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

Autor: Mshenga MM; Zanzibar Integrated HIV, Hepatitis, TB and Leprosy Programme, Ministry of Health, P.O.BOX 1300, Zanzibar, Tanzania. hajjmandoctor@gmail.com., Khalid FJ; Zanzibar Integrated HIV, Hepatitis, TB and Leprosy Programme, Ministry of Health, P.O.BOX 1300, Zanzibar, Tanzania., Haji SH; Zanzibar Integrated HIV, Hepatitis, TB and Leprosy Programme, Ministry of Health, P.O.BOX 1300, Zanzibar, Tanzania., Ali TB; Zanzibar Integrated HIV, Hepatitis, TB and Leprosy Programme, Ministry of Health, P.O.BOX 1300, Zanzibar, Tanzania., Mohamed KA; Zanzibar Integrated HIV, Hepatitis, TB and Leprosy Programme, Ministry of Health, P.O.BOX 1300, Zanzibar, Tanzania., Damian DJ; Zanzibar Integrated HIV, Hepatitis, TB and Leprosy Programme, Ministry of Health, P.O.BOX 1300, Zanzibar, Tanzania.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: AIDS research and therapy [AIDS Res Ther] 2023 Oct 17; Vol. 20 (1), pp. 72. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Oct 17.
DOI: 10.1186/s12981-023-00570-8
Abstrakt: 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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Databáze: MEDLINE
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