais e subtropicais de todo o mundo, sendo altamente prevalente em Moçambique. Um estudo
de prevalência realizado em 1996 em três escolas primárias da cidade de Maputo, encontrou uma
prevalência d...
Sigauque, betuel;
Moiane, benild;
Massora, sergio;
Pimenta, fabiana;
Verani, jennifer r;
Mucavele, helio;
Chauque, alberto;
Santos, rita t;
Carvalho, maria da gloria;
Whitney, cynthia g;
Leesa, fernanda c.
Pneumococcal carriage is a precursor of invasive pneumococcal disease. Mozambique introduced 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV10) in April 2013, using a 3-dose schedule without a booster. We evaluated PCV10 impact on pneumococcal carriage and colonization density by HIV status.
Methods: We c...
A Tuberculose (TB) é uma das patologias mais antigas da humanidade e constitui um problema importante de saúde pública mundial1. A tuberculose pulmonar é a forma mais comum, entre tanto, pode afectar diferentes órgãos., . A tuberculose extra-pulmonar afecta sobretudo os seguintes órgãos e/ou regi...
Galatas, beatriz;
Soler, helena martí;
Nhamussua, lidia;
Cisteró, pau;
Assessor, pedro;
Menéndez, clara;
Saute, francisco;
Rabinovich, regina;
Alonso, pedro L;
Prefeito, alfredo;
Bassat, quique.
Background. Afebrile Plasmodium falciparum infections usually remain undetected and untreated in the community and could potentially contribute to sustaining local malaria transmission in areas aiming for malaria elimination. Methods. Thirty-two men with afebrile P. falciparum infections detected with ra...
The assessment of pregnant women's knowledge about modes of infections transmission is essential to tailor programs to their needs. This study aimed to assess knowledge about human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) among pregnant women in Nampula - Mozambi...
Audet, Carolyn M;
Graves, Erin;
Barreto, Ezequiel;
Schacht, Caroline De;
Gong, Wu;
Shepherd, Bryan E;
Aboobacar, Arifo;
Calvo, Lazaro Gonzalez;
Alvim, Maria Fernanda;
Aliyu, Muktar H;
Kipp, Aaron M;
Jordan, Heather;
Amico, K Rivet;
Diemer, Matthew;
Ciaranello, Andrea;
Dugdale, Caitlin;
Vermund, Sten H;
Rompaey, Sara Van.
Background: In resource-limited rural settings, scale-up of services to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV has not been as effective as in better resourced urban settings. In sub-Saharan Africa, women often require male partner approval to access and remain engaged in HIV care. Our study will...
Breast Feeding/methods,
HIV Infections/diagnosis,
HIV Infections/psychology,
HIV Infections/therapy,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Infant, Newborn,
Interpersonal Relations,
HIV Infections/transmission,
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/prevention & control,
Rural Population
Acácio, sozinho;
Nhampossa, tacilta;
Quintó, llorenç;
Vubil, delfino;
Sacoor, charfudin;
Kotloff, karen;
Farag, tamer;
Dilruba, nasrin;
Macete, eusebio;
Levine, myron, m;
Alonso, pedro;
Mandomando, inácio;
Bassat, quique.
The Global Enteric Multicenter Study enrolled children with moderate-to-severe diarrhea (MSD) and less-severe diarrhea (LSD) between December 2007 and November 2012. One to three controls for MSD cases and one per LSD case were enrolled and matched by age, sex, and neighborhood. All children were tested ...
Maixenchs, maria;
Anselmo, rui;
Sanz, ariadna;
Castillo, paola;
Macete, eusebio;
Carrilho, carla;
Ordi, jaume;
Menendez, clara;
Bassat, quique;
Munguambe, khatia.
Background: The minimally invasive autopsy (MIA) is being investigated as an alternative to the complete diagnostic autopsy (CDA), gold standard for CoD determination, in settings where CDA is unfeasible and/or unacceptable. We aimed to explore healthcare providers' views and perceptions on theoretical a...
