Alonso, Selena;
Vudal, Marta;
Olalla, Gemma Ruiz;
Gonzelez, Raquel;
Manaca, M Nelia;
Jairoce, Chenjerai;
Balcells, Reyes;
Vala, Anifa;
Ruperez, María;
Soro, Laura Fuente;
Cova, Marta;
Angov, Evelina;
Nhacolo, Arsenio;
Sevene, Esperança;
Aponte, John J;
Macete, Eusebio;
Dobano, Carlota;
Moncunil, Gemma.
Transplacental transfer of antibodies is essential for conferring protection in newborns against infectious diseases. We assessed the impact of different factors, including gestational age and maternal infections such as HIV and malaria, on the efficiency of cord blood levels and placental transfer of Ig...
Antibodies/immunology,
Antigens/immunology,
Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active,
Fetal Blood/immunology,
HIV Infections/therapy,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/immunology,
HIV Infections/virology,
Immunity, Maternally-Acquired,
Immunoglobulin G/immunology,
Maternal-Fetal Exchange/immunology,
Placenta/metabolism,
Pregnancy,
Carrier Proteins,
Sex Factors,
Vaccines/immunology
Teasdale, Chloe A;
Brittain, Kirsty;
Zerbe, Allison;
Mellins, Claude Ann;
Falcao, Joana;
Couto, Aleny;
De Gusmao, Eduarda Pimentel;
Vitale, Mirriah;
Kapogiannis, Bill;
Simione, Teresa Beatriz;
Myer, Landon;
Mantell, Joanne;
Desmond, Christopher;
Abrams, Elaine J.
Background: Adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) 15-19 years of age are a growing proportion of all people living with HIV globally and the population includes adolescents with vertically acquired HIV (AVH) and behaviorally acquired HIV (ABH).
Methods: We conducted a survey to measure sociodemographic ch...
Anti-Retroviral Agents/therapeutic use,
Condoms,
Educational Status,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/physiopathology,
HIV Infections/transmission,
HIV-1/pathogenicity,
Medical History Taking/statistics & numerical data,
Medication Adherence/statistics & numerical data,
Sexual Behavior/statistics & numerical data,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Uptake of HIV testing and antiretroviral therapy (ART) services during antenatal care (ANC) in rural Mozambique is disappointing. To nurture supportive male engagement in ANC services, we partnered with traditional birth attendants and trained a new type of male-to-male community health agent, "Male Cham...
Community Health Workers,
Community-Based Participatory Research,
Counseling,
HIV Infections/diagnosis,
HIV Infections/prevention & control,
HIV Infections/transmission,
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/prevention & control,
Mass Screening/statistics & numerical data,
Midwifery,
Mozambique,
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/diagnosis,
Pregnant Women/ethnology,
Pregnant Women/psychology,
Prenatal Care,
Sexual Partners,
Treatment Outcome
Tuberculosis (TB) and malnutrition are important causes of morbidity and mortality in children in the developing world.
Aims
To assess the prevalence of pulmonary TB in severely malnourished children and evaluate TB detection using the urine lipoarabinomannan antigen assay (TB-LAM).
Methods
A retrospec...
HIV Infections,
Lipopolysaccharides,
Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Sensitivity and Specificity,
Severe Acute Malnutrition,
Tuberculosis,
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/diagnosis,
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/complications,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/epidemiology
In Mozambique, more than a million children are living with HIV or are otherwise vulnerable due to HIV. In response to this crisis, the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief funds programs that serve orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV and their families. These programs retain case wo...
Clinical Governance,
HIV Infections/diagnosis,
Child, Orphaned,
d0149440,
d0062950,
HIV Infections/therapy,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Vulnerable Populations,
Mozambique
Sack, Daniel E;
Frisby, Michael B;
Diemer, Matthew A;
Schacht, Caroline De;
Graves, Erin;
Kipp, Aaron M;
Emílio, Almiro;
Matino, Ariano;
Barreto, Ezequiel;
Rompaey, Sara Van;
Wallston , Kenneth A;
Audet, Carolyn M.
The ability to understand another’s emotions and act appropriately, empathy, is an important mediator of
relationship function and health intervention fidelity. We adapted the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) – an empathy
scale – among seroconcordant expectant couples with HIV in the Homens par...
Fernandez, Sheila;
Augusto, Orvalho;
Fuente-Soro, Laura;
Menéndez, Clara;
López-Varela, Elisa;
Naniche, Denise;
Bernardo, Edson;
Nhampossa, Tacilta;
Maculuve, Sónia;
Casellas, Aina;
Ruperez, Maria.
It is often assumed that children and their caregivers either stay in care together or discontinue together, but data is lacking on caregiver–child retention concordance. We sought to describe the pattern of care among a cohort of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected children and mothers enrolle...
Examinamos os fatores associados ao rastreamento do vírus da imunodeficiência humana (HIV) e desenvolvemos um mapa de superfície de prevalência de rastreamento de HIV usando técnicas de interpolação espacial para identificar as áreas geográficas com as maiores e menores taxas de rastreamento de ...
Chongo, Patrina;
Sitoe, Nádia;
Viegas, Sofia;
Pinto, Isabel;
Macave, Admiro;
Sitoe, Fernando;
Vubil, Adolfo;
Mabunda, Nédio;
Meggi, Bindiya;
Gudo, Eduardo, S;
Jani, Ilesh, V.
Medical care in Mozambique is mostly provided through the national health service of the Ministry of Health. All primary healthcare and HIV-related services are provided free of charge. There are over 1500 public sector health facilities in Mozambique and most of these are primary healthcare centres. Alt...
Serologic Tests/methods,
HIV/isolation & purification,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
d0113200,
d0000732960,
d0062680,
Laboratories/supply & distribution,
d0159950,
d0093130,
Point-of-Care Testing/standards
Introduction: With improved access to anti-retroviral therapy (ART) the focus of HIV treatment is changing to reducing chronic co-morbidities and their effects, but guidelines for HIV care in many African countries do not include screening for cardiac disease. Our study aimed to determine the pattern of ...
