Resultados: 40

Relatório semestral 2019: relatório Semestral das actividades relacionadas ao HIV/SIDA

O Programa Nacional de Controlo de ITS HIV/SIDA (PNC ITS-HIV/SIDA) é a entidade do Serviço Nacional de Saúde responsável pela gestão dos serviços de saúde relacionados ao HIV. A sua missão é de coordenar, regulamentar e prestar cuidados e tratamento às pessoas vivendo com HIV. Para responder ...

Mozambique’s Community Antiretroviral Therapy Support Group Program: The Role of Social Relationships in Facilitating HIV/ AIDS Treatment Retention

AIDS behav; 23 (9), 2019
The Community Antiretroviral (ARV) Therapy Support Group (CASG) program aims to address low retention rates in Mozambique’s HIV treatment program and the absorptive capacity of the country’s health facilities. CASG provides patients with the opportunity to form groups, whose members provide peer supp...

Efficacy and safety of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for treatment of Plasmodium falciparum uncomplicated malaria in adult patients on antiretroviral therapy in Malawi and Mozambique: an open label non-randomized interventional trial

Malar. j. (Online); 18 (1), 2019
Background: HIV-infected individuals on antiretroviral therapy (ART) require treatment with artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) when infected with malaria. Dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine (DPQ) is recommended for treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria, but its efcacy and safety has not been ...

Good health’ as a barrier and facilitator to ART initiation: a qualitative study in the era of test-and-treat in Mozambique

Cult. health sex; 21 (9), 2019
HIV test-and-treat programmes are being implemented throughout sub-Saharan Africa, enrolling HIV-positive clients into antiretroviral treatment (ART) immediately after diagnosis, regardless of clinical stage or CD4 count. This study conducted in Mozambique examined what influenced clients who tested HIV-...

The secret life of young adolescents living with HIV in northern Mozambique - a mixed methods study

BMC public health (Online); 21 (1650), 2018
Background: In Mozambique, HIV infection remains a leading cause of adolescent mortality. With advances in antiretroviral treatment (ART), the population of adolescents living with vertically-acquired HIV is growing. Most studies of adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) focus on older youth with horizontal...

Taxa de abandono do tratamento antirretroviral (TARV) e seus fatores associados em pacientes adultos inscritos no Centro de Saúde de Namacurra – Sede, no período de 1 de janeiro 2015 a 31 de dezembro 2016, na província da Zambézia, em Moçambique
Taxa de abandono do tratamento antirretroviral (TARV) e seus fatores associados em pacientes adultos inscritos no Centro de Saúde de Namacurra – Sede, no período de 1 de janeiro 2015 a 31 de dezembro 2016, na província da Zambézia, em Moçambique

O Vírus de Imunodeficiência Humana (VIH) e Síndroma de Imunodeficiência Adquirida (SIDA) continuam sendo um dos graves problemas de saúde pública. A terapia antirretroviral (TARV) veio para a melhoria da qualidade de vida, aumento da sobrevida dos pacientes infetados, mas o desafio da adesão é ba...

Effect of point-of-care early infant diagnosis on antiretroviral therapy initiation and retention of patients

AIDS res. hum. retrovir; 32 (11), 2018
HIV/AIDS is a leading cause of infant mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite significant improvements in preventing vertical transmission, in the 21 Global Plan priority countries in sub-Saharan Africa, over 100 000 infants are infected with HIV annually and only 50% access life-saving antiretroviral t...

Validity of reported retention in antiretroviral therapy after roll-out to peripheral facilities in Mozambique: Results of a retrospective national cohort analysis

PLOS ONE; 13 (6), 2018
Retention in anti-retroviral therapy (ART) presents a challenge in sub-Saharan Africa. In Mozambique, after roll-out to peripheral facilities, the 12-month retention rate was reported mostly from sites with an electronic patient tracking system (EPTS), representing only 65% of patients. We conducted a na...

Mobile health treatment support intervention for HIV and tuberculosis in Mozambique: perspectives of patients and healthcare workers

PLos ONE; 12 ((4):e0176051), 2017
Background Studies have been conducted in developing countries using SMS to communicate with patients to reduce the number of missed appointments and improve retention in treatment, however; very few have been scaled up. One possible reason for this could be that patients or staff are dissatisfied with t...

Mobile health treatment support intervention for HIV andtuberculosis in Mozambique: Perspectives of patients and healthcare workers

PLos ONE; 12 (4), 2017
Studies have been conducted in developing countries using SMS to communicate with patients to reduce the number of missed appointments and improve retention in treatment, however; very few have been scaled up. One possible reason for this could be that patients or staff are dissatisfied with the method i...