Orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) programs focusing on improving HIV outcomes for children and adolescents living with HIV (C&ALHIV) may improve viral load (VL) testing coverage, a critical step toward achieving VL suppression. In Mozambique, we conducted a retrospective medical record review compari...
Schacht, caroline de;
Amorim, gustavo;
Rompaey, sara van;
Melo, mayra;
Verissimo, cheinaze;
Naftal, anibal;
Graves, erin;
Bilhete, fernandes;
Tique, josé;
Wester, c william.
The community adherence support group (CASG) was one of the first differentiated service delivery (DSD) models introduced in Mozambique. This study assessed the impact of this model on retention in care, loss to follow-up (LTFU), and viral suppression among antiretroviral therapy (ART)-treated adults in ...
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...
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
Nacarapa, edy;
Verdu, m elisa;
Nacarapa, joana;
Chongo, bartolomeu;
Osorio , dulce;
Munyangaju, isabelle;
Mugabe, didier;
Paredes, roger;
Chamarro , ana;
Revollo, boris;
Alexandre, silvio s;
Simango, mulassua;
Torrus, diego;
Ramos-Rincon, jose-manuel.
HIV remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality for people living in many low-income countries. With an HIV prevalence of 12.4% among people aged over 15 years, Mozambique was ranked in 2019 as one of eight countries with the highest HIV rates in the world. We analyzed routinely collected data from ...
Stelzle, Dominik;
Faussett, Peter Godfrey;
Jia, Chuan;
Amiesimaka, Obreniokibo;
Mahy, Mary;
Castor, Delivette;
Mameletzis, loannis Hodges;
Chitembo, Lastone;
Baggaley, Rachel;
Dalal, Shona.
Background Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a WHO-recommended HIV prevention method for people at high risk for acquiring HIV, is being increasingly implemented in many countries. Setting programmatic targets, particularly in generalised epidemics, could incorporate estimates of the size of the populatio...
HIV Infections/prevention & control,
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis,
Sexually Transmitted Diseases/prevention & control,
Sexually Transmitted Diseases/epidemiology,
Risk Assessment,
Incidence,
Geographic Information Systems,
Anti-HIV Agents/therapeutic use,
Malawi/epidemiology,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Zambia/epidemiology
Sack, Daniel E;
Schacht, Caroline De;
Paulo, Paula;
Graves, Erin;
Emílio, Almiro M;
Matino, Ariano;
Fonseca, Carlota L;
Aboobacar, Arifo U;
Rompaey, Sara Van;
Audet, Carolyn M.
Background: Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has the potential to reduce HIV transmission and stem the HIV epidemic. Unfortunately, PrEP uptake in rural sub-Saharan Africa has been slow and medication adherence has been suboptimal.
Objective: To explore the perspectives, attitudes, and experiences of HIV ...
A polícia é uma força de defesa e segurança da soberania nacional susceptível as infecções por HIV. Sendo assim, a presente dissertação intutulada, “Experiências e percepções sobre a adesão ao tratamento antiretroviral em utentes do centro de saúde da polícia do bairro do fomento, na pro...
Anti-HIV Agents/therapeutic use,
Police/psychology,
Medication Adherence,
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/drug therapy,
HIV Infections/drug therapy,
Police,
Patients,
Dietary Supplements,
Treatment Adherence and Compliance/statistics & numerical data,
Social Stigma,
Communicable Disease Control
Chaúque, Sílvia 1;
Mohole, jyodi;
Zucula, Helton 3;
Lambo, Luisa 1;
Lisboa, Anselmo 1;
Domitila, Ferreira 3;
Nguyen, Hanh 2;
Chowdhary, Harshika 2;
Macmillian, Belinda 3;
Elias, Beatriz 1;
Seni, Amir 3;
Buc k, W Chris 1 2.
Introduction: The neurodevelopmental impact of HIV infection in older children has been welldescribed, with characterization of HIV-associated encephalopathy (HIVE) and associated cognitive
defects. HIVE is relatively common in older children who were vertically infected. The sparse literature on HIVE in...
