To assess the state of the retention in care of HIV patients in three health settings in Morrumbene, a rural district of Inhambane Province, Mozambique. We evaluated potential factors associated with early loss to follow-up (LTFU), retention in care and ART adherence during the first year of follow-up.
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A adesão do paciente ao TARV é considerada de uma dimensão crucial para os programas de HIV em todo o mundo. O Apoio Psicossocial (APSS) tem o papel fundamental de garantir
acções de suporte e monitoria da adesão e deve fazer parte das directrizes técnicas voltadas para os serviços de saúde que...
Background Tuberculosis (TB) remains an important public health concern, especially in poorly resourced settings. TB diagnosis is challenging, particularly for children, who are the most vulnerable to its0 impacts. Lack of knowledge and awareness of the disease compromises prompt diagnosis and treatment ...
Background: Concerning gaps in the HIV care continuum compromise individual and population health. We evaluated a combination intervention strategy (CIS) targeting prevalent barriers to timely linkage and sustained retention in HIV care in Mozambique.
Methods and findings: In this cluster-randomized tria...
Os serviços de Apoio Psicossocial e Prevenção positivos estão organizados á nível
do MISAU, na Direcção Nacional de Assistência Médica, sob tutela da área de
cuidados e tratamento, esta é responsável pelas políticas e programas Nacionais. Á
nível das Direcções provinciais de saúde exis...
Background: Despite the extraordinary scale up of HIV prevention, care and treatment services in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) over the past decade, the overall effectiveness of HIV programs has been significantly hindered by high levels of attrition across the HIV care continuum. Data from “real-life” se...
In preparation for trials of new HIV prevention methods; willingness to participate (WTP) was assessed in Beira; Mozambique. A totla of 1 019 women participating in an HIV incidence study; and 97 men participating in a separate WTP survey; were interviewed. When comparing the answers to questions that we...
Background: Loss to follow-up of HIV-positive patients before initiation of antiretroviral therapy can exceed 50% in low-income settings and is a challenge to the scale-up of treatment. We implemented point-of-care counting of CD4 cells in Mozambique and assessed the effect on loss to follow-up before im...
