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AUTHOR(S) Tyra Dark; Sitaji Gurung; Mary Dooley (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Quintinvan Staden; Christina A. Laurenzi; Elona Toska
South Africa’s progress towards the 95-95-95 goals has been significantly slower among adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV), among whom antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence, retention in care and viral suppression remain a concern. After 2 years of living with COVID-19, it is important to examine the direct and indirect effect s of the pandemic on healthcare resources, access to HIV services and availability of support structures, to assess their impact on HIV care for ALHIV.
AUTHOR(S) Mwelwa Muleba Phiri; Bernadette Hensen; Ab Schaap (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Leslie A. Enane; Edith Apondi; Claire Liepmann (et al.)
Adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) may be vulnerable to widescale impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and to health system responses which impact HIV care. This study assessed healthcare worker (HCW) perspectives on impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent HIV care delivery and engagement in western Kenya. It performed in-depth qualitative interviews with HCW at 10 clinical sites in the Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare in Kenya, from January to March, 2021. Semistructured interviews ascertained pandemic-related impacts on adolescent HIV care delivery and retention.
AUTHOR(S) Clare F. Flanagan; Nicole McCann; John Stover (et al.)
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected women and children globally, disrupting antiretroviral therapy (ART) services and exacerbating pre-existing barriers to care for both pregnant women and paediatric populations. This study used the Spectrum modelling package and the CEPAC-Pediatric model to project the impact of COVID-19-associated care disruptions on three key populations in the 21 Global Plan priority countries in sub-Saharan Africa: (1) pregnant and breastfeeding women living with HIV and their children, (2) all children (aged 0–14 years) living with HIV (CLWH), regardless of their engagement in care and (3) CLWH who were engaged in care and on ART prior to the start of the pandemic. The study projected clinical outcomes over the 12-month period of 1 March 2020 to 1 March 2021.
AUTHOR(S) Ashley Chory; Winstone Nyandiko; Celestine Ashimosi (et al.)
Understanding community members' knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus and the prevalence of associated stigma are critical steps for increasing accurate public health knowledge, encouraging uptake of preventative or mitigating health behaviors, and ultimately bringing the COVID-19 pandemic under control. This study conducted a one-time, phone-based assessment to assess the presence of perceived COVID-19 community stigma reported by Kenyan primary and secondary school teachers, as well as adolescents living with HIV. Participants were previously enrolled in an ongoing, cluster-randomized trial to evaluate the impact of multi-media teacher training on teachers' negative attitudes and beliefs around HIV. The SAFI Stigma Questionnaire, a validated tool to assess HIV-related stigma in this setting, was adapted to ask questions regarding the stigma and discrimination experienced or perceived during the COVID-19 pandemic.
AUTHOR(S) Juan Pablo Zapata; Madeline Dang; Katherine G. Quinn (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Anmol Mohan; Muhammad Taha Arshad Shaikh; Um-Ul Wara (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Judith Sherman
Recognizing the persistent and harmful impact that COVID-19 and related lockdown measures pose for the HIV response, governments across ESA region continue to implement interventions to sustain and further advance hard won gains toward ending AIDS. One year after the release of UNICEF’s Compendium of innovative approaches to HIV programming in Eastern and Southern Africa in the context of COVID-19, this new Volume II describes results achieved in the nine countries highlighted in Volume I and shares experiences from an additional eight countries. This collective work demonstrates how countries are building upon the learning and architecture of the HIV response to proactively mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic while scaling up efforts to achieve global HIV goals, resulting in stronger responses and resilient systems for both HIV and COVID-19.
AUTHOR(S) Rob Stephenson; Alison R. Walsh; Tanaka M. D. Chavanduka (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Leslie A. Enane; Edith Apondi; Josephine Aluoch (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Dulce Ferraz; Inês Dourado; Eliana Miura Zucchi (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Yulia Shenderovich; Mark Boyes; Michelle Degli Esposti (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Ameena Goga; Linda Gail Bekker; Philippe Van de Perre
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