Resultados: 13

Redução do uso de medição em praticantes de mediação transcendental
Reduced use of measurement in transcendental mediation practitioners

Ao proporcionar o relaxamento do corpo e da mente, a prática regular de Meditação Transcendental (MT) pode reduzir o uso de fármacos. O objetivo do trabalho foi avaliar a redução do uso de medicação em praticantes regulares de Meditação Transcendental Sidhi, na cidade de Maringá, noroeste do P...

Examining oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) literacy among participants in an HIV vaccine trial preparedness cohort study

Background: Internationally-accredited laboratories are recognised for their superior test reliability, operational performance, quality management and competence. In a bid to meet international quality standards, the Mozambique National Institute of Health enrolled the National Tuberculosis Reference La...

Good health’ as a barrier and facilitator to ART initiation: a qualitative study in the era of test-and-treat in Mozambique

Cult. health sex; 21 (9), 2019
HIV test-and-treat programmes are being implemented throughout sub-Saharan Africa, enrolling HIV-positive clients into antiretroviral treatment (ART) immediately after diagnosis, regardless of clinical stage or CD4 count. This study conducted in Mozambique examined what influenced clients who tested HIV-...

Trends in Prevalence of Advanced HIV Disease at Antiretroviral Therapy Enrollment - 10 Countries, 2004-2015

Monitoring prevalence of advanced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease (i.e., CD4+ T-cell count <200 cells/μL) among persons starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) is important to understand ART program outcomes, inform HIV prevention strategy, and forecast need for adjunctive therapies.*,†,§ To...

Discursos sobre a terapia de curta duração para o controle da tuberculose

RESUMO Objetivo: analisar os sentidos produzidos por meio das experiências e percepções dos profissionais de saúde sobre a implementação da estratégia do tratamento diretamente observado de curta duração para o controle da tuberculose. Método: estudo qualitativo realizado em Moçambique com 1...

Poor tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Southern Mozambique (2011-2012)

BMC infect. dis; 16 (), 2016
Background: In Mozambique, there is limited data regarding the monitoring of Tuberculosis (TB) treatment results and determinants of adverse outcomes under routine surveillance conditions. The objectives of this study were to evaluate treatment outcomes among TB patients, analyze factors associated with ...

Sustainable HIV Treatment in Africa through Viral Load-Informed Differentiated Care

Nature (Lond.); 528 (7580), 2015
There are inefficiencies in current approaches to monitoring patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa. Patients typically attend clinics every 1–3 months for clinical assessment, with clinic costs being comparable with costs of drugs themselves, CD4 counts are measured every 6 mon...

Percursos das mães na procura de medicamentos para doenças em menores de cinco anos, num mercado farmacológico múltiplo na cidade de xai-xai, em moçambique

presente estudo faz uma análise dos percursos das mães na procura de medicamentos para doenças em menores de cinco anos, na cidade de Xai-Xai em Moçambique. Dados etnográficos recolhidos em Xai-Xai, o estudo revela que na procura de respostas para as doenças dos seus filhos, num contexto de plurali...

Treatment of Kaposi sarcoma in human immunodeficiency virus-1-infected Mozambican children with antiretroviral drugs and chemotherapy

Pediatr. infect. dis. j; 30 (10), 2011
AIDS-associated Kaposi sarcoma occurs in children, but treatment experience reports are very scarce. A retrospective analysis of 28 children treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy and monthly paclitaxel showed unexpected results with 19 children in complete and sustainable remission, including...