Resultados: 45

Nevirapine or efavirenz for tuberculosis and HIV coinfected patients: exposure and virological failure relationship

J. antimicrob. chemother; 70 (1), 2015
Objectives: We describe nevirapine and efavirenz exposure on and off tuberculosis treatment and consequences for virological efficacy and tolerance in patients included in the ANRS 12146/12214-CARINEMO trial. Methods: Participants were randomly selected to receive either nevirapine at 200 mg twice daily...

Antiretroviral Therapy Program Expansion in Zambézia Province, Mozambique: Geospatial Mapping of Community-Based and Health Facility Data for Integrated Health Planning

PLos ONE; 9 (10), 2014
Objective To generate maps reflecting the intersection of community-based Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) delivery points with facility-based HIV program demographic information collected at the district level in three districts (Ile, Maganja da Costa and Chinde) of Zambézia Province, Mozambique;...

A combination strategy for enhancing linkage to and retention in HIV care among adults newly diagnosed with HIV in Mozambique: study protocol for a site-randomized implementation science study

BMC infect. dis; 14 (549), 2014
Background: Despite the extraordinary scale up of HIV prevention, care and treatment services in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) over the past decade, the overall effectiveness of HIV programs has been significantly hindered by high levels of attrition across the HIV care continuum. Data from “real-life” se...

Estratégias de coping das pessoas vivendo com hiv e sida em tratamento antiretroviral que frequentam o centro de saúde da polana caniço na cidade de maputo

Ao longo de algumas décadas, a epidemia do HIV e SIDA tornou-se num ícone de grandes questões que afligem o mundo devido a sua dinâmica que configura suas manifestações de acordo com as características culturais e sócio demográficas em diferentes populações. O HIV e SIDA constitui um dos grand...

Nevirapine versus efavirenz for patients co-infected with HIV and tuberculosis: a randomised non-inferiority trial

Lancet, Infect. dis.; 13 (4), 2013
In countries with a high incidence of HIV and tuberculosis co-infection, nevirapine and efavirenz are widely used as antiretroviral therapy but both interact with antituberculosis drugs. We aimed to compare efficacy and safety of a nevirapine-based antiretroviral therapy (started at full dose) with an ef...

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...

First report of occult hepatitis B infection amongARTnaïveHIVseropositive individuals in Maputo, Mozambique

PLos ONE; 7 (9), 2012
Background: The prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in Mozambique is one of the highest in the world, though in spite of this the prevalence of occult hepatitis B infection (OBI) is unknown. Objectives: This study was conducted with the aim to ...

Performance of the PointCare NOW system for CD4 counting in HIV patients based on five independent evaluations

PLos ONE; 7 (8), 2012
Introduction: Point-of-care (POC) CD4 testing can improve access to treatment by enabling decentralization and reducing patient loss-to-follow-up. As new POC CD4 technologies become available, their performance should be assessed before widespread deployment. This study reports the findings of five indep...

Prevalence and clinical features of HIV and malaria co-infection in hospitalized adults in Beira, Mozambique

Malar. j. (Online); 11 (241), 2012
Mozambique presents a very high prevalence of both malaria and HIV infection, but the impact of co-cancel infection on morbidity in this population has been rarely investigated. The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence and clinical characteristics of malaria in hospitalized adult HIV-positive...

An assessment of the accuracy and availability of data in electronic patient tracking systems for patients receiving HIV treatment in central Mozambique

Since the rapid scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) programs in sub-Saharan Africa, electronic patient tracking systems (EPTS) have been deployed to respond to the growing demand for program monitoring, evaluation and reporting to governments and donors. These routinely collected data are often used...