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Barreiras e facilitadores do acesso de populações vulneráveis à PrEP no Brasil:...
Pimenta,Maria Cristina; Bermúdez,Ximena Pamela; Godoi,Alcinda Maria Machado; Maksud,Ivia; Benedetti,Marcos; Kauss,Bruno; Torres,Thiago SilvaResumo: A profilaxia pré-exposição ao HIV (PrEP) tem sido considerada uma estratégia fundamental para o controle da epidemia de HIV/aids, e desde 2018 tem sido objeto de estudo de implementação (Estudo ImPrEP Stakeholders), realizado no Brasil, no México e no Peru. Um componente qualitativo desse estudo foi desenvolvido com o objetivo de identificar os contextos sociais e estruturais que envolvem e organizam a ...
Brazilian Protocol for Sexually Transmitted Infections 2020: epidemiological su...
Domingues,Carmen Silvia Bruniera; Lannoy,Leonor Henriette de; Saraceni,Valeria; Cunha,Alessandro Ricardo Caruso da; Pereira,Gerson Fernando MendesAbstract This article summarizes the chapter on epidemiological surveillance of sexually transmitted infections (STI) that comprises the 2020 Clinical Protocol and Therapeutic Guidelines (PCDT) for Comprehensive Care for People with STI, published by the Health Surveillance Department of the Brazilian Ministry of Health. It presents some reflections on the new case definitions for surveillance of acquired syphi...
A real-life study of the positive response to DAA-based therapies for hepatitis...
Vivaldini,Simone Monzani; Ribeiro,Rachel Abraão; Mosimann Júnior,Gláucio; Tonini,Karen Cristine; Pereira,Gerson Fernando MendesABSTRACT A retrospective cohort of 11,308 chronic hepatitis C infected patients treated with regimens that included Sofosbuvir (SOF), Daclatasvir (DCV), Simeprevir (SMV), or an association of Ombitasvir, Veruprevir/Ritonavir and Dasabuvir (3D) with or without Ribavirin (RBV) were assessed for sustained virologic response (SVR) or viral cure after a 12-week treatment. Logistic regression analyses were used to id...
Sífilis em jovens conscritos brasileiros, 2016: aspectos sociodemográficos, com...
Freitas,Francisca Lidiane Sampaio; Bermúdez,Ximena Pamela Díaz; Merchan-Hamann,Edgar; Motta,Leonardo Rapone da; Paganella,Machline PaimO objetivo foi caracterizar aspectos sociodemográficos, comportamentais e clínicos entre conscritos brasileiros, segundo a prevalência de sífilis. Estudo descritivo desenvolvido valendo-se de pesquisa nacional de base populacional, realizada em 2016, com amostra probabilística de jovens conscritos de 17 a 22 anos de idade. Realizou-se autoaplicação de questionários confidenciais. As amostras de sangue total dos...
Adequacy of prenatal care, diagnosis and treatment of syphilis in pregnancy: a ...
Benzaken,Adele Schwartz; Pereira,Gerson Fernando Mendes; Cunha,Alessandro Ricardo Caruso da; Souza,Flavia Moreno Alves de; Saraceni,ValériaAbstract: To assess the adequacy of prenatal care offered in the Brazilian capital cities and the diagnosis of gestational syphilis through public data from health information systems. The modified Kotelchuck index for adequacy of prenatal care was built using Brazilian Information System on Live Births (SINASC) data. Data on gestational syphilis, congenital syphilis, estimated population coverage by the Family...
Hepatitis C disease burden and strategies for elimination by 2030 in Brazil. A ...
Benzaken,Adele Schwartz; Girade,Renato; Catapan,Elisa; Pereira,Gerson Fernando Mendes; Almeida,Elton Carlos de; Vivaldini,Simone; Fernandes,NeideABSTRACT Introduction and aim: Hepatitis C is a key challenge to public health in Brazil. The objective of this paper was to describe the Brazilian strategy for hepatitis C to meet the 2030 elimination goal proposed by World Health Organization (WHO). Methods: A mathematical modeling approach was used to estimate the current HCV-infected Brazilian population, and to evaluate the relative costs of two different ...
Exploratory spatial analysis of HBV cases in Brazil between 2005 and 2017
Vivaldini,Simone Monzani; Pinto,Flavia Kelli Alvarenga; Kohiyama,Igor Massaki; Almeida,Elton Carlos de; Mendes-Correa,Maria CássiaABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the pattern of spatial distribution of hepatitis B virus (HBV) cases and the mortality attributed to this disease throughout the Brazilian territory, in 2005, 2016 and 2017. Methods: This is an ecological study of spatial analysis, using data from the Information System for Notifiable Diseases and the Brazilian Mortality Information System. HBV detection and mortality rates were a...
Access to viral hepatitis care: distribution of health services in the Northern...
Almeida,Elton Carlos de; Gleriano,Josué Souza; Pinto,Flavia Kelli Alvarenga; Coelho,Ronaldo de Almeida; Vivaldini,Simone MonzaniABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the distribution of health care services for viral hepatitis and reported cases of viral hepatitis according to the health regions of Northern Brazil. Method: It is an evaluative, descriptive and quantitative research considering viral hepatitis care services and reported cases in the Northern region of Brazil, using data collected from the National Registry of Health Establishmen...
A portrait of risk behavior towards HIV infection among Brazilian Army conscrip...
Damacena,Giseli Nogueira; Szwarcwald,Célia Landmann; Motta,Leonardo Rapone da; Kato,Sérgio Kakuta; Adami,Aline de Gregori; Paganella,Machline PaimABSTRACT Introduction: Knowledge about risky sexual behavior among young people has been widely acknowledged as a key tool to controlling the spread of HIV. This article aimed at presenting the risk behavior of Brazilian Army conscripts toward HIV infection according to the country’s geographic regions. . Method: We collected data from 37,282 conscripts, aged 17 to 22, during enlistment in the Brazilian Army in...
Avaliação da cascata de cuidado na prevenção da transmissão vertical do HIV no ...
Miranda,Angelica Espinosa; Pereira,Gerson Fernando Mendes; Araujo,Maria Alix Leite; Silveira,Mariangela Freitas da; Tavares,Leonor De LannoyResumo: Este estudo teve por objetivo avaliar a cascata de cuidado da redução da transmissão vertical do HIV nos estados do Amazonas, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul e no Distrito Federal, usando dados do Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (SINAN). Entre os anos de 2007 e 2012, cresceu a taxa de detecção de HIV na gestação em 5 estados, variando de 7,3% no Distrito Federal ...