Over a decade of HIV infection prevalence and incidence among Mozambican pregnant women

A secondary analysis of prospectively collected data

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ID15380334
AuthorsAnete Mendes-Muxlhanga (Manhiça Health Research Centre), Arsénio Nhacolo (0000-0003-1055-6769, Manhiça Health Research Centre), Antía Figueroa-Romero (0000-0003-4682-1421, Barcelona Institute for Global Health), Maura Mazuze (Manhiça Health Research Centre), Alfredo Mayor (0000-0003-3890-2897, Eduardo Mondlane University), Anifa Valá (Manhiça Health Research Centre), Esperança Sevene (0000-0001-9025-4052, Eduardo Mondlane University), Aleny Couto (0000-0002-2109-198X, Ministry of Health), Namita Eliseu (Ministry of Health), Llorenç Quintó (0000-0001-9992-6951, Manhiça Health Research Centre), Gloria Matabisso (Manhiça Health Research Centre), Eusébio Macete (0000-0002-8071-4761, Manhiça Health Research Centre), Paula Vaz (0000-0002-0228-5957, Fundação Ariel Glaser Contra o SIDA Pediátrico), Pedro L Alonso (0000-0003-3292-3443, Departament de Salut), Pedro Alonso, Clara Menéndez (0000-0002-2641-6907, Manhiça Health Research Centre), Raquel Gonzalez (0000-0001-5487-801X, Departament de Salut), Tacilta Nhampossa (0000-0002-4616-8752, Manhiça Health Research Centre, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume25
Issue1
Pages251-251
Publication date2025-01-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s12889-025-21467-3
PMID39838327
OpenAlexW4406642602
LanguageEN
References cited22

The prevalence of HIV decreased while the overall incidence stayed similar in Mozambican pregnant women, during 2010 to 2021. However, both estimates remain unacceptably high, which indicates the need to revise current preventive policies and implement effective ones to improve HIV control among pregnant women

Biostatistics · Environmental health · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Incidence (geometry · Pathology · Public health · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Epidemiology · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics

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