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Reducing mortality in HIV-infected infants and achieving the 90-90-90 target through innovative diagnosis approaches

J. int. aids soc; 18 (6), 2015
Introduction: Despite significant gains in access to early infant diagnosis (EID) over the past decade, most HIV-exposed infants still do not get tested for HIV in the first two months of life. For those who are tested, the long turnaround time between when the sample is drawn and when the results are re...

O Impacto da revelação do diagnóstico da seropositividade no subsistema conjugal. O caso de casais concordantes e discordantes

O presente trabalho de investigação cujo título é “o impacto da Revelação do diagnóstico da seropositividade no Subsistema Conjugal”, realizado no Centro de Saúde 1º de Maio da Cidade de Maputo, de Fevereiro a Abril de 2015, visa dar a conhecer o impacto resultante da revelação do teste de...

Sleeping arrangements and mass distribution of bed nets in six districts in central and northern Mozambique

Trop. med. int. health; 20 (12), 2015
Objective: Universal coverage with insecticide-treated bed nets is a cornerstone of modern malaria control. Mozambique has developed a novel bed net allocation strategy, where the number of bed nets allocated per household is calculated on the basis of household composition and assumptions about who slee...

Infecções invasivas por salmonella entre crianças da zona rural de moçambique, 2001–2014

Clin. infect. dis; 61 (4), 2015
Invasive nontyphoidal Salmonella (iNTS) has emerged as a cause of bacteremia in African children and HIV-infected adults, which is associated with high mortality. Epidemiological data and burden of iNTS infections in resource-constrained settings are needed to better define preventive and curative strate...

Factors influencing mother-to-child transmission of HIV during pregnancy and breastfeeding in Mozambique

The earliest reports of a new disease were seen in the late seventies-early eighties, after observing rare opportunistic diseases such as Kaposi Sarcoma or Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, usually occurring in immunodeprimed people, in a cluster of intravenous drug users and gay men in the United States. ...

Changing Trends in P. falciparum Burden, Immunity, and Disease in Pregnancy

N. Engl. j. med; (), 2015
Background: Prevention of reinfection and resurgence is an integral component of the goal to eradicate malaria. However, the adverse effects of malaria resurgences are not known. Methods: We assessed the prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum infection among 1819 Mozambican women who delivered infants betwe...

Plano estratégico nacional de resposta ao hiv e sida 2015 – 2019 pen iv

O HIV e o SIDA continuam a constituir um dos mais destacáveis desafios de saúde pública em Moçambique. O Plano Estratégico Nacional de Combate ao HIV e SIDA para o quinquénio 2015-2019 - PEN IV, mantém a abordagem multissectorial que o Governo vem seguindo desde o ano 2000. Esta abordagem reforça...

Effect of Different Types of Exercise in HIV + Mozambican Women Using Antiretroviral Therapy

Open AIDS j; 9 (1: M5), 2015
The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the effect of two types of exercises interventions on the regularity and health-related physical fitness in HIV-infected individuals who use antiretroviral therapy (ART). A total of 53 HIV+ African women (mean age=39.5±8.4 years) on ART participated in t...

HAM/TSP-derived HTLV-1-infected T cell lines promote morphological and functional changes in human astrocytes cell lines: possible role in the enhanced T cells recruitment into Central Nervous System

Virol. j; 165 (12), 2015
Abstract Background: The mechanisms through which HTLV-1 leads to and maintains damage in the central nervous system of patients undergoing HTLV-1 associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) are still poorly understood. In recent years, increasing evidence indicates that, not only lympho...

Avaliação da tendência da utilização dos serviços de saúde amigos de adolescentes e jovens (saaj) e seus determinantes no hospital central de maputo e cantos de aconselhamento pelos adolescentes e jovens da cidade de maputo, moçambique (2008 a 2010)
Evaluation of the trend of utilization of adolescent and youth friendly health services (saaj) and its determinants at maputo central hospital and counseling corners by adolescents and youth in maputo city, mozambique (2008 to 2010)

Em Moçambique, os Adolescentes e Jovens (AJ) têm enfrentado múltiplos riscos e desafios durante a sua transição para a idade adulta. Estudos têm demonstrado que muitos AJ morrem prematuramente devido a acidentes, suicídio, violência, complicações relacionadas com a gravidez e outros problemas/e...