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In Mozambique, where both tuberculosis and HIV are highly prevalent, TBM poses significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. This study aimed to describe the clinical characteristics and to identify predictors of TBM mortality among persons living with HIV (PLWH) in a rural hospital in Mozambique. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study at Carmelo Hospital of Chokwe (CHC) between 2015 and 2020. We included 372 PLWH diagnosed with TBM (PTBM); data on demographics, clinical presentation, and laboratory findings were extracted from patient records. TBM diagnosis was considered for confirmed cases based on a hospital-adapted algorithm incorporating clinical features, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis, TB-LAM, and Xpert MTB\/RIF testing. Cox proportional hazard models were used to identify independent predictors of mortality, and Kaplan\u2013Meier survival curves with log-rank tests were used to assess survival differences across clinical subgroups. Significance was considered at a p value \u2264 0.05 with an adjusted hazard ratio (AHR) 95% CI in the multivariate analysis. Results: Overall, 372 PTBM contributed to a total of 3720 person-months (PM) of treatment follow-up, corresponding to a mortality incidence of 3.76 deaths per 100 person-months. Factors independently associated with increased mortality included male sex (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR]: 1.80; 95% CI: 1.21\u20132.68; p = 0.004), BMI &lt; 18.5 kg\/m2 (aHR: 2.84; 95% CI: 1.46\u20135.55; p = 0.002), Immunovirological failure to ART (aHR: 2.86; 95% CI: 1.56\u20135.23; p = 0.001), CSF opening pressure &gt;40 cmH2O (aHR: 2.67; 95% CI: 1.46\u20134.86; p = 0.001), and TBM severity grading III (aHR: 4.59; 95% CI: 1.79\u201311.76; p = 0.001). TBM involving other organs also significantly worsened survival (aHR: 2.03; 95% CI: 1.27\u20133.25; p = 0.003). Conclusions: TBM mortality in PLWH was driven by ART failure, high CSF pressure, and malnutrition. Male sex and severe neurology also increased risk. Urgent interventions are proposed: optimize ART, manage intracranial pressure, provide nutritional support, and use corticosteroids. 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