Orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) programs focusing on improving HIV outcomes for children and adolescents living with HIV (C&ALHIV) may improve viral load (VL) testing coverage, a critical step toward achieving VL suppression. In Mozambique, we conducted a retrospective medical record review compari...
Introdução: A Revista Moçambicana de Ciencias de Saúde (RMCS) foi instituída em 2013, com o objectivo de
abarcar as diversas áreas de saúde humana, através de uma abordagem interdisciplinar dos aspectos relacio
nados com a promoção de saúde pública, prestação de cuidados clínicos e gestã...
Humans,
Health Status,
Advertising,
Interpersonal Relations,
Infant, Newborn,
Quality of Health Care,
Periodicals as Topic,
Retrospective Studies,
Databases, Bibliographic,
Health Promotion
Introduction: There is a substantial body of knowledge on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on injuries showing frequent but inconsistent reductions in both volume and pattern. Yet, studies specifically addressing children are less common, not least from low- and middle-income countries. This study in...
Martinez, Francisco Jose;
Massinga, Arsenia J;
Jesus, Áuria;
Ernesto, Rita M;
Jiménez, Pablo Cano;
Oms, Álvaro Chiner;
Navarro , Inmaculada Gómez;
Fernández, Marina Guillot;
Guinovart, Caterina;
Sitoe, António;
Vubil, Delfino;
Bila, Rubão;
Gujamo, Rufino;
Enosse, Sónia;
Serrano, Santiago Jiménez;
Puente, Manuela Torres;
Comas, Iñaki;
Mandomando, Inácio;
G López, Mariana;
Mayor, Alfredo.
From the start of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, global sequencing efforts have generated an unprecedented amount of genomic data. Nonetheless, unequal sampling between high-income and low-income countries hinders the implementation of genomic surveillance systems at the global and local level. Filling the kno...
Carlucci , james G;
Yu , zhihong;
González, purificación;
Bravo, magdalena;
Amorim, gustavo;
Cugara, cristina das zelicidades;
Guambe, helga;
Mucanhenga, jaime;
Silva, wilson;
Tique, josé a;
Alvim, maria fernanda sardella;
Graves, erin;
De Schacht, caroline;
Wester, C william.
Introduction: Mentor Mothers (MM) provide peer support to pregnant and postpartum women living with HIV (PPWH) and their infants with perinatal HIV exposure (IPE) throughout the cascade of prevention of vertical transmission (PVT) services. MM were implemented in Zambézia Province, Mozambique starting ...
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/drug therapy,
HIV Infections/transmission,
Mozambique,
Pregnancy Complications/drug therapy,
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical,
Interrupted Time Series Analysis,
Retrospective Studies,
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/prevention & control,
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/prevention & control
Grau-Pujol, berta;
Cano, jorge;
Soler, helena martí;
Casellas, aina;
Giorgi, Emanuele;
Saute, francisco;
Nhacolo, ariel;
Giné, ricard;
Quintó, llorenç;
Sacoor, charfudin;
Muñoz, jose.
Background: Impact evaluation of most water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions in health are user-centered. However, recent research discussed WASH herd protection - community WASH coverage could protect neighboring households. We evaluated the effect of water and sanitation used in the househo...
Nhantumbo 1, Aquino Albino;
Comé 1, Charlotte Elizabeth;
Maholela 2, Plácida Iliany;
Munguambe 1, Alcides Moniz;
Gudo 2, Eduardo Samo;
Costa 3, Paulino da;
Mott 4, Mariana;
Cunha 4, Gabriella Rosa;
Dias 4, Cícero;
Chambal 5, Lúcia;
Cantarelli 4 6, Vlademir Vicente.
Antecedentes: A meningite continua a ser uma causa importante de morbimortalidade em adultos na África Subsaariana. Os dados sobre a investigação etiológica da meningite em adultos em Moçambique são limitados e a maioria dos estudos foram realizados no sul de Moçambique. A identificação da etiol...
Antigens, Fungal/analysis,
Cryptococcus neoformans,
Cryptococcosis,
HIV Infections/complications,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/diagnosis,
Hospitals,
Meningitis, Cryptococcal/diagnosis,
Meningitis, Cryptococcal/epidemiology,
Meningitis, Pneumococcal,
Retrospective Studies,
Staphylococcus aureus,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Carlucci, james;
Schacht, caroline de;
Graves, erin;
González, purificación;
Bravo, magdalena;
Yu , zhihong;
Amorim , gustavo;
Arinze, folasade;
Silva, wilson;
Tique, jose a;
Alvim, maria;
Simione, beatriz;
Fernando, anibal n;
Wester, c william.
Background: Historically, antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation was based on CD4 criteria, but this has been replaced with "Test and Start" wherein all people living with HIV are offered ART. We describe the baseline immunologic status among children relative to evolving ART policies in Mozambique.
Me...
Background: There has been tremendous progress in the fight against HIV worldwide; however, challenges persist in the control of HIV infection. These challenges include the high prevalence of late presenters. There are many disadvantages of late presentation-from reduced survival of the infected person t...
Background: It is frequently said that funding is essential to ensure optimal results from a malaria intervention control. However, in recent years, the capacity of the government of Mozambique to sustain the operational cost of indoor residual spraying (IRS) is facing numerous challenges due to restrict...
