The hidden effects of COVID-19 on HIV services in Zanzibar: country report

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major effect on HIV-related healthcare services. Zanzibar has experienced several interruptions of HIV services in the areas of testing and counselling, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, key population, care and treatment services as well due to the h...

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Autores principales: Mshenga, Mansour Maulid, Khalid, Farhat Jowhar, Haji, Shaaban Hassan, Ali, Tatu Bilali, Mohamed, Khadija Abbas, Damian, Damian Jeremia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10580643/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37848954
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12981-023-00570-8
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Sumario:The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major effect on HIV-related healthcare services. Zanzibar has experienced several interruptions of HIV services in the areas of testing and counselling, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, key population, care and treatment services as well due to the hospital operating at a reduced capacity and the strict visit restrictions with health care allocations to COVID 19 pandemic. The community HIV initiatives, such as index testing and ARVs medicine refills, were used to mitigate the consequences of the epidemic and can be applied in future emergencies. This report tries to reveal COVID-19’s unnoticed consequences on HIV services in Zanzibar.

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