Mandlate, Flávio;
Greene, M. Claire;
Pereira, Luís F;
Sweetland, Annika C;
Kokonya, Donald;
Duarte, Cristiane;
Cournos, Francine;
Oquendo, Maria A;
Wainberg, Milton L;
Sidat, Mohsin;
Sevene, Esperança;
Mello, Marcelo F.
Introduction
Depression is the most common mental disorder among people living with HIV/AIDS and has a negative impact on HIV treatment outcomes. Training lay HIV counselors to identify and manage depression may contribute to improved patient access and adherence to treatment, and reduce stigma and discr...
Azam, khalide;
Khosa, celso;
Viegas, sofia;
Massango, isabel;
Bhatt, nilesh;
Jani, ilesh;
Heinrich, Norbert;
Hoelscher, michael;
Gillespie, Stephen, H.
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a difficult-to-treat disease requiring the combination of four antibiotics for a minimum of 6 months. Rapid and quantitative biomarkers to monitor treatment response are urgently needed for individual patient management and clinical trials. C-reactive protein (CRP) is oft...
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 ...
De Schacht, Caroline;
Lucas, Carlota;
Paulo, Paula;
Van Rompaey, Sara;
Fernando, Anibal Naftal;
Chinai, Jalilo Ernesto;
Chicuecue, Noela;
Silva, Wilson P;
Amane, Guita;
Sultane, Thebora;
Honwana, Nely;
Wei, Stanley;
Malimane, Inacio;
Couto, Aleny;
Wester, C. William.
HIV self-testing (HIVST) is a WHO-recommended strategy to increase testing, especially among key populations, men, and young adults. Between May and December 2019, a pilot was implemented in Zambézia province, Mozambique, allowing clients to purchase HIV self-tests in 14 public/private pharmacies. The s...
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...