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

Nhampossa, Tacilta; Fernández-Luis, Sheila; Fuente-Soro, Laura; Bernardo, Edson; Nhacolo, Arsénio; Orvalho, Augusto; Nhacolo, Ariel; Saura-Lázaro, Anna; Lopez-Varela, Elisa; Naniche, Denise.
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 ...
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
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Characteristics of adolescents aged 15-19 years living with vertically and horizontally acquired HIV in Nampula, Mozambique

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.
PLoS One; 16 (4), 2021
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
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