Carlucci, james;
Schacht, caroline de;
Graves, erin;
González, purificación;
Bravo, magdalena;
Yu , zhihong;
Amorim , gustavo;
Arinze, folasade;
Silva, wilson;
Tique, jose a;
Alvim, maria;
Simione, beatriz;
Fernando, anibal n;
Wester, c william.
Background: Historically, antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation was based on CD4 criteria, but this has been replaced with "Test and Start" wherein all people living with HIV are offered ART. We describe the baseline immunologic status among children relative to evolving ART policies in Mozambique.
Me...
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: Antenatal care (ANC) clinics remain important entry points to HIV care for pregnant women living with HIV-including adolescents. Prior knowledge of their HIV status at ANC enrollment is crucial to providing services for prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV. We examined kn...
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/transmission,
HIV Testing/statistics & numerical data,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/prevention & control,
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/epidemiology,
Prenatal Care/statistics & numerical data,
Eswatini/epidemiology,
Ethiopia/epidemiology,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Background: To stem the HIV epidemic among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), prevention programs must target services towards those most at risk for HIV. This paper investigates approaches to estimate HIV risk and map the spatial heterogeneity of at-risk populations in three countries: Eswatini, H...
Eswatini/epidemiology,
Geography,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
Haiti/epidemiology,
Latent Class Analysis,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Preventive Health Services/methods,
Risk,
Satellite Imagery,
Sexual Behavior/statistics & numerical data,
Social Determinants of Health,
Surveys and Questionnaires
As survival among people living with HIV (PLHIV) improves with universal HIV treatment, new strategies are needed to support management of co-morbidities like type 2 diabetes (T2D). We assessed prediabetes and T2D prevalence and risk factors using haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) among PLHIV on antiretroviral the...
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications,
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/drug therapy,
Prediabetic State,
Glycated Hemoglobin,
Blood Glucose,
Humans,
Kenya/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/complications,
HIV Infections/drug therapy,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
Prediabetic State/epidemiology,
Prediabetic State/diagnosis
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...
Nacarapa, edy;
Verdu, m elisa;
Nacarapa, joana;
Chongo, bartolomeu;
Osorio , dulce;
Munyangaju, isabelle;
Mugabe, didier;
Paredes, roger;
Chamarro , ana;
Revollo, boris;
Alexandre, silvio s;
Simango, mulassua;
Torrus, diego;
Ramos-Rincon, jose-manuel.
HIV remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality for people living in many low-income countries. With an HIV prevalence of 12.4% among people aged over 15 years, Mozambique was ranked in 2019 as one of eight countries with the highest HIV rates in the world. We analyzed routinely collected data from ...
Introduction: migrant mine workers are susceptible
to engage in risky sexual behaviour due to their high
mobility, putting at risk their families and home
communities. Because comprehensive knowledge
about HIV/AIDS is a key factor in reducing HIV
infections, this study aims to understand the current...
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) ...
Kenga, Darlenne B;
Gebretsadik, Tebeb;
Simbine, Samuel;
Simbine, Samuel;
Maússe, Fabião E;
Charles, Pedro;
Zaqueu, Ernesto;
Fernando, Hermenegilda F;
Sacarlal, Jahit;
Moon, Troy D.
Background: Bacteremia is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Children infected with HIV present with patterns of bacteremia generally associated with poor prognosis. In Mozambique, data on bacteremia are sparce.
Methods: We conducted an observational study of HIV-infected and HIV-expose...
Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use,
Bacteremia/epidemiology,
Bacteremia/drug therapy,
Community-Acquired Infections/drug therapy,
Community-Acquired Infections/epidemiology,
Fever/drug therapy,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/complications,
HIV Infections/drug therapy,
Microbial Sensitivity Tests,
Staphylococcal Infections/drug therapy,
Mozambique/epidemiology