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Procedimento operacional padrão para oferta de apoio psicossocial e prevenção positiva (apss e pp) no âmbito da emergência do Covid-19

Procedimento operacional padrão para oferta de apoio psicossocial e prevenção positiva (apss e pp) no âmbito da emergência do Covid-19...

HIV-exposed infant follow-up in Mozambique: formative research findings for the design of a cluster randomized controlled trial to improve testing and ART initiation

Background: Early infant diagnosis (EID) of HIV-exposed and initiation of HIV-positive infants on anti-retroviral therapy (ART) requires a well-coordinated cascade of care. Loss-to-follow-up (LTFU) can occur at multiple steps and effective EID is impeded by human resource constraints, difficulty with pat...

Directriz Nacional para o tratamento da TB latente
National guideline for TB treatment latent

A Tuberculose Latente (TBL) é definida como um estado de respostanimunológica persistente à estimulação pelo antígeno do Mycobacterium tuberculosis sem evidência de manifestação clínica da doença activa. A probabilidade de progressão da infecção para doença activa depende de vários factor...

National HIV testing and diagnosis coverage in sub-Saharan Africa: a new modeling tool for estimating the 'first 90' from program and survey data

AIDS (Lond.); 33 (3), 2019
HIV testing services (HTS) are a crucial component of national HIV responses. Learning one's HIV diagnosis is the entry point to accessing life-saving antiretroviral treatment and care. Recognizing the critical role of HTS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) launched the 90-90-90 tar...

Relatório semestral 2019: relatório Semestral das actividades relacionadas ao HIV/SIDA

O Programa Nacional de Controlo de ITS HIV/SIDA (PNC ITS-HIV/SIDA) é a entidade do Serviço Nacional de Saúde responsável pela gestão dos serviços de saúde relacionados ao HIV. A sua missão é de coordenar, regulamentar e prestar cuidados e tratamento às pessoas vivendo com HIV. Para responder ...

Mozambique’s Community Antiretroviral Therapy Support Group Program: The Role of Social Relationships in Facilitating HIV/ AIDS Treatment Retention

AIDS behav; 23 (9), 2019
The Community Antiretroviral (ARV) Therapy Support Group (CASG) program aims to address low retention rates in Mozambique’s HIV treatment program and the absorptive capacity of the country’s health facilities. CASG provides patients with the opportunity to form groups, whose members provide peer supp...

Efficacy and safety of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for treatment of Plasmodium falciparum uncomplicated malaria in adult patients on antiretroviral therapy in Malawi and Mozambique: an open label non-randomized interventional trial

Malar. j. (Online); 18 (1), 2019
Background: HIV-infected individuals on antiretroviral therapy (ART) require treatment with artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) when infected with malaria. Dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine (DPQ) is recommended for treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria, but its efcacy and safety has not been ...

Good health’ as a barrier and facilitator to ART initiation: a qualitative study in the era of test-and-treat in Mozambique

Cult. health sex; 21 (9), 2019
HIV test-and-treat programmes are being implemented throughout sub-Saharan Africa, enrolling HIV-positive clients into antiretroviral treatment (ART) immediately after diagnosis, regardless of clinical stage or CD4 count. This study conducted in Mozambique examined what influenced clients who tested HIV-...

Contributions des tradipraticiens de santé au traitement antirétroviral: Étude de cas à Nampula, Mozambique

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...

The secret life of young adolescents living with HIV in northern Mozambique - a mixed methods study

BMC public health (Online); 21 (1650), 2018
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...