Introdução: A infecção pelo HIV e a mortalidade por SIDA tem afectado principalmente o segmento jovem, em
especial as adolescentes e jovens. Este segmento é o mais produtivo da população nos últimos anos. A prática
do sexo transacional, aliado ao fraco poder de negociação do uso do preservat...
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
Recent studies suggest that a large proportion of new HIV-1 infections in mature epidemics occurs within discordant couples, making discordancy a major contributor to the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa. This paper aims at assessing changes over a five-year period (2009-2015) on the (risk) factors associate...
O presente trabalho trata-se de uma análise secundária de dados de inquéritos transversais realizados com Mulheres Trabalhadoras de Sexo, em Moçambique, em 2011-2012, o qual foi realizado em três áreas urbanas de Moçambique, Maputo, Beira e Nampula. A análise secundária foi desenvolvida em 2016,...
Martins-Fonteyn, Emilia;
Loquiha, Osvaldo;
Baltazar, Cynthia;
Thapa, Subash;
University of California, San Francisco – USA, of Global Health Sciences;
Raimundo, Ines;
Hens, Niel;
Aerts, Marc;
Meulemans, Herman;
Degomme, Olivier;
Wouters, Edwin.
Background: Information dealing with social and behavioural risk factors as well as their mechanisms among
Mozambican migrants working in South African mines remains undocumented. This study aims to understand the
various factors influencing HIV-related risk behaviours and the resulting HIV positive stat...
A WHO-supported provincial-level population-based survey was conducted in 2007 to understand the determinants and implications for health of vaginal practices. A total of 919 women aged 18-60 were selected randomly for enrolment. This is the first population-based study of females in Tete Province, Mozam...
Sexual Health,
Reproductive Health/statistics & numerical data,
Sexually Transmitted Diseases,
Cohort Studies,
Surveys and Questionnaires/statistics & numerical data,
Family,
Foraminifera/microbiology,
Condoms/trends,
Abdominal Pain/parasitology,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
HIV Testing/statistics & numerical data
This is the first integrated biological and behavioral surveillance survey among long-distance truck drivers (LDTD) in Mozambique. Using modified time-location sampling in 2012 at a key transportation junction (Inchope), we enrolled 327 male LDTD. HIV prevalence was 15.4 % (95 % confidence interval : 11....
Condoms/statistics & numerical data,
Mozambique,
HIV Infections/diagnosis,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/transmission,
Motor Vehicles,
Occupations,
Prevalence,
Risk Factors,
Risk-Taking,
Safe Sex/psychology,
Safe Sex/statistics & numerical data,
Sexual Behavior/statistics & numerical data,
Sexual Partners,
Surveys and Questionnaires,
Transportation,
Unsafe Sex/psychology,
Unsafe Sex/statistics & numerical data
Mozambique continues to face a severe HIV epidemic and high cost for its control, largely born by international donors. We assessed feasible targets, likely impact and costs for the 2015-2019 national strategic HIV/AIDS plan (NSP).
Methods: The HIV epidemic and response was modelled in the Spectrum/Goal...
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/economics,
Communicable Disease Control,
Computer Simulation,
Condoms,
Cost-Benefit Analysis,
HIV Infections/economics,
Health Care Costs,
Health Planning Technical Assistance,
Incidence,
International Cooperation,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Program Development,
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/prevention & control,
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/prevention & control
A construção social do gênero feminino em Moçambique está baseada na submissão ao homem, influenciando a vulnerabilidade de gênero à infecção pelo HIV. Objetivou-se analisar a percepção de pessoas vivendo com HIV/ aids (PVHA) e de profissionais de saúde (PS), da cidade de Maputo, em relaçã...
The rapid scale-up of HIV care and treatment in Mozambique has provided an opportunity to reach people living with HIV (PLHIV) with prevention interventions in HIV care and treatment settings. A three-day Positive Prevention (PP) training intervention for health care providers that focused on pressing is...
