In 2021, there were more than 150,000 new HIV infections among children; however, only 52% of children living with HIV were on antiretroviral treatment (ART) [1]. Untreated infants and young children are at high risk for rapid disease progression and death [2, 3]; early diagnosis and rapid treatment can ...
Cervera, Belén Saavedra;
López, Mariana G;
Chiner-Oms, Álvaro;
García, Ana Maria;
Cancino-Muñoz, Irving;
Torres-Puente, Manuela;
Villamayor, Luis;
Carlos Madrazo-Moya, Carlos;
Mambuque, Edson;
Sequera, Guilherme Victor;
Respeito, Durval;
Blanco, Sílvia;
Augusto, Orvalho;
López-Varela, Elisa;
Garcia-Basteiro, Alberto L;
Comas, Iñaki.
Genomic studies of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) might shed light on the dynamics of its transmission, especially in high-burden settings, where recent outbreaks are embedded in the complex natural history of the disease. To this end, we conducted a 1 year prospective surveillance-based ...
People living with undiagnosed HIV are big contributors to the transmission of the virus. Although measures
have been made to scale up HIV prevention and voluntary counselling and testing in sub-Saharan Africa, testing coverage remains low in many sub-Saharan African countries, including Mozambique and K...
Mozambique has one of the highest burdens of HIV in the world, where the prevalence is estimated at 13.2% among adults aged 15-49 years. Men who pay for sex (MPS) are considered a bridging population for HIV infection. However, the characteristics of MPS in Mozambique are poorly understood. The objective...
Across rural sub-Saharan Africa, people living with HIV (PLHIV) commonly seek out treatment from traditional healers. We report on the clinical outcomes of a community health worker intervention adapted for traditional healers with insight into our results from qualitative interviews. We employed a pre-p...
Carlucci , james G;
Yu , zhihong;
González, purificación;
Bravo, magdalena;
Amorim, gustavo;
Cugara, cristina das zelicidades;
Guambe, helga;
Mucanhenga, jaime;
Silva, wilson;
Tique, josé a;
Alvim, maria fernanda sardella;
Graves, erin;
De Schacht, caroline;
Wester, C william.
Introduction: Mentor Mothers (MM) provide peer support to pregnant and postpartum women living with HIV (PPWH) and their infants with perinatal HIV exposure (IPE) throughout the cascade of prevention of vertical transmission (PVT) services. MM were implemented in Zambézia Province, Mozambique starting ...
Mozambique antiretroviral therapy is a database used to monitor patients receiving antiretroviral treatment (ART). This study's objective was to evaluate the system for the purpose to monitor patients receiving ART. data from 287,052 patients who started ART from January to December 2017 were verified, a...
Nhantumbo 1, Aquino Albino;
Comé 1, Charlotte Elizabeth;
Maholela 2, Plácida Iliany;
Munguambe 1, Alcides Moniz;
Gudo 2, Eduardo Samo;
Costa 3, Paulino da;
Mott 4, Mariana;
Cunha 4, Gabriella Rosa;
Dias 4, Cícero;
Chambal 5, Lúcia;
Cantarelli 4 6, Vlademir Vicente.
Antecedentes: A meningite continua a ser uma causa importante de morbimortalidade em adultos na África Subsaariana. Os dados sobre a investigação etiológica da meningite em adultos em Moçambique são limitados e a maioria dos estudos foram realizados no sul de Moçambique. A identificação da etiol...
Antígenos de Fungos/análise,
Cryptococcus neoformans,
Criptococose,
Infecções por HIV/complicações,
Infecções por HIV/epidemiologia,
Infecções por HIV/diagnóstico,
Hospitais,
Meningite Criptocócica/diagnóstico,
Meningite Criptocócica/epidemiologia,
Meningite Pneumocócica,
Estudos Retrospectivos,
Staphylococcus aureus,
Moçambique/epidemiologia
Mukherjee, Trena;
Zerbe, Allison;
Falcao, Joanna;
Carey, Shauna;
Iaccarino, Alexandra;
Kolada, Brynn;
Kolada, Brynn;
Shadwick, Cady;
Singhal, Hitesh;
Weinstein, Lauren;
Vitale, Mirriah;
De Pimentel De Gusmao, Eduarda;
Abrams, Elaine J.
Adolescents and young people represent a growing proportion of people living with HIV (AYAHIV), and there is an urgent need to design, implement, and test interventions that retain AYAHIV in care. Using a human-centered design (HCD) approach, we codesigned CombinADO, an intervention to promote HIV viral ...
Mabunda, nédio;
Augusto, orvalho;
Zicai, ana flora;
Duajá, ana;
Oficiano, Sandra;
Ismael, nalia;
Vubil, adolfo;
Mussá, tufária;
Moraes, milton;
Jani, ilesh.
Background: Although blood transfusion is an intervention that saves lives, it poses significant risks to the blood receivers, including the transmission of bloodborne pathogens. We aimed at determining the prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis B virus (HBV), and Hepatitis C virus (...
Doadores de Sangue,
DNA Viral/sangue,
Infecções por HIV/diagnóstico,
Infecções por HIV/epidemiologia,
Hepatite B/diagnóstico,
Hepatite B/epidemiologia,
Hepatite C/diagnóstico,
Hepatite C/epidemiologia,
RNA Viral/sangue,
Estudos Soroepidemiológicos,
Moçambique/epidemiologia
