Saura-Lázaro, Anna;
Fernández-Luis, Sheila;
Nhampossa, Tacilta;
Fuente-Soro, Laura;
López-Varela, Elisa;
Bernardo, Edson;
Augusto, Orvalho;
Sánchez, Teresa;
Vaz, Paula;
Wei, Stanley C;
Kerndt, Peter;
Honwana, Nely;
Young, Peter;
Amane, Guita;
Boene, Fernando;
Boene, Fernando;
Naniche, Denise.
In Mozambique, targeted provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling (PITC) is recommended where universal PITC is not feasible, but its effectiveness depends on healthcare providers' training. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of a Ministry of Health training module in targeted PITC on the HIV p...
Men who have sex with Men (MSM) are known to contribute to increased HIV prevalence as an integral part of key populations with high vulnerability to HIV/AIDS due to their sexual behaviours. Mozambique conducted two rounds of bio-behavioral surveys (BBS) in this population with the main objective of esti...
Mozambique/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
Homosexuality, Male/statistics & numerical data,
Homosexuality, Male/psychology,
d0127470,
d0001630,
Prevalence,
d0123070,
Risk-Taking
De Schacht, Caroline;
Lucas, Carlota;
Paulo, Paula;
Fernando, Anibal Naftal;
Chinai, Jalilo Ernesto;
Silva, Wilson P;
Amane, Guita;
Sultane, Thebora;
Honwana, Nely;
Malimane, Inacio;
Couto, Aleny;
Yu, Zhihong;
Wester, C William.
Background
In 2021, Mozambique initiated community-based oral HIV self-testing (HIVST) to increase testing access and uptake among priority groups, including adult males, adolescents, and young adults. Within an HIVST pilot project, we conducted a performance evaluation assessing participants’ ability ...
Globally, People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) have limited healthcare, treatment, and prevention services, and they frequently experience stigma and negative attitudes toward healthcare providers when accessing services. Mozambique, with a general population HIV prevalence of 12.5%, has one of the highest rat...
Epidemics,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
d0036950,
d0066780,
d0149440,
d0550300,
HIV Infections/therapy,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
Substance Abuse, Intravenous/complications,
Substance Abuse, Intravenous/epidemiology,
Substance Abuse, Intravenous/therapy
Benoni, Roberto;
Casigliani, Virginia;
Zin, Annachiara;
Ronzoni, Niccolò;
Di Chiara, Costanza;
Merolle, Ada;
Guambe Dos Anjos, Helga;
Chenene, Fernando;
Tognon, Francesca;
Putoto, Giovanni;
Giaquinto, Carlo.
n In Sofala province (Mozambique), young people living with HIV (YPLHIV) are estimated at 7%
among people aged 15–24 years. Even though the COVID-19 pandemic threatened HIV health services, data
on the impact of COVID-19 on YPLHIV people are lacking. This study aimed at exploring the seroprevalence o...
Approximately 15% of people with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa have comorbid depression, which impacts treatment outcomes. We describe predictors of baseline depressive symptoms in 1079 female and 1079 male participants in a cluster-randomized trial in Zambézia Province, Mozambique from November 2017 to Dec...
Background: Plasmodium falciparum infection in pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa is often asymptomatic. As these forms of malaria are often submicroscopic and difficult to diagnose by conventional methods (microscopy and/or rapid diagnostic test), diagnosis requires the use of molecular techniques suc...
Schacht, daroline de;
Nhacule, edna;
Belo, celso;
Young, peter w;
Bhatt, nilesh;
Júnior, faustino;
Gusmão, eduarda pimentel de;
Muquingue, humberto;
Muteerwa, ana;
Bila, Dulce;
Ouenzar, mohammed a;
Madede, tavares;
Cumbane, reginalda;
Amorim, gustavo;
Viegas, edna.
Introduction: As COVID-19 continues to spread globally and within Mozambique, its impact among immunosuppressed persons, specifically persons living with HIV (PLHIV), and on the health system is unknown in the country. The 'COVid and hIV' (COVIV) study aims to investigate: (1) the seroprevalence and sero...
Magaia, Mário;
Magaia, Célia C;
Couto, Aleny;
Dengo, Nataniel;
Cassamo, Abdul R;
Nhantumbo, Rene;
Mahumane, Carlos;
Mabote, Atanásio;
Mikusova, Silvia;
Nhangave, Amâncio;
Bhatt, Nilesh;
Mukherjee, Sushant S.
In Mozambique, 38.7% of women and 60.4% of men ages 15–59 years old living with HIV
do not know their HIV status. A pilot home-based HIV counseling and testing program
based on index cases in the community was implemented in eight districts in Gaza province
(Mozambique). The pilot targeted the sexual p...
Teasdale, Chloe A;
Choy, Michelle;
Tsiouris, Fatima;
Gusmao, Eduarda Pimentel De;
Banqueiro, Etelvino C P;
Couto, Aleny;
Tibana, Kwalila;
Flowers, Nicole;
Urso, Marilena;
Vitale, Mirriah;
Abrams, Elaine J.
Background: Repeat HIV testing during pregnancy and breastfeeding identifies women with incident infections, those living with HIV who have been lost to care, and infants at risk for HIV infection. We report data from repeat testing for women in maternal and child health (MCH) services at 10 health facil...
Breast Feeding,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/diagnosis,
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/prevention & control,
Maternal-Child Health Services,
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/diagnosis,
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/epidemiology,
Mozambique/epidemiology
