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Objectives: To analyse the retention in clinical care and the virological response and their associated factors of HIV-1 patients from the Maputo Military Hospital (MMH). Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was conducted to analyse data from patients who started ART between 2016 and 2018 in the MMH. Results: At the end of 12 months, 75.1% of 1247 patients were active on clinical follow-up and 16.8% had suspected virologic failure (VL &gt; 1000 copies\/mm3). Patients younger than 40 years old were more likely to be lost to follow-up when compared to those aged &gt;50 years old, as well as patients who were unemployed and patients with a CD4 count &lt; 350 cells\/mm3. Patients with haemoglobin levels lower than 10 g\/dL and with a CD4 count &lt; 350 cells\/mm3 were more likely to have virological failure. Conclusions: We have identified clinical and sociodemographic determinants of loss to follow-up and in the development of virological failure for HIV-positive patients in clinical care in the MMH. 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