Cervical Cancer Screening Positivity Among Women Living With HIV in CDC-PEPFAR Programs 2018-2022.

Background: The US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief aims to address the higher risk of cervical cancer among women living with HIV by offering high-quality screening services in the highest burden regions of the world.

Methods: We analyzed the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-supported sites in 13 countries in sub-Saharan Africa for women living with HIV aged older than 15 years who accessed cervical cancer screening services (mostly visual inspection, with ablative or excisional treatment offered for precancerous lesions), April 2018-March 2022. We calculated the positivity by age, country, and clinical visit type (first lifetime screen or routine rescreening).

Understanding Gender-Based Violence Service Delivery in CDC-Supported Health Facilities: 15 Sub-Saharan African Countries, 2017-2021.

Gender-based violence (GBV) is a complex issue deeply rooted in social structures, making its eradication challenging. GBV increases the risk of HIV transmission and is a barrier to HIV testing, care, and treatment. Quality clinical services for GBV, which includes the provision of HIV postexposure prophylaxis (PEP), vary, and service delivery data are lacking.

Health care services for survivors of gender-based violence: a community and clinic-based intervention in Zambézia province, Mozambique.

Mozambique introduced guidelines for integrated gender-based violence (GBV) services in 2012. In 2017, we trained providers on empathetic and supportive services to GBV survivors and introduced home-based services for survivors who are loss-to-follow up. Rate ratios of clinic visits were compared before and after intervention initiation, using exact significance tests.

The role of social support among people living with HIV in rural Mozambique.

A Positive Health, Dignity, and Prevention framework is being implemented in Mozambique to maintain the health of persons living with HIV (PLHIV) and prevent onward HIV transmission. An important intervention component is psycho-social support. However, coordinating support services has been challenging.

Evaluation of performance and acceptability of two rapid oral fluid tests for HIV detection in Mozambique.

Simplified HIV testing based on oral fluid (OF) may allow the expansion of HIV infection counseling and testing (CT) while reducing the risk due to exposure to needles and blood collection. This study evaluated the performance and acceptability of two OF tests (the OraQuick Advance Rapid HIV-1/2 and the Chembio DPP HIV-1/2) from May to September 2009 in two CT sites in Maputo City, Mozambique, compared with results for the national testing algorithm. OF testing was conducted in parallel with whole blood-based testing according to the national HIV algorithm.

Tinea capitis among children at one suburban primary school in the City of Maputo, Mozambique.

This study evaluated the prevalence of Tinea capitis among schoolchildren at one primary school and also identified the causative agents. Scalp flakes were collected from children presenting clinical signs suggestive of Tinea capitis. Dermatophytes were identified by following standard mycological procedures.

Tinea capitis among rural school children of the district of Magude, in Maputo province, Mozambique.

The study was carried out in two rural primary schools of the District of Magude, the largest district of Maputo Province in 2001. The prevalence of tinea capitis in each school was 11.6% (49/422) and 6.