Results: 22

Assessing the effect of COVida orphans and vulnerable children support services on viral load coverage and suppression among children and adolescents living with HIV in four provinces in Mozambique

AIDS care; 36 (8), 2024
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...

Favorable Impact of Community Adherence Support Groups on Retention in Care and Viral Suppression Rates Among Persons with HIV Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in Mozambique

AIDS res. hum. retrovir; 39 (10), 2023
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 ...

The impact of the caregiver mobility on child HIV care in the Manhiça District, Southern Mozambique: A clinical based study

PLos ONE; 16 (12), 2021
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 ...

Predictors of attrition among adults in a rural HIV clinic in southern Mozambique: 18-year retrospective study

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 ...

Estimating HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis need and impact in Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia: A geospatial and risk-based analysis

PloS med; 18 (1), 2021
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...

Pre-exposure prophylaxis use among HIV serodiscordant couples: a qualitative study in Mozambique

Global health action; 14 (1), 2021
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 ...

Experiências e percepções sobre o HIV e sua influência na adesão ao tratamento antirretroviral em utentes policiais atendidos no centro de saúde do bairro de fomento província de Maputo em 2010

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...

HIV Encephalopathy in ART-Naïve, Hospitalized Infants in Mozambique

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...

Immunodeficiency at antiretroviral therapy start: five-Year adult data (2012-2017) based on evolving national policies in rural mozambique

AIDS res. hum. retrovir; 36 (1), 2020
Before the 2015 implementation of "Test and Start," the initiation of combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) was guided by specific CD4 cell count thresholds. As scale-up efforts progress, the prevalence of advanced HIV disease at ART initiation is expected to decline. We analyzed the temporal trends i...

Contributions des tradipraticiens de santé au traitement antirétroviral: Étude de cas à Nampula, Mozambique

Contexte : L’épidémie du virus de l’immunodéficience humaine au Mozambique est un problème grave de santé publique et le Ministère de la Santé a étendu le traitement antirétroviral à tous les districts du pays. Cependant, on constate un nombre élevé d’abandon du traitement encore insuff...