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...
Bero, Diocreciano Matias;
da Silva, Edson Elias;
Junior Ivanildo, Pedro de Sousa;
Nhassengo, Sheila António;
Machado, Raiana Scerni;
Bauhofer, Adilson Fernando Loforte;
Chilaúle, Jorfélia José;
Munlela, Benilde;
Guimarães, Esperança;
Moiane, Idalécia Cossa;
Sambo, Júlia;
Elda, Anapakala;
Cassocera, Marta;
Coutinho-Manhique, Lena;
Chissaque, Assucênio;
Langa, Jerônimo J;
Burlandy, Fernanda;
Deus, de Nilza.
Enteroviruses (EV) are predominantly enteric viruses, present in all parts of the world causing disease in humans with a broad spectrum of clinical presentations. The purpose of this study was to identify non-polio enteroviruses (NPEV) in stool samples collected from children with acute gastroenteritis (...
A Tripanossomose é uma doença causada por tripanossoma, protozoários flagelados transmitidos por moscas pertencentes ao género Glossina spp., vulgarmente chamadas moscas Tsé-Tsé. A distribuição geográfica da Tripanossomose observa-se sobretudo na África subsaariana, onde afeta quer humanos, cau...
Sambo, Júlia;
Cassocera, Marta;
Chissaque, Assucênio;
Bauhofer, Adilson Fernando Loforte;
Roucher, Clémentine;
Chilaúle, Jorfélia;
Moiane, Idalécia Cossa;
Guimarães, Esperança, L;
Coutinho, Lena Manhique;
Anapakala, Elda;
Bero, Diocreciano, M;
Langa, Jerônimom, S;
Polman, Katja;
Gonçalves, Luzia;
Deus, Nilsa de.
Diarrhoea is associated with undernutrition and this association is related to increased morbidity and mortality in children under-five. In this analysis we aimed to assess the frequency and associated factors of undernutrition in children under-five with diarrhoea. A hospital-based cross-sectional study...
Coutinho, Lena Manhique;
Chiani, Paola;
Michelacci, Valeria;
Taviani, Elisa;
Bauhofer, Adilson Fernando Loforte;
Chissaque, Assucênio;
Cossa-Moiane, Idalécia;
Sambo, Júlia;
Chilaúle, Jorfélia;
Guimarães, Esperança Lourenço;
Salência, Judite;
Cassocera, Marta;
Bero, Diocreciano Matias;
Langa, José Paulo;
De Deus, Nilsa.
Analyze the frequency of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) pathotypes and their antimicrobial resistance profiles among children aged <15 years with diarrhea in four Mozambican provinces.
Methods: A cross-sectional hospital-based surveillance program of diarrhea was implemented in Maputo,
Sofala, Zamb...
Background: Although diagnosis and treatment of diarrhoea are considered easy, statistics show that 525,000 children worldwide die annually due to diarrhoea, 90% of the deaths are in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, and Mozambique account for 6.9%. Assessment of practices of diagnosis and treatment of ...
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
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,
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