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...
Objectives: Our study aimed to evaluate the stability of human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) RNA on cobas plasma separation card (PSC) specimens for viral load (VL) testing after being exposed to varied temperatures and storage times.
Methods: For this purpose, venous PSC specimens were collected and ...
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
Nhampossa, Tacilta;
Fernández-Luis, Sheila;
Fuente-Soro, Laura;
Bernardo, Edson;
Nhacolo, Arsénio;
Orvalho, Augusto;
Nhacolo, Ariel;
Saura-Lázaro, Anna;
Lopez-Varela, Elisa;
Naniche, Denise.
Introduction: Manhiça District, in Southern Mozambique harbors high HIV prevalence and a long history of migration. To optimize HIV care, we sought to assess how caregiver's mobility impacts children living with HIV (CLHIV)´s continuation in HIV care and to explore the strategies used by caregivers to ...
Ambulatory Care Facilities,
Anti-HIV Agents/therapeutic use,
Anti-Retroviral Agents/administration & dosage,
Anti-Retroviral Agents/therapeutic use,
Caregiver Burden/psychology,
Caregivers/psychology,
HIV Infections/therapy,
HIV-1/pathogenicity,
Health Services Accessibility/trends,
Human Migration/trends,
Middle Aged,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Capitine, Igor P U;
Macicame, Ivalda B;
Uanela, Artur M;
Bhatt, Nilesh B;
Yates, Adam;
Milazzo, Mark;
Nwoga, Chiaka;
Crowell, Trevor A;
Michael, Nelson L;
Robb, Merlin L;
Jani, Ilesh V;
Kroidl, Arne;
Polyak, Christina S;
Schacht, Caroline De.
Introduction: Vaccine efficacy testing requires engagement of willing volunteers with high disease incidence. We evaluated factors associated with willingness to participate in potential future HIV vaccine trials in Maputo, Mozambique.
Methods: Adults aged 18-35 years without HIV and who reported at leas...
AIDS Vaccines/therapeutic use,
Clinical Trials as Topic/psychology,
HIV Infections/prevention & control,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Motivation,
Mozambique,
Patient Participation/psychology,
Phobic Disorders,
Sexual Behavior,
Sexual Partners
Capitine, Igor P U;
Macicame, Ivalda B;
Uanela, Artur M;
Bhatt, Nilesh B;
Yates, Adam;
Milazzo, Mark;
Nwoga, Chiaka;
Crowell 3, Trevor A;
Michael, Nelson L;
Robb, Merlin L;
Jani, Ilesh V;
Kroidl, Arne;
Polyak, Christina S;
Schacht, Caroline De.
Introduction: Vaccine efficacy testing requires engagement of willing volunteers with high disease incidence. We evaluated factors associated with willingness to participate in potential future HIV vaccine trials in Maputo, Mozambique.
Methods: Adults aged 18-35 years without HIV and who reported at leas...
AIDS Vaccines/therapeutic use,
HIV Infections/prevention & control,
Motivation,
Mozambique,
Clinical Trials as Topic/psychology,
Patient Participation,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Patient Participation/psychology,
Phobic Disorders,
Sexual Behavior,
Sexual Partners
González, raquel;
Nhampossa, tacilta 3;
Ngoma, ghyslain mombo;
Mischlinger, johannes;
Esen, meral;
Tchouatieu, andré marie;
Duran, clara pons;
Dimessa, lia betty;
Lell, bertrand;
Lagler, heimo;
Otero, laura garcia.
Introduction: Malaria infection during pregnancy is an important driver of maternal and neonatal health especially among HIV-infected women. Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine is recommended for malaria prevention in HIV-uninfected women, but it is contr...
Antimalarials/adverse effects,
Artemisinins,
Artesunate/administration & dosage,
HIV Infections/prevention & control,
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/prevention & control,
Malaria/prevention & control,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic/chemically induced,
Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic/prevention & control,
Quinolines
Background: Unhealthy sexual behaviors, such as unprotected sexual intercourse and lack of using screening services increase cyclical transmission of sexually transmitted infections including Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), especially among young adults. Hence health promotion programs can contribute...
