Resultados: 338

HIV incidence in a cohort of women at higher risk in Beira, Mozambique: prospective study 2009-2012

PLos ONE; 9 (1), 2014
Background: HIV is prevalent in Sofala Province, Mozambique. To inform future prevention research, we undertook a study in the provincial capital (Beira) to measure HIV incidence in women at higher risk of HIV and assess the feasibility of recruiting and retaining them as research participants. Methods:...

Inquérito integrado biológico e comportamental entre trabalhadores moçambicanos nas minas da república da africa do sul, moçambique 2012

Situação do HIV na região A epidemia de HIV na África Subsaariana continua a ser causa de uma signifi cativa taxa de mortalidade e morbilidade, tendo esta região uma parte desproporcionada da carga global, conforme mostra a descrição a seguir. Enquanto o número de novas infecções na África...

Severe malnutrition among children under the age of 5 years admitted to a rural district hospital in southern Mozambique

Public health nutr; 16 (9), 2013
Objective: To describe the burden, clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of severe malnutrition in children under the age of 5 years. Design: Retrospective study of hospital-based data systematically collected from January 2001 to December 2010. Setting: Rural Mozambican district hospital. Subj...

Evolution of primary HIV drug resistance in a subtype C dominated epidemic in Mozambique
Evolution of primary HIV drug resistance in a subtype C dominated epidemic in Mozambique

PLos ONE; 8 (7), 2013
Em Moçambique, o tratamento anti-retroviral altamente activo (HAART) foi introduzido em 2004, seguido de descentralização e expansão, resultando num aumento de mais de 20 vezes na cobertura até 2009. A implementação de inquéritos sobre limiares de resistência aos medicamentos contra o VIH (HIVDR...

Routine data from prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) HIV testing not yet ready for HIV surveillance in Mozambique: a retrospective analysis of matched test results

BMC infect. dis; 13 (244), 2013
Mozambique through the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) program. If routine data from this program were of sufficient quality, their heightened coverage and continuous availability could complement or even replace biannual sentinel serosurveys that currently serve as the primary HIV sur...

Determinants of prevalent HIV infection and late HIV diagnosis among young women with two or more sexual partners in Beira, Mozambique

PLos ONE; 8 (5), 2013
Background: The prevalence and determinants of HIV and late diagnosis of HIV in young women in Beira, Mozambique, were estimated in preparation for HIV prevention trials. Methods: An HIV prevalence survey was conducted between December 2009 and October 2012 among 1,018 women aged 18-35 with two or more ...

Health care utilization and attitudes survey in cases of moderate-to-severe diarrhea among children ages 0-59 months in the District of Manhica, southern Mozambique

Am. j. trop. med. hyg; 89 (1), 2013
In the predominantly rural Manhiça district, in southern Mozambique, diarrhea is one of the leading causes of death among children under 5 years. Caretakers randomly selected from the Demographic Surveillance Database were invited to participate in a community-based survey on use of healthcare services ...

Extremely high prevalence of multi-resistance among uropathogens from hospitalised children in Beira, Mozambique

S. Afr. med. j; 103 (6), 2013
Objectives: A prospective surveillance study was conducted to investigate the epidemiology and patterns of antibiotic resistance among uropathogens from hospitalised children in Beira, Mozambique. Additionally, information regarding determinants of a urinary tract infection (UTI) was obtained. Methods: ...

Routine data from prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) HIV testing not yet ready for HIV surveillance in Mozambique: a retrospective analysis of matched test results

BMC infect. dis; 13 (96), 2013
Background: Opt-out HIV testing is offered at 70% of antenatal care (ANC) clinics in Mozambique through the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) program. If routine data from this program were of sufficient quality, their heightened coverage and continuous availability could complement or e...

Consensus on context-specific strategies for reducing the stigma of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in Zambézia Province, Mozambique

Sahara J (Online); 10 (3-4), 2013
Stigma has been implicated in poor outcomes of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) care. Reducing stigma is important for HIV prevention and long-term treatment success. Although stigma reduction interventions are conducted in Mozambique, little is known about the...