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Relatório anual das actividades relacionadas ao HIV/SIDA - 2016

O Programa Nacional de Controlo (PNC) de 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 de forma estrat...

Mobile health treatment support intervention for HIV andtuberculosis in Mozambique: Perspectives of patients and healthcare workers

PLos ONE; 12 (4), 2017
Studies have been conducted in developing countries using SMS to communicate with patients to reduce the number of missed appointments and improve retention in treatment, however; very few have been scaled up. One possible reason for this could be that patients or staff are dissatisfied with the method i...

HIV status, Fertility Intentions, and Contraception in the Era of Expanded Access to Antiretroviral Therapy: A Case Study of Rural Mozambique

Glob. public health; 13 (5), 2016
Provision of effective contraception to HIV-positive women of reproductive age is critical to effective management of HIV infection and prevention of both vertical and horizontal HIV transmission in developing countries. This exploratory retrospective study examines contraceptive use during the prolonged...

Relatório anual das actividades relacionadas ao HIV/SIDA - 2015

O presente ano (2015) revestiu-se de grandes desafios e realizações na implementação dos Planos de Aceleração da Resposta ao HIV/SIDA (2013-2017) e Eliminação da Transmissão Vertical (2012-2015). Este foi um ano crucial para o Plano Nacional de Eliminação da Transmissão Vertical por ter sido ...

PERFIL SÓCIO-DEMOGRÁFICO E CLÍNICO DOS PACIENTES QUE ABANDONARAM O TRATAMENTO ANTIRRETROVIRAL NAS PROVÍNCIAS DE MAPUTO E DE CABO DELGADO (2012- 2013)

Em Moçambique o número de pessoas vivendo com HIV e SIDA (PVHS) em 2014, foi estimado em 1.6 milhões de indivíduos. De 2003 a 2014, foi feita descentralização e integração do tratamento antirretroviral (TARV) nos Cuidados de Saude Primários (CSP), permitindo uma cobertura de 65 % dos pacientes e...

Post-ART Symptoms Were Not the Problem: A Qualitative Study on Adherence to ART in HIV-Infected Patients in a Mozambican Rural Hospital

PLos ONE; 10 (9), 2015
Objective: The objective of this qualitative study was to explore how clinical symptoms may affect adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in HIV patients, and to explore factors, perceptions and attitudes related to adherence to therapy. Design: A qualitative study was carried out in the context of th...

Relatório Semestral 2015 Relatório Semestral das Actividades Relacionadas ao HIV/SIDA

O Programa Nacional de Controlo (PNC) de ITS-HIV/SIDA é a entidade responsável do Serviço Nacional de Saúde para a gestão dos serviços de saúde relacionados ao HIV. A sua missão é de coordenação, regulamentação e prestação de cuidados e tratamento aos pacientes vivendo com HIV. Para respon...

Determinants of virological failure and antiretroviral drug resistance in Mozambique

J. antimicrob. chemother; 70 (9), 2015
Objectives: The objective of this study was to inform public health actions to limit first-line ART failure and HIV drug resistance in Mozambique. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. HIV-1-infected adults on first-line ART for at least 1 year attending routine visits in the Manhiça District Hospi...

Implementation of Point-of-Care Diagnostics Leads to Variable Uptake of Syphilis, Anemia and CD4+ T-Cell Count Testing in Rural Maternal and Child Health Clinics

PLos ONE; 10 (8), 2015
Introduction: Anemia, syphilis and HIV are high burden diseases among pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa. A quasi-experimental study was conducted in four health facilities in Southern Mozambique to evaluate the effect of point-of-care technologies for hemoglobin quantification, syphilis testing and CD...

Temporal Trends in Patient Characteristics and Outcomes Among Children Enrolled in Mozambique's National Antiretroviral Therapy Program

Pediatr. infect. dis. j; 34 (8), 2015
During 2004-2009, >12,000 children (<15 years old) initiated antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Mozambique. Nationally representative outcomes and temporal trends in outcomes were investigated. Methods: Rates of death, loss to follow-up (LTFU) and attrition (death or LTFU) were evaluated in a nationally re...