VUMC and VIGH Investigators Present Findings on Elevated Mortality of Tuberculosis Diagnosis in People Living with HIV
"Among people with HIV in Latin America, those diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) at an initial clinic visit were about twice as likely to die within 10 years as people not initially diagnosed with TB, according to findings from a large observational study. This increased risk persisted despite the availability of TB treatment and mirrored patterns seen previously in HIV-negative populations, according to research supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health.
Featured Publication: Attrition of HIV-exposed infants from early infant diagnosis services in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Research led by Vanderbilt investigators found nearly 40% of HIV-exposed infants in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMIC) were not in care at 18 months of age or had died. Despite the availability and progress of HIV prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programs which includes postpartum follow-up of HIV-positive mothers and their HIV-exposed infants, many infants do not remain engaged in early infant diagnosis (EID) services that are essential to optimal health outcomes.
Featured Publication: Prevailing Gender Norms and Unanticipated Effects of a Sexual and Reproductive Health Intervention
Programs and interventions focused on reducing the risk of HIV and early pregnancy, improving school attendance, and empowering girls can have significant and powerful effects for adolescent girls. Simultaneously, these programs may have unanticipated effects that inhibit the program's success.
HIV-positive pregnant women at significant risk of loss to follow up from HIV Care after delivery in South Africa
In 2017, according to UNAIDS, more than 90% of HIV-positive pregnant women accessed antiretroviral (ART) medicines to prevent mother-to child transmission of HIV in Southern Africa, and recent research suggests access and adherence to ART remains high during pregnancy due in part to the scale up of national antenatal (ANC) and ART care clinics.
Engagement in HIV care after delivery, however, can be challenging.
Audet Presented on HIV Transmission among Traditional Healers in South Africa at AIDS 2018
Carolyn Audet, Ph.D.
Nutrition Research Methods Workshop Trains Faculty and Graduate Students in Zambia
Current and past fellows, and faculty of the UNZA-Vanderbilt Training Partnership for HIV-Nutrition Research (UVP). The program is supported by the Fogarty International Center.
Julieta Matsimbe Named FGH Clinical Implementation Manager for Quelimane District
Dr. Matsimbe visits a health facility in Quelimane with the team. Photo: Cleofas Viagem
Rui Esmael
“The bigger the challenge, the more opportunities to get things done.” – Dr. Julieta Matsimbe
Health counselors: A key element in the fight against HIV
"The health counselor is the key member of the team. They are the true pillar. It is with the health counselor that patients have their first contact, on which everything else depends."
~Mauro Timana – Chefe Médico at Mocubela
Pediatric Antiretroviral HIV Treatment Brings Back Hope to Tânia
Tânia now dreams of one day becoming a nurse.
"Next year, I'm going back to school because when I grow up I want to be a nurse to help other people." -Tânia
For mother and daughter, life is not as it used to be: It is much better!
Amélia Sebastião and her seven year old daughter, Juliana, are healthy and making long-term plans for their lives. Amélia is a Peer Educator assisting patients in her community and Juliana wants to be a District Administrator when she grows up. But this was not the case just a few years ago.