HIV research has identified approaches that can be combined to be more effective in
transmission reduction than any 1 modality alone: delayed adolescent sexual debut, mutual …

Background: A key challenge inhibiting the timely initiation of pediatric antiretroviral
treatment is the loss to follow-up of mothers and their infants between the time of mothers' …

Background HIV is treated as a chronic disease, but high lost-to-follow-up rates and poor
adherence to medication result in higher mortality, morbidity, and viral mutation. Within 18 …

Background The World Health Organization estimated that, in Mozambique, cervical cancer
was the most common cancer among women aged 15 to 44 years as of 2010, accounting for …

Background Limited literacy skills are common in the United States (US) and are related to
lower HIV knowledge and worse health behaviors and outcomes. The extent of these …

Low rates of antenatal care (ANC) service uptake limit the potential impact of mother-to-child
HIV-prevention strategies. Zambézia province, Mozambique, has one of the lowest …

Introduction Residents of Zambézia Province, Mozambique live from rural subsistence
farming and fishing. The 2009 provincial HIV prevalence for adults 15–49 years was 12.6 …

Introduction Retention in HIV care is a challenge in Mozambique. Mozambique´ s southern
provinces have the highest mobility levels of the country. Mobility may result in poorer …

Background: Avante Zambézia is an initiative of a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO),
Friends in Global Health, LLC (FGH) and the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH) to …

Objective: Delays in HIV diagnosis and initiation of antiretroviral therapy are common even
among symptomatic individuals in Africa. We hypothesized that antiretroviral therapy delays …