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The syndemic burden of HIV/AIDS in Africa amidst the COVID‐19 pandemic

Introduction: The human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) has long affected millions of individuals across the globe. Historically, the prevalence of this disease is particularly noted within the African continent. Before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pa...

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Autores principales: Uwishema, Olivier, Taylor, Charles, Lawal, Lukman, Hamiidah, Nakyanzi, Robert, Isoke, Nasir, Abdulrasheed, Chalhoub, Elie, Sun, Jeffrey, Akin, Burak T., Adanur, Irem, Mwazighe, Rehema M., Onyeaka, Helen
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Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8652687/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34606689
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/iid3.544
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author Uwishema, Olivier
Taylor, Charles
Lawal, Lukman
Hamiidah, Nakyanzi
Robert, Isoke
Nasir, Abdulrasheed
Chalhoub, Elie
Sun, Jeffrey
Akin, Burak T.
Adanur, Irem
Mwazighe, Rehema M.
Onyeaka, Helen
author_facet Uwishema, Olivier
Taylor, Charles
Lawal, Lukman
Hamiidah, Nakyanzi
Robert, Isoke
Nasir, Abdulrasheed
Chalhoub, Elie
Sun, Jeffrey
Akin, Burak T.
Adanur, Irem
Mwazighe, Rehema M.
Onyeaka, Helen
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description Introduction: The human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) has long affected millions of individuals across the globe. Historically, the prevalence of this disease is particularly noted within the African continent. Before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic, many African countries struggled to effectively manage the increasing burden associated with HIV/AIDS. There is now a need to reassess this in a COVID‐19 pandemic context so that the impact of COVID‐19 on HIV/AIDS healthcare within Africa can be adequately evaluated. Methods: Data collection was performed on the PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE and Embase bibliographical databases with a predefined search strategy. Searches were performed in blind duplicate and all articles considering COVID‐19 and HIV/AIDS within African healthcare were considered. Results: The COVID‐19 pandemic has severely exacerbated the many issues surrounding HIV/AIDS care within many African countries. These impacts are noticeable in medical, psychological, and socio‐political contexts. Conclusions: Before efforts are made to improve the provision of HIV/AIDS and COVID‐19 care within Africa, it is important that this issue is brought to the attention of the scientific and clinical community so that the continent can receive the necessary support and aid.
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spelling pubmed-86526872021-12-08 The syndemic burden of HIV/AIDS in Africa amidst the COVID‐19 pandemic Uwishema, Olivier Taylor, Charles Lawal, Lukman Hamiidah, Nakyanzi Robert, Isoke Nasir, Abdulrasheed Chalhoub, Elie Sun, Jeffrey Akin, Burak T. Adanur, Irem Mwazighe, Rehema M. Onyeaka, Helen Immun Inflamm Dis Commentary Introduction: The human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) has long affected millions of individuals across the globe. Historically, the prevalence of this disease is particularly noted within the African continent. Before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic, many African countries struggled to effectively manage the increasing burden associated with HIV/AIDS. There is now a need to reassess this in a COVID‐19 pandemic context so that the impact of COVID‐19 on HIV/AIDS healthcare within Africa can be adequately evaluated. Methods: Data collection was performed on the PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE and Embase bibliographical databases with a predefined search strategy. Searches were performed in blind duplicate and all articles considering COVID‐19 and HIV/AIDS within African healthcare were considered. Results: The COVID‐19 pandemic has severely exacerbated the many issues surrounding HIV/AIDS care within many African countries. These impacts are noticeable in medical, psychological, and socio‐political contexts. Conclusions: Before efforts are made to improve the provision of HIV/AIDS and COVID‐19 care within Africa, it is important that this issue is brought to the attention of the scientific and clinical community so that the continent can receive the necessary support and aid. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-10-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8652687/ /pubmed/34606689 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/iid3.544 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Immunity, Inflammation and Disease published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Uwishema, Olivier
Taylor, Charles
Lawal, Lukman
Hamiidah, Nakyanzi
Robert, Isoke
Nasir, Abdulrasheed
Chalhoub, Elie
Sun, Jeffrey
Akin, Burak T.
Adanur, Irem
Mwazighe, Rehema M.
Onyeaka, Helen
The syndemic burden of HIV/AIDS in Africa amidst the COVID‐19 pandemic
title The syndemic burden of HIV/AIDS in Africa amidst the COVID‐19 pandemic
title_full The syndemic burden of HIV/AIDS in Africa amidst the COVID‐19 pandemic
title_fullStr The syndemic burden of HIV/AIDS in Africa amidst the COVID‐19 pandemic
title_full_unstemmed The syndemic burden of HIV/AIDS in Africa amidst the COVID‐19 pandemic
title_short The syndemic burden of HIV/AIDS in Africa amidst the COVID‐19 pandemic
title_sort syndemic burden of hiv/aids in africa amidst the covid‐19 pandemic
topic Commentary
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8652687/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34606689
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/iid3.544
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