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People Who Inject Drugs in Mozambique: We need to normalize HIV treatment and care services in specialized community centers for people who inject drugs!

Baltazar, Cynthia Semá; Banze, Auria Ribeiro; Seleme, Jessica; Boothe, Makini.
Harm reduct. j; 21 (1), 2024
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
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Young people who inject drugs in Mozambique: should we emphasize them in the National Harm Reduction Plan?

Baltazar, cynthia semá; Boothe, makini; Kellogg, timothy.
Mozambique has one of the highest burdens of HIV globally, and people who inject drugs (PWID) have one of thehighest HIV infection rates in Africa. After the implementation of the first Biological Behavioral Surveillance (BBS) Survey among PWID in Mozambique, the Ministry of Health started the developmen...
Pharmaceutical Preparations, HIV Infections/complications, Epidemics, Vulnerable Populations, Biological Products, Harm Reduction, Adolescent, Drug Users, Mozambique, HIV Infections/prevention & control, Needle-Exchange Programs/methods, Substance Abuse, Intravenous/complications
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Access to and use of health and social services among people who inject drugs in two urban areas of Mozambique, 2014: qualitative results from a formative assessment

Dengo-Baloi, liliana; Boothe, makini; Baltazar, cynthia semá; Sathane, isabel; Langa, denise chitsondzo; Condula, manuel; Ricardo, helena; Inguane, celso; Teodoro, eugénia; Gouveia, lídia; Raymond, henry f; Horth, roberta.
BMC public health (Online); 20 (975), 2020
Background: Prior to 2014, data about health seeking behaviors or service uptake for People who inject drugs (PWID) in Mozambique did not exist. We present the results from the formative assessment component of the Biological and Behavioral Survey (BBS). Methods: Standardized interview guides were used d...
Pharmacies/organization & administration, Patient Acceptance of Health Care/statistics & numerical data, Needle Sharing, Mozambique/epidemiology, Middle Aged, Interviews as Topic, Mental Health Services/organization & administration, Health Services Accessibility/statistics & numerical data, Health Behavior, Harm Reduction, Focus Groups, Adolescent, Qualitative Research, Social Stigma, Social Work/statistics & numerical data, Substance Abuse, Intravenous/epidemiology
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High prevalence of HIV, HBsAg and anti-HCV positivity among people who injected drugs: results of the first bio-behavioral survey using respondent-driven sampling in two urban areas in Mozambique

Baltazar, Cynthia Semá; Horth, Roberta; Boothe, Makini; Sathane, Isabel; Young, Peter; Langa, Denise Chitsondzo; Condula, Manuel; Ricardo, Helena; Dengo Baloi, Liliana; Cummings, Beverley; Schaad, Nicolas; Gouveia, Lídia; Teodoro, Eugénia; Raymond, Henry F.
BMC infect. dis; 19 (1), 2019
Few countries in sub-Saharan Africa know the magnitude of their HIV epidemic among people who inject drugs (PWID). This was the first study in Mozambique to measure prevalence of HIV, HBV, and HCV, and to assess demographic characteristics and risk behaviors in this key population. Methods: We used resp...
Cities/epidemiology, Cross-Sectional Studies, Drug Users/statistics & numerical data, Epidemics, HIV Infections/epidemiology, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Mozambique, Population Surveillance/methods, Prevalence, Risk-Taking, Seroepidemiologic Studies, Sexual Behavior/statistics & numerical data, Substance Abuse, Intravenous, Surveys and Questionnaires, Urban Population
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