Resultados: 284

Monitoring progress towards the first UNAIDS target: understanding the impact of people living with HIV who re-test during HIV-testing campaigns in rural Mozambique

J. int. aids soc; 21 (4), 2018
This analysis was nested in a prospective cohort established in southern Mozambique which conducted three HIV-testing modalities: voluntary counselling and testing (VCT), provider-initiated counselling and testing (PICT) and home-based testing (HBT). Participants were given the opportunity to self-report...

Managing Advanced HIV Disease in a Public Health Approach
Managing Advanced HIV Disease in a Public Health Approach

Clin Infect Dis; 66 (2), 2018
Em 2017, a Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS) publicou diretrizes para o manejo da doença avançada pelo vírus da imunodeficiência humana (HIV) dentro de uma abordagem de saúde pública. Dados recentes sugerem que mais de um terço das pessoas que iniciam a terapêutica anti-retroviral (TARV) o fa...

Relatório da avaliação conjunta do plano estratégico e operacional, do programa nacional de controlo da tuberculose 2014-2018, do plano estratégico nacional de resposta ao hiv e sida 2016-2020 e do estabelecimento da linha de base das hepatites virais em moçambique
Report of the joint evaluation of the strategic and operational plan, the national tuberculosis control program 2014-2018, the national strategic plan for the response to hiv and aids 2016-2020 and the establishment of the viral hepatitis baseline in mozambique

O MISAU e o CNCS encomendaram uma revisão externa conjunta dos planos estratégicos dos programas nacionais de contro de ITS/HIV/SIDA e da Tuberculose (TB) bem como o estabelecimento da linha de base da resposta as hepatites virais em Moçambique. Esta avaliação foi liderada pela Organização Mundial...

Estimating risk factors for HIV infection among women in Mozambique using population-based survey data

The use of population-based survey data together with sound statistical methods can enhance better estimation of HIV risk factors and explain variations across subgroups of the population. The distribution and determinants of HIV infection in populations must be taken into consideration. We analysed data...

Guião Orientador Sobre Modelos Diferenciados de Serviços em Moçambique. Moçambique - 2018.
Guiding Guide on Differentiated Models in Mozambique. Mozambique - 2018

Em resposta ao plano de aceleração de TARV, registamos uma expansão do acesso aos cuidados e tratamento para HIV nos últimos anos. O Serviço Nacional de Saúde (SNS) com as suas limitações em recursos humanos e de infraestruturas, apresenta grandes desafios para oferecer serviços com a qualidade ...

HBV infection in untreated HIV-infected adults in Maputo, Mozambique
Correction: HBV infection in untreated HIV-infected adults in Maputo, Mozambique

PLos ONE; 12 (12), 2017
Background HIV/ HBV coinfected patients are at high risk of developing chronic HBV infection, liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. In Mozambique, where HIV prevalence is one of the highest in the world, HIV-infected patients are scarcely characterized in terms of HBV coinfection and 3TC-resistan...

Helios + Regulatory T cell frequencies are correlated with control of viral replication and recovery of absolute CD4 T cells counts in early HIV-1 infection

BMC immunol. (Online); 18 (1), 2017
Background: The acute phase of HIV infection is characterized by massive depletion of CD4 T cells, high viral plasma levels and pronounced systemic immune activation. Regulatory T cells (Tregs) have the potential to control systemic immune activation but also to suppress antigen specific T and B cell res...

Recent progress in immune-based interventions to prevent HIV-1 transmission to children

J. int. aids soc; 20 (4), 2017
Globally, 150,000 new paediatric human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infections occurred in 2015. There remain complex challenges to the global elimination of paediatric HIV-1 infection. Thus, for the global community to achieve elimination of new paediatric HIV-1 infections, innovative approache...

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Drug Resistance in African Infants and Young Children Newly Diagnosed With HIV: A Multicountry Analysis
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Drug Resistance in African Infants and Young Children Newly Diagnosed With HIV: A Multicountry Analysis

Clin. infect. dis; 65 (12), 2017
Background. Programs for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have been scaled up in many low- and middle-income countries. However, HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) data among HIV-1– infected young children remain limited. Methods. Surveys of pretreat...

A combination intervention strategy to improve linkage to and retention in HIV care following diagnosis in Mozambique: A cluster-randomized study

PloS med; 14 (11), 2017
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...