Lucas Molfino

Datos Biográficos

ID7018382
NOMBRELucas Molfino
NOMBRESLucas
APELLIDOMolfino
FIRMAMOLFINO L
AFILIACIONESMédecins Sans Frontières
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS5
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR5
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2014
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2019
ÍNDICE H0

  • Feasibility of using Determine TB-LAM to diagnose tuberculosis in HIV-positive patients in programmatic conditions

    Open AccessSekai Chenai Mathabire Rucker, Loide Cossa et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2019

    Background: Determine TB-LAM is a urine-based point-of-care assay for diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB).Objective: To assess the feasibility of using LAM to diagnose TB in adult HIV-positive patients in resource-limited settings.Methods: We performed a multi-centric mixed-methods cross-sectional descriptive study in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, and Mozambique. We used the study and program monitoring tools to estimate user workload, tur…

  • I saw it as a second chance’

    Open AccessRose Burns, Joana Borges et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2019

    Increasing numbers of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in sub-Saharan Africa are experiencing failure of first-line antiretroviral therapy and transitioning onto second-line regimens. However, there is a dearth of research on their treatment experiences. We conducted in-depth interviews with 43 PLHIV on second- or third-line antiretroviral therapy and 15 HIV health workers in Kenya, Malawi and Mozambique to explore patients' and health workers' per…

  • Long-term outcomes of a pediatric HIV treatment program in Maputo, Mozambique

    Open AccessJan Walter, Lucas Molfino et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2015

    OBJECTIVE: To describe long-term treatment outcomes of a pediatric HIV cohort in Mozambique. DESIGN: Retrospective analysis of routine monitoring data. SETTING: Secondary health care facilities in the Chamanculo Health District of Maputo. SUBJECTS: A total of 1,335 antiretroviral treatment (ART) naïve children <15 years of age enrolled in HIV care between 2002 and 2010. INTERVENTION: HIV care, ART (since 2003), task shifting to lower cadre nurses…

  • Drug-resistant tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients in a national referral hospital, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

    Open AccessGenevieve Walls, Sophie Bulifon et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2015

    BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: There are no recent data on the prevalence of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR TB) in Cambodia. We aim to describe TB drug resistance amongst adults with pulmonary and extra-pulmonary TB and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infection in a national referral hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. DESIGN: Between 22 November 2007 and 30 November 2009, clinical specimens from HIV-infected patients suspected of having TB under…

  • High attrition among HIV-infected patients with advanced disease treated in an intermediary referral center in Maputo, Mozambique

    Open AccessLucas Molfino, Ajay M V Kumar et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2014

    BACKGROUND: In Mozambique, antiretroviral therapy (ART) scale-up has been successfully implemented. However, attrition in care remains a major programmatic challenge. In 2009, an intermediary-level HIV referral center was created in Maputo to ensure access to specialized care for HIV-infected patients with complications (advanced clinical-immunological stage, Kaposi sarcoma, or suspected ART failure). OBJECTIVE: To determine the attrition from ca…