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
O Inquérito Integrado Biológico e Comportamental (IBBS - Integrated bio-behavioral Survey) entre Camionistas de Longo Curso (CLC) é o primeiro da sua natureza a ser realizado em Moçambique e pretendia estimar a prevalência de HIV e identificar os comportamentos de risco associados; avaliar a utiliza...
HIV,
Sexually Transmitted Diseases,
Infections/transmission,
Automobile Driver Examination/statistics & numerical data,
Health Services Accessibility,
Disease Prevention,
Condoms/trends,
Alcohol Drinking,
Drug-Seeking Behavior,
Communicable Disease Control,
Drug Users,
Sex Workers,
Sexual and Gender Minorities
O Inquérito Integrado Biológico e Comportamental (Integrated Biological and Behavioral Survey – IBBS) realizado em Homens que fazem Sexo com Homens (HSH) é o primeiro desta natureza levado a cabo em Moçambique, com o objectivo de (i) estimar a prevalência do Vírus de Imunodeficiência Humana (HIV...
Sexual and Gender Minorities,
HIV,
Sex,
Men,
Women,
Condoms/supply & distribution,
Sexual Behavior/psychology,
Sexism,
Alcohol Drinking,
Drug-Seeking Behavior,
Health Risk Behaviors,
Sociological Factors,
Communicable Disease Control,
Lubricants,
Mozambique
Social Class,
HIV,
Sexual Partners,
Mozambique,
Friends,
Poverty,
Condoms,
Health Communication,
Marriage,
Communicable Diseases,
Cultural Characteristics
