The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on accessing HIV care: A case report

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had an enormous impact on the provision of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) services amongst people living with HIV. Many people have adopted different health-seeking behaviour in alignment with the lockdown provisions during the COVID-19 pandem...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kaswa, Ramprakash
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS 2021
Materias:
Scientific Letters
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8517702/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34636593
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/safp.v63i1.5344
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Sumario:The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had an enormous impact on the provision of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) services amongst people living with HIV. Many people have adopted different health-seeking behaviour in alignment with the lockdown provisions during the COVID-19 pandemic. These lockdown regulations have had a huge impact on healthcare access for people on chronic medication. The disruption of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has a profound effect on HIV-associated morbidity and mortality. The impact on HIV programmes as a result of the interruption in ART could be bigger than the HIV pandemic alone.

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