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Studies describing characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 among people living with HIV are currently limited, lacking detailed evaluation of the interplay among demographics, HIV-related variables, and comorbidities on COVID-19 outcomes. This retrospective cohort study describes mortality rates overall and according to demographic characteristics and explores predictors of admission to intensive care unit and death among 255 persons living with HIV with severe acute respiratory syndrome and confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. We found that the overall mortality rate was 4.1/1,000 person-days, with a case-fatality of 34%. Higher rates occurred among older adults, Black/Mixed skin color/race patients, and those with lower schooling. In a multivariable analysis adjusted for age, sex, CD4 count, viral load and number of comorbidities, skin color/race, and schooling remained significantly associated with higher mortality. Although tenofovir use was more frequent among survivors in the univariable analysis, we failed to find a statistically significant association between tenofovir use and survival in the multivariable analysis. Our findings suggest that social vulnerabilities related to both HIV and COVID-19 significantly impact the risk of death, overtaking traditional risk factors such as age, sex, CD4 count, and comorbidities.

Objective To evaluate the impact of an intervention improving the continuum of care monitoring (CCM) within HIV public healthcare services in São Paulo, Brazil, and implementing a clinical monitoring system. This system identified three patient groups prioritized for additional care engagement: (1) individuals diagnosed with HIV, but not receiving treatment (the treatment gap group); (2) individuals receiving treatment for >6 months with a detectable viral load (the virologic failure group); and (3) patients lost to follow-up (LTFU). Methods The implementation strategies included three training sessions, covering system logistics, case discussions, and development of maintenance goals. These strategies were conducted within 30 HIV public healthcare services (May 2019 to April 2020). After each training session, professionals shared their experiences with CCM at regional meetings. Before and after the intervention, providers were invited to answer 23 items from the normalization process theory questionnaire (online) to understand contextual factors. The mean item scores were compared using the Mann–Whitney U test. The RE-AIM implementation science framework (evaluating reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance) was used to evaluate the integration of the CCM. Results In the study, 47 (19.3%) of 243 patients with a treatment gap initiated treatment, 456 (49.1%) of 928 patients with virologic failure achieved suppression, and 700 of 1552 (45.1%) LTFU patients restarted treatment. Strategies for the search and reengagement of patients were developed and shared. Providers recognized the positive effects of CCM on their work and how it modified existing activities (3.7 vs. 4.4, p Conclusion Implementing CCM helped identify patients requiring more intensive attention. This intervention led to changes in providers’ perceptions of CCM and care and management processes, which increased the number of patients engaged across the care continuum and improved outcomes.

Background Congenital syphilis (CS) is a preventable condition. However, in 2017, 4,039 cases were reported in Sao Paulo State (SPS), with an incidence rate of 6.6 cases/1,000 live births (LB). In 2018, SPS proposed the “95-95-95” goals to reduce CS: 95% of all pregnant women (PW) with timely diagnosis during antenatal care (ANC), 95% of all with timely diagnosis receiving treatment and 95% of all babies from treated PW-syphilis, born without CS. This study aimed evaluates the pregnancy syphilis cascade of care and the “95-95-95” goals for reducing CS in SPS, 2017. Methods Ecological study, using reported cases of PW-syphilis and CS. The cascade of PW-syphilis care was estimated considering five columns. First column: number of PW-syphilis, calculated considering an estimated prevalence of 2.1% of syphilis in PW; and for the total population of PW, was considered the number of LB increased by 10% for fetal losses. Second: PW-syphilis diagnosed during ANC or delivery. Third: PW-syphilis linked to ANC with timely diagnosis. Fourth: PW-syphilis properly treated. Fifth: potentially avoided CS cases. Results Were estimated 14,369(100%) PW-syphilis, of these, 82.6% (N=11,875) were diagnosed during ANC or delivery; 73.8% (N=10,606) linked to ANC with timely diagnosis; 66.1% (N=9,500) treated and 54.5% (N=7,836) CS cases avoided. For the “95-95-95” goals, SPS reached the following levels: 89.3% (N=10,606/11,875) of PW-syphilis with diagnosis during ANC; 89.6% (N=9,500/10,606) were timely treated and 82.5% (N=7,836/9,500) of babies born without CS. Conclusion Prevention actions should be intensified to improve access and qualification of ANC. Specifically: wide screening coverage, availability of medication for the timely treatment and reproductive planning. These challenges can be overcome with an agenda of priorities and political commitment. The integration of STI/HIV/AIDS and maternal-child health programs, as well as the strengthening of primary care, is essential for the sustainability, duration and success of interventions aimed to the CS elimination. Disclosure No significant relationships.

Ao assumir o compromisso com a prevenção e tratamento, baseada no princípio da integralidade, a estratégia brasileira, fez a diferença na resposta nacional à aids nas décadas de 1980/90 e criou um novo paradigma que mostrou-se avançado do ponto de vista técnico, ético e político, contribuindo para a mudança nas recomendações das agências internacionais (OMS\\Banco Mundial) - do \"não tratar e só prevenir\" do início dos anos 1990, para o \"Tratamento como Prevenção\", base da atual proposta dos 90/90/90. Essa estratégia de controle da epidemia concentra responsabilidade na Rede de Serviços, em um período de discussão sobre mudanças no modelo de atenção a ser priorizado no país. Características relevantes dos contextos político e programáticos permitiram uma maior efetivação do cuidado às PVHA no Estado de São Paulo. O objetivo do presente estudo é recuperar a história do Centro de Referência e Treinamento em DST/Aids (CRT) na gestão e organização programática do cuidado em HIV/Aids no Estado de São Paulo, no período de 1988 a 2015, interpretando-a sob a perspectiva dos aspectos facilitadores e limitadores da incorporação prática do princípio da integralidade às ações de saúde. Realizou-se, nesse sentido, uma revisão narrativa da literatura sobre o tema da integralidade no campo da Saúde Coletiva Brasileira nas últimas cinco décadas. Tomando por base o cotejamento com esse desenvolvimento conceitual, a trajetória do CRT foi analisada por meio de entrevistas com atores-chaves no processo da gestão e organização programática do cuidado das PVHA no Estado de São Paulo, e análise dos documentos produzidos no processo. Esta análise foi organizada em torno de dois grandes eixos temáticos: (1) a criação e estruturação do CRT, e (2) as relações entre o CRT, os Programas Municipais de DST/aids e a rede de serviços assistenciais no Estado de São Paulo. Entre os resultados do estudo, destacam-se o resgate e reflexão crítica sobre o desenvolvimento dos discursos tecnocientíficos sobre integralidade no contexto das propostas de reforma da saúde no Brasil; a incorporação desses construtos às propostas desenvolvidas pelo CRT, especialmente em torno aos conceitos de vulnerabilidade, cuidado, clínica ampliada e direitos humanos em saúde; e a identificação de arranjos institucionais, estratégias técnicas e configurações políticas que permitiram ao CRT o exercício articulado de três níveis de gestão do cuidado (das PVHA, dos serviços e da Rede) numa mesma plataforma. Conclui-se apontando alcances e limites na efetivação da integralidade, que se mostraram desiguais nos três níveis de gestão do cuidado. Aponta-se maiores avanços na dimensão gerencial da rede e as maiores dificuldades na efetivação da integralidade no cuidado das PVHA e na gestão dos serviços de saúde Assuming commitment to the prevention and treatment based on the principle of comprehensiveness (integralidade), the Brazilian strategy made the difference in the national response to AIDS in the decades of 1980/90. Its cutting edge strategy created a new paradigm from technical, ethical and political points of view, contributing to the change in recommendations of international agencies (WHO \\ World Bank) - from \"not to treat and only prevent\" of the early 1990s, to \"treatment as prevention\", basis of the current 90/90/90 proposal. This epidemic control strategy focuses responsibility in Service Network, in a period of discussion of changes in the model of care to be prioritized in the country. Relevant characteristics of the political and programmatic contexts enabled greater effectiveness of care for PLWHA in the state of São Paulo. The aim of this study is to recover the history of the STD / AIDS Reference and Training Center (CRT) in the management and programmatic organization of care in HIV / AIDS in the State of São Paulo, in the period 1988-2015, interpreting it in the prospect of facilitating and limiting factors for practical embodiment of the principle of comprehensiveness in health care. A narrative review of the literature on comprehensiveness care was performed in the Brazilian Public Health field for the past five decades. Based on the comparison with this conceptual development, the trajectory of CRT was analyzed through interviews with key stakeholders in the process of management and organization of programmatic care of PLWHA in the state of São Paulo, and analysis of the documents produced in the process. We organized the analysis around two major themes: (1) the creation and structuring of CRT, and (2) the relationship between the CRT, the STD/AIDS Municipal Program and the network of health care services in São Paulo. Among the study\'s findings, we highlight the rescue and critical reflection on the development of techno-scientific discourses on comprehensiveness in the context of health reform proposals in Brazil; the incorporation of these constructs in the proposals developed by the CRT, especially around the concepts of vulnerability, care, extended clinic and human rights in health; and the identification of institutional arrangements, technical strategies and policy settings that allowed the CRT to articulate three care management levels (of PLWHA, services and network) on the same platform. We conclude pointing advances and limits in the effectuation of comprehensiveness, which proved to be unequally reachable in the three levels of care management. There were major advances noticed in the managerial dimension of the network and higher difficulties to implement comprehensiveness in the care of PLWHA and management of health services

Resumo: Dentre os princípios do SUS, o de integralidade talvez seja o mais desafiador na construção da Reforma Sanitária. É objetivo deste estudo identificar momentos críticos do debate conceitual em torno da integralidade e suas contribuições para a reflexão acerca de tecnologias de atenção à saúde no âmbito do SUS. O ensaio percorre algumas construções conceituais que se aproximam da questão da integralidade como princípio norteador de programas e ações de saúde em diversos planos e dimensões da organização da atenção à saúde - das interações intersubjetivas à organização de redes regionais. O estudo se baseou em revisão não sistemática da literatura sobre o tema da integralidade e afins na produção do campo da Saúde Coletiva brasileira nas últimas cinco décadas. Propõe-se uma cronologia/tipologia que se estende dos anos 1960 à década de 2010, dividindo-a em quatro períodos/categorias julgados significativos. A narrativa não pretende ser exaustiva, mas construir uma referência compreensiva capaz de contribuir para análises, avaliações e debates acerca da organização da atenção à saúde no SUS conforme o princípio da integralidade. Abstract: Comprehensiveness is the most challenging principle for building health reform in the Brazilian Unified National Health System (SUS). This study aims to identify critical moments in the conceptual debate on comprehensiveness and its contributions to reflection on healthcare technologies in the SUS. The essay addresses some conceptual constructs that approach comprehensiveness as an underlying principle in health programs and actions at various levels and in various dimensions of the healthcare organization - from intersubjective interactions to the organization of regional networks. The study was based on a non-systematic literature review on comprehensiveness and related themes in the Brazilian public health field in the last five decades. The study proposed a chronology/typology spanning the 1960s to the 2010s, divided into four significant periods or categories. The narrative is not intended to be exhaustive, but to build a comprehensive reference base capable of contributing to analyses, assessments, and debates on healthcare organization in the SUS according to the comprehensiveness principle. Resumen: Entre los principios del Sistema Único de Salud brasileño (SUS), el de integralidad tal vez sea el que más desafíos supone de todos los presentes en la construcción de la Reforma Sanitaria. El objetivo de este estudio es identificar momentos críticos del debate conceptual, en torno a la integralidad y sus contribuciones, para la reflexión acerca de tecnologías de atención a la salud en el ámbito del SUS. El ensayo recorre algunas construcciones conceptuales que se aproximan a la cuestión de la integralidad, como un principio director de programas y acciones de salud en diversos planos y dimensiones de la organización de la atención a la salud, desde las interacciones intersubjetivas, a la organización de redes regionales. El estudio se basó en una revisión no sistemática de la literatura sobre el tema de la integralidad y cuestiones afines en la producción del campo de la Salud Colectiva brasileña durante las últimas cinco décadas. Se propone una cronología/tipología que se extiende desde los años 60 a la década de 2010, dividiéndola en cuatro períodos/categorías considerados como significativos. La narrativa no pretende ser exhaustiva, sino construir una referencia comprensiva capaz de contribuir a análisis, evaluaciones y debates, a cerca de la organización de la atención a la salud en el SUS, según el principio de la integralidad.

We evaluated replication-defective poxvirus vectors (modified vaccinia Ankara [MVA] and fowlpox [FPV]) in a homologous and heterologous vector prime-boost vaccination regimen containing matching HIV inserts (MVA-HIV and FPV-HIV) given at months 0, 1, 3, 5 and 7 in 150 healthy HIV-negative vaccinia-naive participants. FPV-HIV alone was poorly immunogenic, while the high dose (10(9)pfu/2 ml) of MVA-HIV alone elicited maximal responses after two injections: CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell responses in 26/55 (47.3%) and 5/60 (8.3%) of participants, respectively, and IFN-γ ELISpot responses in 28/62 (45.2%). The infrequent CD8+ T-cell responses following MVA-HIV priming were boosted only by the heterologous (FPV-HIV) construct in 14/27 (51.9%) of participants post 4th vaccination. Alternatively, HIV envelope-specific binding antibodies were demonstrated in approximately two-thirds of recipients of the homologous boosting regimen, but in less than 20% of subjects after the heterologous vector boost. Thus, a heterologous poxvirus vector prime-boost regimen can induce HIV-specific CD8+ T-cell and CD4+ T-cell responses, which may be an important feature of an optimal regimen for preventive HIV vaccination.

M. M. L. Escuder, MS, A. M. Grangeiro, MS, A. J. F. Cassenote, MS, A. O. Kalichman, MS, R. A. Souza, MD, U. Tupinamba, PhD, V. Veloso, PhD, N. Barcellos, PhD, B. Grinsztejn, PhD and E. A. Castilho, PhD Institute of Health of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, School of Medicine of Sao Paulo University, Sao Paulo, Brazil, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Centro de Referencia e Treinamento DST e Aids, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Centro de Referencia e Treinamento de DST e Aids, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Medicin School—UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto de Pesquisa Clinica Evandro Chagas—IPEC, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Hospital Sanatorio Partenon, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Treatment with indinavir has been shown to result in marked decreases in viral load and increases in CD4 cell counts in HIV-infected individuals. A randomized double-blind study to evaluate the efficacy of indinavir alone (800 mg q8h), zidovidine alone (200 mg q8h) or the combination was performed to evaluate progression to AIDS. 996 antiretroviral therapy-naive patients with CD4 cell counts of 50-250/mm3 were allocated to treatment. During the trial the protocol was amended to add lamivudine to the zidovudine-containing arms. The primary endpoint was time to development of an AIDS-defining illness or death. The study was terminated after a protocol-defined interim analysis demonstrated highly significant reductions in progression to a clinical event in the indinavir-containing arms, compared to the zidovudine arm (p

O monitoramento clínico de pessoas vivendo com HIV/aids (PVHA) contribui para a identificação e gestão de caso das pessoas sem início de tratamento (gap), em falha terapêutica e em abandono de tratamento. O objetivo deste artigo é apresentar e discutir o desenvolvimento de uma metodologia para a implementação do monitoramento clínico das PVHA em serviços do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS). A metodologia utilizada desde 2014 pelo Centro de Referência e Treinamento DST/AIDS-SP-Coordenação do Programa Estadual de IST/AIDS do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil, foi reestruturada em três reuniões, no período de junho a agosto de 2018. Foram mantidos os eixos de apresentação do número de usuários com falha terapêutica, em gap e em abandono de tratamento nos serviços participantes, e a discussão de vulnerabilidades individuais, sociais e programáticas. Foi adicionado um novo eixo que direciona a discussão das possibilidades de reorganização de fluxos assistenciais e práticas gerenciais do serviço. Adicionalmente, a intervenção passou a ser feita nos serviços de saúde, com a participação de um número maior de profissionais da equipe multiprofissional, discussão de casos, fluxos e processos de trabalho e encontros regionais para a troca de experiências em monitoramento clínico entre os serviços. A reestruturação da metodologia contribuiu para a diminuição do gap de tratamento, reorganização de fluxos assistenciais e inclusão do monitoramento clínico como ferramenta de gestão nos serviços de assistência especializada às PVHA. Essa metodologia pode ser implementada por outros programas estaduais, municípios e serviços, uma vez que todos têm acesso às mesmas fontes de informação usadas nesta intervenção. El monitoreo clínico de personas afectadas por el VIH/SIDA (PVHA) contribuye a la identificación y gestión de caso de personas sin inicio de tratamiento (gap), con fallos en la parte terapéutica y abandono del tratamiento. El objetivo de este artículo es presentar y discutir el desarrollo de una metodología para la implementación del monitoreo clínico de las PVHA en servicios del Sistema Único de Salud (SUS). La metodología utilizada desde 2014 por el CRT-ETS/SIDA-Coordinación del Programa Estatal de ETS/SIDA del Estado de São Paulo, Brasil, fue reestructurada en tres reuniones, durante el período de junio a agosto de 2018. Se mantuvieron los ejes de presentación del número de usuarios con fallos en la parte terapéutica, gap y con abandono de tratamiento en los servicios participantes estudiados, así como la discusión de vulnerabilidades individuales, sociales y programáticas. Se añadió un nuevo eje que vertebra la discusión sobre las posibilidades de reorganización de los flujos asistenciales y prácticas de gestión del servicio. Asimismo, la intervención pasó a realizarse en los servicios de salud, con la participación de un mayor número de profesionales del equipo multiprofesional, discusión de casos, flujos y procesos de trabajo, así como encuentros regionales para el intercambio de experiencias en el monitoreo clínico entre los servicios. La reestructuración de la metodología contribuyó a la disminución del gap en el tratamiento, la reorganización de flujos asistenciales, así como la inclusión del monitoreo clínico como herramienta de gestión en los servicios de asistencia especializada a las PVHA. Esta metodología puede ser implementada en otros programas estatales, municipios y servicios, ya que todos tienen acceso a las mismas fuentes de información usadas en esta intervención. The clinical monitoring of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) contributes to identifying and managing cases of individuals who have not begun treatment (gap), those experiencing treatment failure or who have abandoned treatment. This article sought to present and discuss the development of a methodology to implement the clinical monitoring of PLWHA in the services of the Brazilian Unified National Health System (SUS). The methodology used since 2014 by the CRT-STI/AIDS-Coordination of the STI/AIDS Program, São Paulo State, Brazil, was re-structured in three meetings between June and August 2018. The new methodology retained the axes of presentation of number of users in treatment failure, gap or abandonment in the participant services, as well as the discussion of individual, social and programmatic vulnerabilities. A new axis was added which directs the discussion of the possibilities of reorganizing service care flows and management practices. Additionally, the intervention started to be carried out in health services, with the participation of a higher number of professionals from the multi-professional team, discussion of cases, workflows and processes, and regional meetings to exchange clinical monitoring experiences between services. The re-structuring of the methodology contributed to a reduction in treatment gap, a reorganization of care flows and the inclusion of clinical monitoring as a management tool in services specialized in providing care to PLWHA. This methodology can be implemented by other state programs, municipalities and services, since all have access to the same information sources used in this intervention.