Kim, jane;
Floriano, florência;
Castro, georgina de;
Manuel, joão luís;
Inguane, celso;
Asbjornsdottir, kristjana h;
Chale, falume;
Zucule, justina;
Sherr, kenneth;
Gimbel, sarah.
The scaling of Option B+ services, whereby all pregnant women who test HIV positive are started on lifelong antiretroviral therapy upon diagnosis regardless of CD4 T-cell count, is ongoing in many high HIV burden, low-resource countries. We developed and evaluated a tablet-based mobile learning (mLearnin...
Menéndez, Clara;
Castellsagué, Xavier;
Renom, Montse;
Sacarlal, Jahit 1;
Quintó, Llorenç;
Lloveras, Belen;
Klaustermeier, Joellen;
Kornegay, Janet R;
Sigauque, Betuel;
Bosch, F. Xavier;
Alonso, Pedro L.
There is limited information on the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections and the prevalence of cervical neoplasia in rural sub-Saharan Africa. This study describes the prevalence and the etiology of STIs and the prevalence of cervical neoplasia among women in southern Mozambique. An age-stratifi...
Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis/epidemiologia,
Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis/etiologia,
Neoplasias do Colo do Útero/epidemiologia,
Sífilis/epidemiologia,
População Rural,
Comportamento Sexual,
Doenças Bacterianas Sexualmente Transmissíveis/epidemiologia,
Doenças Bacterianas Sexualmente Transmissíveis/etiologia,
Moçambique,
Complicações Infecciosas na Gravidez,
Parceiros Sexuais,
Trichomonas vaginalis/isolamento & purificação,
Papillomaviridae/genética
Arinze, folasade;
Gong, wu;
Green, ann f;
Schacht, caroline de;
Carlucci, james g;
Silva, wilson;
Claquin, gael;
Tique, josé a;
Stefanutto, marzio;
Graves, erin;
Rompaey, sara van;
Alvim, maria fernanda sardella;
Tomo, simão;
Moon, troy d;
Wester, william.
Before the 2015 implementation of "Test and Start," the initiation of combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) was guided by specific CD4 cell count thresholds. As scale-up efforts progress, the prevalence of advanced HIV disease at ART initiation is expected to decline. We analyzed the temporal trends i...
Matsuzaki, mika;
Sherr, kenneth;
Augusto, orvalho;
Kawakatsu, yoshito;
Ásbjörnsdóttir, kristjana;
Chale, falume;
Covele, alfredo;
Manaca, nelia;
Muanido, alberto;
Bradley, wagenaar h;
Mocumbi, ana o;
Gimbel, sarah.
Background: Hypertension (HTN) is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, and its prevalence has been rising in low- and middle-income countries. The current study describes HTN prevalence in central Mozambique, association between wealth and blood pressure (BP), and HTN monitoring and diagnosis...
Cambaco, olga;
Menendez, yara alonso;
Kinsman, john;
Sigaúque, betuel;
Wertheim, heiman;
Do, nga;
Gyapong, margaret;
John-Langba, johannes;
Sevene, esperança;
Munguambe, khátia.
Background: Antibiotic misuse and other types of unnecessary use of antibiotics can contribute to accelerate the process of antibiotic resistance, which is considered a global concern, mostly affecting low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). In Mozambique there is limited evidence on community knowledge...
Amoxicilina/uso terapêutico,
Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico,
Conscientização,
Resistência Microbiana a Medicamentos,
Grupos Focais,
Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde,
Adesão à Medicação,
Moçambique,
Pesquisa Qualitativa,
População Rural,
Automedicação,
Farmacorresistência Bacteriana,
Falha de Tratamento,
Estratégias de Saúde
Menéndes, Yara Alonso;
Olga, Cambaco;
Mindú, Carolina;
Nhantumbo, Hoticha;
Uamusse, Titos;
Matsinhe, Graça;
Matsinhe, Benigna;
Manjate, Rosa Marlene;
Bardají, Açucena;
Menéndez, Clara;
Sevene, Esperança;
Munguambe, Khátia.
Mozambique has one of the highest cervical cancer incidence rates in the world. Health interventions are still being conceived solely from a non-communicable disease standpoint despite that it is also a sexual and reproductive health problem. The objective of this study was to assess the extent to which ...
Curto, ariadna;
Gonzalez, david donaire;
Manaca, maria, n;
González, raquel;
Sacoor, charfudin;
Rivas, ioar;
Gascon, mireia;
Wellenius, gregory, a;
Querol, xavier;
Sunyer, jordi;
Macete, eusebio;
Menéndez, clara;
Tonne, cathryn.
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has the highest proportion of people using unclean fuels for household energy, which can result in products of incomplete combustion that are damaging for health. Black carbon (BC) is a useful marker of inefficient combustion-related particles; however, ambient air quality data a...
Fuente-soro, laura;
Iniesta, carlos;
Lopez-Varella, elisa;
Cuna, mauro;
Guilaze, rui;
Maixenchs, maria;
Bernardo, Edson Luis;
Augusto, orvalho;
Gonzalez, raquel;
Couto, aleny;
Munguambe, khatia;
Naniche, denise.
Background: The implementation of quality HIV control programs is crucial for the achievement of the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets and to motivate people living with HIV (PLWHIV) to link and remain in HIV-care. The aim of this mixed method cross-sectional study was to estimate the linkage and long-term retenti...
Sorodiagnóstico da AIDS,
Continuidade da Assistência ao Paciente/tendências,
Infecções por HIV/diagnóstico,
Infecções por HIV/prevenção & controle,
Infecções por HIV/terapia,
Aceitação pelo Paciente de Cuidados de Saúde,
Retenção nos Cuidados/tendências,
População Rural,
Autorrelato,
Estudos Retrospectivos,
Estudos Transversais,
Moçambique
Background: In Mozambique, both the government and partners have undertaken efforts over the last decade to improve FP (family planning) services, especially through training health care providers and promoting the uptake of LARCs (Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives). Despite this, uptake of FP method...
Background: In preventing the transfer of HIV to their children, the Ministry of Health in Mozambique recommends all couples follow medical advice prior to a pregnancy. However, little is known about how such women experience pregnancy, nor the values they adhere to when making childbearing decisions. Th...
Fertilidade/genética,
d0032700,
Gravidez/psicologia,
Saúde da Criança,
d0149300,
d0149440,
d0607280,
Infecções por HIV/terapia,
Infecções por HIV/psicologia,
Comportamento Sexual/psicologia,
População Rural/estatística & dados numéricos,
Moçambique,
Enfermeiras e Enfermeiros/tendências
