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Concordance of three alternative gestational age assessments for pregnant women from four African countries: A secondary analysis of the MIPPAD trial

PLos ONE; 13 (8), 2018
Background: At times, ultrasound is not readily available in low resource countries in Africa for accurate determination of gestational age, so using alternative methods is pivotal during pregnancy. These assessments are used to aid the risk analysis for an infant and management strategies for premature ...

20+1 Cartas travessias direção a a uma psicanálise em Moçambique
20+1 Letters crossings towards a psychoanalysis in Mozambique

Esta escrita está metaforizada com a ideia de uma travessia, a minha travessia. Uma Moçambicana, com o desejo de conhecer uma Psicanálise voltada a questões da Saúde Mental e que participe ativamente da construção de Políticas Públicas se encontrou e se reconheceu como pesquisadora, entre idas e...

Caretakers’ perspectives of paediatric TB and implications for care-seeking behaviours in Southern Mozambique

PLos ONE; 12 (9), 2017
Background Tuberculosis (TB) remains an important public health concern, especially in poorly resourced settings. TB diagnosis is challenging, particularly for children, who are the most vulnerable to its0 impacts. Lack of knowledge and awareness of the disease compromises prompt diagnosis and treatment ...

Measuring health systems strength and its impact: experiences from the African Health Initiative

Background: Health systems are essential platforms for accessible, quality health services, and population health improvements. Global health initiatives have dramatically increased health resources; however, funding to strengthen health systems has not increased commensurately, partially due to concern...

Research capacity building integrated into PHIT projects: leveraging research and research funding to build national capacity

Background: Inadequate research capacity impedes the development of evidence-based health programming in sub-Saharan Africa. However, funding for research capacity building (RCB) is often insufficient and restricted, limiting institutions' ability to address current RCB needs. The Doris Duke Charitable ...

HBV infection in untreated HIV-infected adults in Maputo, Mozambique
Correction: HBV infection in untreated HIV-infected adults in Maputo, Mozambique

PLos ONE; 12 (12), 2017
Background HIV/ HBV coinfected patients are at high risk of developing chronic HBV infection, liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. In Mozambique, where HIV prevalence is one of the highest in the world, HIV-infected patients are scarcely characterized in terms of HBV coinfection and 3TC-resistan...

Helios + Regulatory T cell frequencies are correlated with control of viral replication and recovery of absolute CD4 T cells counts in early HIV-1 infection

BMC immunol. (Online); 18 (1), 2017
Background: The acute phase of HIV infection is characterized by massive depletion of CD4 T cells, high viral plasma levels and pronounced systemic immune activation. Regulatory T cells (Tregs) have the potential to control systemic immune activation but also to suppress antigen specific T and B cell res...

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Drug Resistance in African Infants and Young Children Newly Diagnosed With HIV: A Multicountry Analysis
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Drug Resistance in African Infants and Young Children Newly Diagnosed With HIV: A Multicountry Analysis

Clin. infect. dis; 65 (12), 2017
Background. Programs for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have been scaled up in many low- and middle-income countries. However, HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) data among HIV-1– infected young children remain limited. Methods. Surveys of pretreat...

Estratégia nacional de residéncias médicas

Ao longo da historia da medecina, particularmente durante a ultima metade do século xx, e inicio deste, assistiu-se a uma fragmentanção progressiva dos conhecimentos médicos, numa vasta gama de árias de diferenciação da arte e ciência de tratar. Aclassificação destas árias não é uniforme en...

A combination intervention strategy to improve linkage to and retention in HIV care following diagnosis in Mozambique: A cluster-randomized study

PloS med; 14 (11), 2017
Background: Concerning gaps in the HIV care continuum compromise individual and population health. We evaluated a combination intervention strategy (CIS) targeting prevalent barriers to timely linkage and sustained retention in HIV care in Mozambique. Methods and findings: In this cluster-randomized tria...