Dubé , Karine;
Zango, Arlinda;
Wijgert, Janneke van de;
Meque, Ivete;
Ferro, Josefo J;
Cumbe, Fidelina;
Chen, Pai Lien;
Ma, Sabrina;
Jolles, Erik;
Fumo, Afonso;
Robb, Merlin L;
Feldblum, Paul J.
Background: HIV is prevalent in Sofala Province, Mozambique. To inform future prevention research, we undertook a study in the provincial capital (Beira) to measure HIV incidence in women at higher risk of HIV and assess the feasibility of recruiting and retaining them as research participants.
Methods:...
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
We used data from a randomized trial of HIV-tuberculosis co-infected patients in Mozambique to determine the incidence and predictors of paradoxical tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) occurring within 12 weeks of starting antiretroviral therapy, and to evaluate its...
Background: Mozambique has experienced cholera for several decades. This study was undertaken to evaluate epidemiologic patterns to assist in guiding public health interventions.
Methods: We evaluated district-level Ministry of Health data for 123 consecutive weeks starting 1 January 2009. Cholera cases ...
Objective: To describe the burden, clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of severe malnutrition in children under the age of 5 years.
Design: Retrospective study of hospital-based data systematically collected from January 2001 to December 2010.
Setting: Rural Mozambican district hospital.
Subj...
Ambulatory Care Facilities,
Breast Feeding,
Comorbidity,
Diarrhea,
Hospital Mortality,
Hospitalization,
Hospitals, District,
Population Surveillance,
Prevalence,
Retrospective Studies,
Rural Population,
Severity of Illness Index,
Protein-Energy Malnutrition/complications,
Protein-Energy Malnutrition/epidemiology,
Protein-Energy Malnutrition/mortality,
Malnutrition/complications,
Malnutrition/epidemiology,
Malnutrition/mortality,
Malaria/parasitology,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Liotta, Giuseppe;
Mancinelli, Sandro;
Nielsen-Saines, Karin;
Gennaro, E;
Abdul Magid, Nurja;
Germano, Paola;
Jere, Haswell;
Guidotti, Gianni;
Buonomo, Ersilia;
Ciccacci, Fausto;
Palombi, Leonardo;
Marazzi, Maria Cristina.
HIV infection is a major contributor to maternal mortality in resource-limited settings. The Drug Resource Enhancement Against AIDS and Malnutrition Programme has been promoting HAART use during pregnancy and postpartum for Prevention-of-mother-to-child-HIV transmission (PMTCT) irrespective of maternal C...
Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active,
CD4 Lymphocyte Count,
Follow-Up Studies,
HIV Infections,
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical,
Kaplan-Meier Estimate,
Maternal Mortality,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Multivariate Analysis,
Outcome Assessment, Health Care,
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious,
Survival Rate,
Proportional Hazards Models,
Pregnant Women,
Viral Load
Bila, Dolce Celina Adolfo;
Young, Peter;
Marks, Herriet;
Vubil, Adolfo Salvador;
Mahumed, Mussagy;
Brooks, James I;
Augusto, Angelo;
Jani, Ilesh Vinodrai;
Mabunda, Nédio Jonas;
Tanuri, Amilcar;
Abreu, Celina Monteiro.
Em Moçambique, o tratamento anti-retroviral altamente activo (HAART) foi introduzido em 2004, seguido de descentralização e expansão, resultando num aumento de mais de 20 vezes na cobertura até 2009. A implementação de inquéritos sobre limiares de resistência aos medicamentos contra o VIH (HIVDR...
Mozambique through the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) program. If routine data from this program were of sufficient quality, their heightened coverage and continuous availability could complement or even replace biannual sentinel serosurveys that currently serve as the primary HIV sur...
HIV Infections/diagnosis,
HIV Infections/prevention & control,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
Sentinel Surveillance,
HIV Infections/transmission,
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/prevention & control,
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/statistics & numerical data,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/diagnosis,
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/epidemiology,
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/prevention & control,
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/virology
Background: The prevalence and determinants of HIV and late diagnosis of HIV in young women in Beira, Mozambique, were estimated in preparation for HIV prevention trials.
Methods: An HIV prevalence survey was conducted between December 2009 and October 2012 among 1,018 women aged 18-35 with two or more ...
Nhampossa, Tacilta;
Mandomando, Inacio;
Acacio, Sozinho;
Nhalungo, Delino;
Sacoor, Charfudin;
Nhacolo, Ariel;
Macete, Eusebio;
Nhabanga, Arnaldo;
Quintó, Llorenç;
Kotloff, Karen;
Levine, Myron M;
Nasrin, Dilruba;
Farag, Tamer;
Bassat, Quique;
Alonso, Pedro.
In the predominantly rural Manhiça district, in southern Mozambique, diarrhea is one of the leading causes of death among children under 5 years. Caretakers randomly selected from the Demographic Surveillance Database were invited to participate in a community-based survey on use of healthcare services ...
Caregivers/psychology,
Diarrhea, Infantile/epidemiology,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Health Surveys,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/psychology,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/statistics & numerical data,
Prevalence,
Primary Health Care/statistics & numerical data,
Risk Factors,
Rural Population,
Severity of Illness Index,
Mozambique/epidemiology
