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Monitoring progress towards the first UNAIDS target: understanding the impact of people living with HIV who re-test during HIV-testing campaigns in rural Mozambique

J. int. aids soc; 21 (4), 2018
This analysis was nested in a prospective cohort established in southern Mozambique which conducted three HIV-testing modalities: voluntary counselling and testing (VCT), provider-initiated counselling and testing (PICT) and home-based testing (HBT). Participants were given the opportunity to self-report...

BMC medical ethics

BMC Med Ethics; 1 (19), 2018
Mozambique has seen remarkable growth in biomedical research over the last decade. To meet a growing need, the National Committee for Bioethics in Health of Mozambique (CNBS) encouraged the development of ethical review processes at institutions that regularly conduct medical and social science research....

Mapping and Modelling Malaria Risk Areas Using Climate, Socio-Demographic and Clinical Variables in Chimoio, Mozambique

Background: Malaria continues to be a major public health concern in Africa. Approximately 3.2 billion people worldwide are still at risk of contracting malaria, and 80% of deaths caused by malaria are concentrated in only 15 countries, most of which are in Africa. These high-burden countries have achiev...

Description of a Mass Poisoning in a Rural District in Mozambique: The First Documented Bongkrekic Acid Poisoning in Africa

Clin. infect. dis; 69 (9), 2018
Background: On 9 January 2015, in a rural town in Mozambique, >230 persons became sick and 75 died of an illness linked to drinking pombe, a traditional alcoholic beverage. Methods: An investigation was conducted to identify case patients and determine the cause of the outbreak. A case patient was define...

Description of a Mass Poisoning in a Rural District in Mozambique: The First Documented Bongkrekic Acid Poisoning in Africa

Clin. infect. dis; 66 (9), 2018
Background: On 9 January 2015, in a rural town in Mozambique, >230 persons became sick and 75 died of an illness linked to drinking pombe, a traditional alcoholic beverage. Methods: An investigation was conducted to identify case patients and determine the cause of the outbreak. A case patient was define...

Desigualdades em saúde em moçambique: necessidades, acesso, barreiras e qualidade de atendimento

O acesso aos serviços de saúde de qualidade é crucial para uma saúde boa e equilibrada. Este relatório tem por objectivo fornecer evidências científicas sólidas sobre o acesso ao sistema de saúde em Moçambique e as desigualdades sociais que afectam 6 esse acesso. Para o efeito, foi realizada u...

IgM and IgG against Plasmodium falciparum lysate as surrogates of malaria exposure and protection during pregnancy

Malar. j. (Online); 17 (1), 2018
Background: Difficulties to disentangle the protective versus exposure role of anti-malarial antibodies hamper the identification of clinically-relevant immune targets. Here, factors affecting maternal IgG and IgMs against Plasmodium falciparum antigens, as well as their relationship with parasite infect...

High production of pro-inflammatory cytokines by maternal blood mononuclear cells is associated with reduced maternal malaria but increased cord blood infection

Malar. j. (Online); 17 (1), 2018
Background: Increased susceptibility to malaria during pregnancy is not completely understood. Cellular immune responses mediate both pathology and immunity but the effector responses involved in these processes have not been fully characterized. Maternal and fetal cytokine and chemokine responses to mal...

Managing Advanced HIV Disease in a Public Health Approach
Managing Advanced HIV Disease in a Public Health Approach

Clin Infect Dis; 66 (2), 2018
Em 2017, a Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS) publicou diretrizes para o manejo da doença avançada pelo vírus da imunodeficiência humana (HIV) dentro de uma abordagem de saúde pública. Dados recentes sugerem que mais de um terço das pessoas que iniciam a terapêutica anti-retroviral (TARV) o fa...