[HTML][HTML] Closing the mental health gap in low-income settings by building research capacity: perspectives from Mozambique

AC Sweetland, MA Oquendo, M Sidat, PF Santos… - Annals of global …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Neuropsychiatric disorders are the leading cause of disability worldwide,
accounting for 22.7% of all years lived with disability. Despite this global burden, fewer than …

Knowledge gaps of STIs in Africa; Systematic review

MM Badawi, MA SalahEldin, AB Idris, EA Hasabo… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are ambiguous burden of tremendous health, social
and economic consequences. The current systematic review was conducted in order to …

Incomplete adherence among treatment-experienced adults on antiretroviral therapy in Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia

JA Denison, O Koole, S Tsui, J Menten, K Torpey… - Aids, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To characterize antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence across different
programmes and examine the relationship between individual and programme …

Barriers to health care in rural Mozambique: a rapid ethnographic assessment of planned mobile health clinics for ART

A Schwitters, P Lederer, L Zilversmit… - … Health: Science and …, 2015 - ghspjournal.org
ABSTRACT Background: In Mozambique, 1.6 million people are living with HIV, and over
60% of the population lives in rural areas lacking access to health services. Mobile health …

Traditional healer treatment of HIV persists in the era of ART: a mixed methods study from rural South Africa

CM Audet, S Ngobeni, RG Wagner - BMC complementary and alternative …, 2017 - Springer
Background Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) substantially contributes to the burden of
disease and health care provision in sub-Saharan Africa, where traditional healers play a …

How beliefs in traditional healers impact on the use of allopathic medicine: In the case of indigenous snakebite in Eswatini

S Nann - PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Snakebite is a major public health problem in Eswatini and serious envenomations can be
responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality if not treated correctly. Antivenom …

Mixed methods inquiry into traditional healers' treatment of mental, neurological and substance abuse disorders in rural South Africa

CM Audet, S Ngobeni, E Graves, RG Wagner - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Traditional healers are acceptable and highly accessible health practitioners
throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Patients in South Africa often seek concurrent traditional and …

Barriers and facilitators to antiretroviral adherence and retention in HIV care among people living with HIV in the Comarca Ngäbe-Buglé, Panama

A Gabster, E Socha, JM Pascale, G Cabezas Talavero… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Panama's HIV epidemic is far from under control. One of the populations with
the fastest-growing epidemic among the Indigenous peoples of the Comarca Ngäbe-Buglé …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of media, interpersonal communication and religious attitudes on HIV-related stigma in Tehran, Iran

A Aghaei, M Mohraz, S Shamshirband - Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, 2020 - Elsevier
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence owing to sexual contact has been on the
rise in Iran since 2006, with those afflicted liable to social stigmatization. Focusing on the …

Educational intervention increased referrals to allopathic care by traditional healers in three high HIV-prevalence rural districts in Mozambique

CM Audet, J Salato, M Blevins, D Amsalem… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Delayed uptake of clinical services impedes favorable clinical outcomes in
Mozambique. Care is delayed among patients who initiate care with traditional healers; …