Integrated TB and HIV care for Mozambican children: temporal trends, site-level determinants of performance, and recommendations for improved TB preventive treatment.

CONCLUSIONS: Mozambique has made significant strides in improving the pediatric care cascades for children with TB and HIV, but there were missed opportunities for TB diagnosis and prevention, with IPT utilization being particularly problematic. Strengthened TB/HIV programming that continues to focus on pediatric ART scale-up while improving delivery of TB preventive therapy, either with IPT or newer rifapentine-based regimens for age-eligible children, is needed.
PMID: 33422091 [PubMed - in process]

Source: AIDS Research and Therapy - January 9, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Buck WC, Nguyen H, Siapka M, Basu L, Greenberg Cowan J, De Deus MI, Gleason M, Ferreira F, Xavier C, Jose B, Muthemba C, Simione B, Kerndt P Tags: AIDS Res Ther Source Type: research